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Mitch McConnell is reportedly hatching a plan to skip dismissing Donald Trump of impeachment charges and simply acquit him in the Senate.

Meanwhile, a Federal judge blocks Trumps use of billions of dollars in emergency Pentagon funds to build his border wall.

And lastly, over 180 Democrats join Republicans in handing Trump a $728 billion blank check for war crafted by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

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NBC reports one of the two suspects who killed a police officer before targeting a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, where three people were killed, had a social media page containing anti-Jewish and anti-police writings.

Former Republican governor of Kentucky Matt Bevin pardoned or commuted the sentences of hundreds of Kentucky inmates during his final acts in office, but according to the Courier Journal, the family of one man who was pardoned held a political fundraiser for Bevin in the summer of 2018, which raised more than $20,000.

Reuters is reporting U.S. oil giant Chevron is preparing devalue its assets by $10 billion to $11 billion this quarter and is considering selling some natural gas projects to prepare for long term low prices.

And lastly, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to return Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to jail for misrepresenting his income and hiding a $1 million payment from Russia in September.

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A standoff between progressives and moderates in the House over a drug pricing bill is exposing a power struggle for larger ideological battles in the near future.

Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear from Michael Horowitz, the inspector general for the Justice Department, about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

And lastly, internal emails reveal executive at private company water contracted by Flint, Michigan, knew about high lead risks months before the city’s public acknowledgment, but did nothing about it.

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Medicare for All supporters scored a victory Tuesday with a long-awaited hearing before the House's powerful Energy and Commerce Committee.

A new analysis by The Economic Policy Institute describes Nancy Pelosi’s revised U.S.—Mexico—Canada Agreement as, “weak tea at best,” calling the AF-CIO endeared pact, “Band-Aids on a fundamentally flawed agreement and process.”

And lastly, Politico reports that several top advisors to Joe Biden have told the outlet that the former VP is highly unlikely to serve a second term if he is elected president next year,.

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House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment, charging Donald Trump of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power.

Meanwhile, one-in-four Americans admits they or a member of their family this past year has delayed medical treatment of a serious illness due to costs.

And lastly, Attorney General Bill Barr is ripped by just about everyone after the Inspector General finds that the FBI harbors no anti-Trump bias.

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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are teaming up with House progressives to challenge Nancy Pelosi on her prized prescription drug pricing bill.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law, mandating doctors perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before they can perform abortions.

Tulsi Gabbard announced on Twitter that she will not be participating in the next Democratic presidential debate on Dec. 19th.

And lastly, Stanford University economist Gabriel Zucman’s latest study finds that the explosion in annual earnings by the rich and an increasingly regressive tax structure have combined to allow the top 1% of Americans' wealth to triple over the past five decades.

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A new report claims Attorney General Bill Barr has been warning Donald Trump that his favorite country lawyer Rudy Giuliani could be a liability.

Meanwhile, Pacific Gas & Electric agrees to pay $13.5 billion in claims to the victims of California’s deadly wildfires.

And lastly, Trump's top official in charge of Medicare and Medicaid wants taxpayers to cover stolen jewels she lost while giving an anti-Medicare For All speech last year.

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Kansas City is poised to become the largest city in the country to eliminate bus fares.

Politico is reporting House Democratic leaders plan to weaken language progressives inserted in a sweeping drug price bill to discourage sharp cost increases ahead of a floor vote on the legislation next week.

In a speech at a pro-Israel conference on Saturday, Donald Trump said Jewish voters should vote for him because they would "be out of business in about 15 minutes" otherwise.

Plus, impeachment hearings continue this week.

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A new report finds that Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani hatched their Ukraine extortion scheme on unsecured cell phones that are vulnerable to foreign surveillance.

Meanwhile, more than 3,000 sexual assaults—including over 200 rapes—were reported during Uber rides in the United States last year.

And lastly, a Michigan court rejects the Nestle Corporation’s claim that privatizing a local town’s water supply provides “essential service”.

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A coalition of four immigrant rights groups urged 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to return more than $50,000 in donations from McKinsey & Co. employees amid reports that the consulting firm helped the Trump administration carry out its hard-line deportation policies.

The white nationalist website VDare said it surpassed a $40,000 fundraising goal thanks, in part, to a livestreaming fundraiser yesterday on YouTube. Despite criticism, YouTube has declined to ban the organization from its platform.

