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Another White House official is expected to testify next week and corroborate a top US diplomat's account that Trump pressed Ukraine on publicly investigating Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, the ACLU says over 1,500 more migrant families were separated at the US border than the Trump administration had previously reported.

And lastly, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is held in contempt for violating a court order to stop collecting loan payments on Corinthian College students.

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Tulsi Gabbard announced late Thursday night that she will not seek another term in the House of Representatives. In a video posted to Twitter, Gabbard said she would instead focus on her campaign for president in the 2020 election.

An attorney for the South Bend Common Council told The Young Turks he may subpoena Mayor Pete Buttigieg next week to testify about police issues including Buttigieg’s demotion of Darryl Boykins, the city’s first black police chief.

Bernie Sanders released a plan Thursday that aims to legalize marijuana nationally and use the $50 billion from the tax revenue to boost business creation and economic development in areas disproportionately hit by current drug laws.

And the Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Justin Walker, a former clerk for Brett Kavanaugh, to a lifetime seat in federal court, even though the American Bar Association gave him a rare rating of “not qualified.” Walker is at least the fourth confirmed judge chosen by Trump to receive the “not qualified” rating.

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Republican lawmakers attempt to storm the House’s secure impeachment room, breaking House rules in the process.

Meanwhile, one of Rudy Giuliani’s indicted henchmen ties his case to Trump by raising Executive Privilege in Federal Court.

And lastly, new data finds that air pollution in the United States is getting worse after years of improvement and could be killing thousands of people.

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The Washington Post reports that House Democrats are preparing to move their largely private impeachment inquiry onto a more public stage as soon as mid-November. Among the witnesses Democrats hope to question in open session is former Trump national security adviser John Bolton.

An internal memo on cybersecurity, obtained by Axios, warns that the White House is at risk to be electronically compromised once again after at least a dozen top officials resigned or were pushed out of a cybersecurity mission that was established under Barack Obama to protect the White House from Russian hacking and other threats.

CBS News reports that Seema Verma, the head of the agency that oversees the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, refused to tell a Democratic-led House committee how many people would lose insurance if the law is struck down and avoided giving and specifics about a possible contingency plan.

And Minnesota Republican Danielle Stella, who is campaigning to take Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s House, has a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear for a court hearing on Tuesday morning over charges that she had attempted to shoplift a few thousand dollars’ worth of items from a local Target store.

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Acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor delivers a stunning 9-hour testimony before Congress that confirms there was indeed a quid pro quo demand during Trump’s now infamous call with Ukraine’s president

Meanwhile, buoyed by the youth vote, Bernie Sanders is back in the number two spot in a new national 2020 poll.

And lastly, the death toll in Chile rises to 15 as protesters demand reforms for a fifth straight day.

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Focus groups conducted by Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign over the summer found that being gay was “a barrier” for black South Carolina Democratic primary voters, particularly for the men —some of whom, McClatchy reports, seemed “deeply uncomfortable even discussing it.”

The British Parliament voted to reject the government’s timetable for the passage of the bill that would implement Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, The Guardian reports.

The Trump administration has announced a controversial new plan to divert water to California farmers. The move is opposed by federal biologists who say the plan will drive endangered salmon closer to extinction and cause further harm to the Sacramento River ecosystem.

And from the Intercept; Bernie Sanders told the Intercept Tuesday that if elected president in 2020 he’d refuse to to use the repressive, century-old Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s been secretly advising Pete Buttigieg with his 2020 presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, Chile ’s trade unions call for a general strike in support of the country’s massive student-led uprising .

And lastly, one of California’s largest cities wants to turn the privately-owned Pacific Gas & Electric company into a giant customer-owned utility.

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Bernie Sanders lashed out Monday at critics of fellow 2020 presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard including Hillary Clinton, after Clinton and others suggested that Gabbard is a "foreign asset" for Russia amid reports that Moscow's online bots and trolls are supporting her campaign. In a tweet, Sanders called such accusations "outrageous," pointing to Gabbard's background as a military veteran.

A new CNN poll finds 50% of Americans say Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, a new high in the poll and the first time that support for impeachment and removal has significantly outpaced opposition.

