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House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again.

McConnell not ruling out witnesses in impeachment trial.

Congress has launched an investigation into the medical care of immigrant detainees.

Mike Bloomberg is plowing millions of dollars into a secretive tech firm he founded months ago as he seeks the White House.

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A new report from the Washington Post claims Donald Trump told White House official that he knows Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election because, “Putin told me.”

Meanwhile, Beijing cuts the live feed of Thursday night’s Democratic Debate as the candidates denounce China’s human rights abuses.

And lastly, Christianity Today, one of the country’s largest evangelical Christian magazines, publishes an editorial calling for Donald Trump’s removal from office.

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A coalition of more than a dozen environmental groups on Thursday sued the Trump administration for rolling back chemical disaster prevention regulations, a move they say has endangered millions of lives.

For the second day in a row, Australia has broken its hottest day in recorded history. On Wednesday, that average rose to 107.4°, sparking a fresh wave of warnings and demands for bold efforts to battle the planetary crisis.

Common Dreams dot org reports a crackdown by Indian authorities against those protesting the country's new citizenship laws escalated Thursday as government security forces shut down internet across some cities, detained at least 1,200 people, killed at least three demonstrators, and pulled prominent intellectuals off the street.

And lastly, the World Economic Forum warned Wednesday that women around the world face "centuries of inequality ahead" without a change in the rate at which the gender pay gap is being closed.

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Donald J. Trump becomes the third president in US history to be impeached by the House, as Nancy Pelosi threatens to delay the Senate’s upcoming sham trial.

Meanwhile, Mark Meadows, Trump’s top ally in the House announces his plans to retire.

And lastly, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley accuses Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of blocking his his bi-partisan drug pricing bill.

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A federal appeals court Wednesday struck down part of the Affordable Care Act, ruling that its requirement that most Americans carry insurance is unconstitutional while sending back to a lower court the question of whether the rest of the law can remain without it.

More than 60 U.S. military personnel deployed to a site in Uzbekistan where ponds glowed green and black goo oozed from the ground have reportedly been diagnosed with cancer or died from the disease.

A Colorado radio Chuck Bonniwell, co-host of the Chuck & Julie show, has been fired after he said on air that a “nice school shooting” could help break up the news cycle centered around the impeachment of Donald Trump.

And lastly, BuzzFeed News reports that Facebook will not be removing an ad falsely claiming that Mitch McConnell endorses the impeachment of Donald Trump.

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A majority of Congressional lawmakers now say they plan to impeachment Donald Trump in a full House vote, which is expected later today.

Meanwhile, Pete Buttigieg is caught omitting more than 20 high-level fundraisers from his presidential campaign’s latest attempt at transparency.

And lastly, Trump’s Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is under scrutiny for a $67 million grant she handed to the home state of her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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The leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus condemned the $1.4 trillion spending package that passed Tuesday, calling the legislation a massive giveaway to the Pentagon and a green light for Donald Trump's "immoral mass detention policies."

The U.S. Air Force is moving to discharge a sergeant who was revealed as a local leader of a white nationalist group more than eight months ago, The Denver Post reports.

And lastly, the New York Times reports the number of teens vaping marijuana has nearly doubled in the past year—but they’re increasingly turning their backs on booze and hard drugs.

Only 52% of high-school seniors said they had used alcohol in the last year — a big decline from the figures in the year 2000, when 73 percent of 12th graders said they’d had a drink.

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Days before a historic House vote, several congressional centrists, including some representing Trump-friendly districts, announce they will support impeachment.

Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs announces that they will no longer fund oil drilling in the Arctic or any energy projects that involve coal.

And lastly, Team Trump proposes Social Security changes that will endanger disability benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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The Washington Post reports that a former investment manager for the Mormon Church is accusing its leaders of stockpiling surplus donations from members instead of using them for charitable works, according to a copy of his complaint to the IRS.

Rudy Giuliani told the New Yorker that he needed former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch “out of the way” because she was going to make Trump’s investigations of Joe and Hunter Biden “difficult for everybody.”

Axios reports that DNC chairman Tom Perez spent over 20 hours on the phone this weekend trying to save Thursday’s Democratic debate from crumbling after a labor dispute prompted the presidential candidates to threaten a boycott.

And lastly, some important news for anyone who couldn’t sign up for ACA before the deadline because their website was down - - the Trump administration has announced it is extending the deadline to sign up for coverage until December 18th.

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Chuck Schumer pushes Mitch McConnell to negotiate, as the Minority Leader lays out the Democrats’ Senate Impeachment plan.

Meanwhile, a Wisconsin judge orders the removal of over 200,000 voters from the important swing-state’s registry.

And lastly, most of the staff working for Representative Jeff Van Drew resign in protest as the Trump-loving Congressman prepares his switch to the Republican Party,

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Eight mayors across the country are backing Michael Bloomberg for president, but, as the New York Times reports, all eight mayors attended Bloomberg’s boot camp for mayors at Harvard University, and more than half have reportedly received millions of dollars in grants and support packages from Bloomberg himself.

West Point officials say they are “looking into” what prompted West Point cadets to flash a hand sign during the annual Army-Navy football game on Saturday that has frequently been associated with the “white power” movement.

And lastly, The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has now made 15,413 false or misleading claims over his 1,055 days in office.

That’s an average of nearly 15 lies every single day.

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The EU prepares for Brexit as Boris Johnson secures a crushing victory over Labour in the UK general elections.

Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on articles of impeachment against Donald Trump.

And lastly, Kentucky’s new Democratic governor signs an executive order giving voting rights to over 140,000 former felons.

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Top congressional negotiators announced a tentative deal on $1.3 trillion in federal spending, setting up votes for next week and likely averting a government shutdown.

The Democratic National Committee announced it will hold four debates for its presidential candidates in the first two months of 2020. One debate will be held in each of the four early voting states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

And lastly, CNN reports that Donald Trump has told advisers that he’s shocked that his actions toward Ukraine are ultimately what led to his likely impeachment.

One close adviser told the network, “Frankly, he’s a little surprised it’s the Ukraine thing that’s done it.”

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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

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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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

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,.

TODAY'S HEADLINES:

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.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

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.