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1. Bloomberg presidential campaign reports $409 million in total spending so far

   U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's campaign spent $409 million through January, with most of the money funding a TV advertising blitz, according to campaign disclosures filed on Thursday.

   

   

2. Trump adviser Stone sentenced to 3-1/3 years in prison for lying in Russia probe

   A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump's long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election amounted to a threat to American democracy.

   

   

3. Factbox: Stone is one of dozens ensnared in Trump-Russia probe

   Roger Stone, a long-time associate of President Donald Trump, was due to be sentenced on Thursday in a criminal case that sprang from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation that documented Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

   

   

4. Trump's acting intelligence chief Grenell says won't be tapped for permanent post

   Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence, said on Thursday that Trump would not nominate him permanently to be the top U.S. spy.

   

   

5. Bloomberg comes under scathing attack at first Democratic presidential debate in Nevada

   Michael Bloomberg faced a barrage of attacks at his first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday, as his rivals assailed the free-spending and fast-rising billionaire over his record on race, history of sexist comments and the use of his massive fortune to muscle his way into the contest.