CBC News is projecting that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will form a minority government in Canada and Trudeau will serve another term as prime minister.

And according to the annual Global Wealth Report, the millionaires of the world, who account for just 0.9 percent of the global population, now own nearly half of the planet's $361 trillion in wealth while the bottom 56 percent of the population owns just 1.8 percent.

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Bowing to pressure, Trump drops his totally corrupt plan to hold the upcoming G7 summit at his own Miami golf resort.

Meanwhile, the military returns to the streets of Chile for the first time in decades as mass protests intensify around the country.

And lastly, with 26,000 in attendance at packed New York rally, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez officially endorses Bernie Sanders for president.

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Two House Democrats on Friday urged federal agencies to investigate possible insider trading by Donald Trump or members of his administration after a Vanity Fair story detailed several immensely profitable stock market bets that appeared suspiciously timed around Trump's actions or statements.

The National Journal reports that new polling and fundraising reports show key GOP senators in political trouble, giving Democrats a good shot to win back control of the upper chamber. Q3 fundraising reports show four Republican senators were out-raised by their Democratic competitors, including three that hail from key battleground states, including Susan Collins of Maine, who has the second worst job approval rating for a sitting senator in the in the country.

An often vandalized memorial sign marking Emmett Till's death that was riddled with bullet holes earlier this year was rededicated Saturday -- this time protected by bulletproof glass and surrounded by security cameras.

And lastly, as Parliament met in London Saturday morning and voted to force a Brexit delay, as a mass of anti-Brexit protesters marched in the city’s streets demanding citizens be given a second chance at deciding whether to leave the European Union. Organizers of the effort told the New York Times they expected more than a million demonstrators, which would make it one of the largest protests Britain has ever had.

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Trump is reportedly NOT HAPPY with Mick Mulvaney after the acting White House Chief Of Staff tells reporters HELL YEAH Trump held back aid to Ukraine as quid pro quo.

Meanwhile, fighting erupts in Kurdish towns in Syria hours after Trump celebrates his so-called “ceasefire” deal with Turkey.

And lastly, researchers detail how slashing the Pentagon’s $750 billion budget could pay for Medicare for All and create a progressive foreign policy American’s actually want.

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New York City approved a sweeping $8 billion plan to close the troubled Rikers Island jail and replace it with four smaller jails by 2026.

The New York Times reports that America’s three largest opiod distributors, as well as two manufacturers, are in intense negotiations to settle thousands of cases worth $50 billion before a trial set to begin on Monday.

From the Guardian; street violence escalated in Barcelona, Spain, late on Wednesday, as protesters set cars on fire and threw acid at police officers in a third night of unrest following the imprisonment this week of nine pro-independence leader.

Elizabeth Warren says Facebook is actively helping Donald Trump spread lies and misinformation for profit after CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company's stance on not fact-checking political advertisements. Zuckerberg told the Washington Post Thursday that he will continue to defended Facebook's decision to allow politicians to post misleading advertisements, saying, “it’s something we have to live with.”

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Elijah Cummings, the long-serving Democratic congressman and civil rights advocate who was deeply involved in Trump’s impeachment inquiry, has passed away at the age of 68.

Meanwhile, Energy Secretary Rick Perry tells the Wall Street Journal that Trump directed HIM to call Rudy Giuliani about Ukraine.

And lastly, demanding dignified pay and benefits, 25,000 Chicago public school teachers plan to go on strike today.

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CNN reports that Elizabeth Warren's campaign is studying a range of options for paying for "Medicare for All," leaving open the possibility that the presidential candidate may ultimately diverge from Sen. Bernie Sanders on how his sweeping health care plan -- which Warren has endorsed -- would be paid for.

The Washington Post; Mike McKinley, a former senior adviser for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, reportedly told impeachment investigators Wednesday that he quit his job at the State Department because of “what appears to be the utilization of our ambassadors overseas to advance domestic political objectives.”

The month-long strike of United Auto Workers that brought General Motors’ domestic factories to a standstill could be ending. UAW has said a new agreement offers a four-year contract and “represents major gains” for the 49,000 hourly workers on the picket line. UAW will likely continue to strike until the deal is officially signed.