Video obtained by ProPublica shows Border Patrol employees held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his dead body until his cellmate alerted guards.

And lastly, Vice is reporting that a U.S.-based neo-Nazi terrorist group is currently hiding a missing ex-soldier from Canada.

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Billionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has cooked up a new plan to stop the next president from canceling all student loan debt

Meanwhile, Bill Barr's handpicked investigator can't support the conspiracy theory that Trump was set up in the first place.

And lastly, the Senate confirms a Trump judicial nominee who has fought against abortion, surrogacy, and fertility treatment.

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Joe Biden told CNN he would consider Kamala Harris as a potential running mate, a day after she dropped out of the presidential race.

Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, has reportedly been in Budapest and Kyiv this week to talk with former Ukrainian prosecutors for a documentary series he’s producing in an attempt to debunk the impeachment case against his boss.

Soon-to-be Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler plans to spend $20 million of her own money on her 2020 Senate campaign in Georgia.

Loeffler was tapped Wednesday morning to replace Senator Johnny Isakson, who is resigning later this month due to health problems, on an interim basis.

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Declaring that no one is above the law, the House Intelligence Committee accuses Trump of soliciting foreign election interference with the release of its official Impeachment Report

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris announces she is ending her 2020 presidential campaign, leaving third-way centrists stunned.

And lastly, a new report details how Social Security has become rigged to give more to the wealthy while leaving behind those it was designed to help.

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Devin Nunes is suing CNN for $435 million dollars, claiming the network published a “hit piece” about him amid his opposition to the Trump impeachment inquiry.

Newly uncovered documents by the New York Times show consulting giant McKinsey helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including measures the agency’s staff sometimes viewed as too harsh on immigrants.

CBS News reports that almost half of all Americans now work in low-wage jobs that pay median annual wages of $18,000.

And lastly, Attorney General Bill Barr has warned that “communities” which protest against cops could lose the right to police protection.

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House Republicans come up with a brilliant new strategy for defending Trump; blame Rudy!

Meanwhile, Duncan Hunter, Trump’s favorite vaping congressman, pleads guilty to misusing campaign funds.

And lastly, a new report details aggressive tax dodging by Big Tech, ammounting to over $100 billion dollars.

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Documents obtained by the Washington Post Monday showed that lobbyists helped three state lawmakers draft op-eds this year attacking Medicare for All.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. failed to properly inspect and maintain the high-voltage power line that ignited the 2018 Camp Fire, California’s deadliest fire in history, this according to a new state investigation.

The Trump 2020 campaign announced Monday that it would ban Bloomberg News reporters from covering its rallies and campaign events.

And lastly, the Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. received a $400 million contract to build a portion of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border after President Trump urged military officials to hire the firm.

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After weeks of complaining about due process, Trump runs away from an official impeachment to participate in the House impeachment hearings.

Meanwhile, the U.N.’s Secretary General warns that the planet is at a point of no return ahead of the COP25 climate summit in Spain.

And lastly, progressives condemn Pete Buttigieg’s new ad that features GOP talking points that attack free public college.

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Google and YouTube have removed more than 300 Trump campaign ads for violating the services’ policies, according to a 60 Minutes report.

At least 180 people in Iran have been killed over the last two weeks as the regime cracks down on mass protests sparked by a 50 percent increase in gasoline prices.

Thousands of people staged demonstrations at three coal mines in Germany Saturday to protest the government's plan to phase out coal by 2038, which activists say isn't soon enough.

Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced this morning that he is suspending his campaign and former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak announced Sunday that he’s also dropping out of the Democratic presidential field.

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A new report reveals that Trump was briefed on the whistleblower complaint before the hold on Ukraine military aid was lifted.

Meanwhile, Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez raises more money for re-election than any other House Democrat INCLUDING Nancy Pelosi.

And lastly, Airline catering workers demanding better pay begin a major protest push at airports around the United States.

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that New York City has seen a precipitous decline in eviction proceedings under the city’s new rent control law.

University of Calfornia Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman has found that the total wealth of the 400 richest Americans jumped from $1.27 trillion to $2.96 trillion as the tax rate fell from 27% to 23% in that time.

Utah’s Republican Governor Gary Herbert announced Thursday that he will file a new rule to ban conversion therapy on minors in the state.

And lastly, ProPublica has obtained documents that appear to show Donald Trump’s business reported a high occupancy rate in Trump Tower to lenders, but a lower rate in official tax filings.