And Joe Biden is bleeding cash, folks. Politico reports that Biden spent almost $2 million more than his presidential campaign raised in the third quarter, a predicament caused by sluggish fundraising coupled with the expenses of maintaining a big payroll and a nationwide operation — one that included luxury expenses such as swank hotel stays at the Westin and The W, and nearly $1 million for private jets.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib are reportedly set endorse Bernie Sanders for president in New York on Saturday.

Meanwhile, CNN and the New York Times completely skip the topic of climate change during last night’s Democratic debate, asking the candidates a question about Ellen and George W. Bush instead.

And lastly, Former GOP congressman Pete Sessions is subpoenaed for his connections to the White House’s Ukraine mess.

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A new ProPublic investigation has identified a staggering 281 lobbyists who’ve worked in the Trump Administration since 2016. That’s one lobbyist for every 14 political appointees, and four times more than Obama had appointed six years into office.

CNN Reports that Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will not hold a full House vote for now to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, a step Republicans and Trump’s defenders have demanded.

A new Georgetown Battleground Poll finds 56% of voters have an unfavorable view of President Trump, as opposed to 42% with a favorable view of him.If the election were held today, voters would pick the Democratic candidate over Trump by margin of 50% to 42%. Voters also say that President Trump should be impeached and sent to the Senate for a trial by a 51% to 46% margin.

And also from ProPublica, an investigation into Trump’s never-before-seen tax documents show Trump businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert tells ProPublica that the differing numbers are “versions of fraud.”

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A witness tells Congress that John Bolton wanted White House lawyers alerted to Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian efforts, reportedly calling it a “drug deal.”

Meanwhile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been hosting a series of confidential dinners with leading conservative politicians and pundits.

And lastly, Target cuts their workers’ hours after vowing to raise the minimum wage to $15-an-hour by 2020.

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Donald Trump has declared he will sanction Turkey, a NATO ally of the U.S., for its attack on the Kurdish people in northeast Syria — an attack that took place after Trump greenlit the assault by withdrawing American personnel from the area on October 7th.

A major study by Pediatrics medical journal finds that the rate of reported suicide attempts by black American teens spiked between 1991 and 2017 - - even as the rate for teens in other racial and ethnic groups fell.

A Kentucky judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction restoring around 175,000 Kentucky voters classified as "inactive." An Oct. 10 lawsuit filed by the Kentucky Democratic Party argued that when the Kentucky Board of Elections put as many as 200,000 voters on an inactive list, it infringed on their right to vote,

And a spoiler alert for tonight’s Democratic debate in Ohio: All the candidates will have the same opinions about Medicare for All as they had at the last debate.

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An edited video of Donald Trump murdering his political opponents in a church is shown at a pro-Trump conference attended by Don Jr. and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Meanwhile, U.S. troops withdraw from northern Syria and ISIS supporters escape as the predictably bloody Turkish invasion moves forward.

And lastly, nearly 400 scientists endorse a civil disobedience campaign aiming to force governments to tackle climate change right now.

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About 3,500 Mack Trucks employees went on strike Saturday night for the first time in 35 years. The strike notice went up after negotiations dragged on for 10 days past a key deadline.

An Investigation by the AP has found that the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy has created horrific situation where deported immigrant parents can lose custody of their children to American foster parents without even knowing it.

China State Construction Engineering Corp., a company owned by the Chinese government, was awarded a contract to work on the development of a Trump golf club in Dubai. The $19.6 million contract is the latest in a series of deals between Trump’s family business and China’s government.

A new CBS News poll across 18 early primary and caucus states finds Elizabeth Warren leading the Democratic field with 31%, followed by Joe Biden at 25%, Bernie Sanders at 17%. As for individual states, Warren has increased her lead over the pack in New Hampshire and pulled even with Biden and Sanders in Iowa.

And lastly, a report from the Hill claims Joe Biden’s team is actually planning on losing Iowa, New Hampshire AND Nevada. The Hill claims Biden will instead focus on winning South Carolina and attempt to claw his way to a brokered convention.