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The New York Times reports former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is actively planning to make a late entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race.

Meanwhile, a judge orders Donald Trump to pay $2 million for illegally abusing funds from his own charity foundation.

And lastly, billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer’s campaign caught bribing local politicians in exchange for endorsing his go-nowhere election.

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Axios reports that acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has been subpoenaed to testify before the House Intelligence Committee today at part of the impeachment inquiry.

House Democrats released the transcript of George Kent’s testimony, a senior diplomat who told the impeachment probe that President Trump’s anti-corruption campaign in Ukraine was itself corrupt.

The New York Times reports that five years after Michigan switched Flint’s water supply to the contaminated Flint River from Lake Huron, the city’s lead crisis has migrated from its homes to its schools, where neurological and behavioral problems among students are threatening to overwhelm the education system.

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Donald Trump reportedly tried to get Attorney General Bill Barr to hold a press conference to clear him of the Ukraine quid pro quo crimes, but Barr refused.

Meanwhile, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin refuses to concede his loss to Andy Beshar as Republicans threatens to overturn Tuesday night’s election results.

And lastly, a US judge scraps Trump administration rule that protects doctors who deny care because of religious reasons.

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Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, Bill Gates balked at Elizabeth Warren’s tax policies, saying, “If I had to pay $20 billion, it’s fine. But when you say I should pay $100 billion, then I’m starting to do a little math over what I have leftover.”

The New York Times reports a federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children who were separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to announce plans to run in Alabama’s upcoming Senate race. A source tells the Daily Beast that Sessions is gearing up to make the announcement today.

And lastly, Representative Ayanna Pressley, the first black woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress, announced she is endorsing Elizabeth Warren for president.

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In a sweeping victory, Green New Deal Democrats flip the Virginia Senate and House, taking control of the state’s government for the first time in a generation.

Meanwhile, in Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshar defeats the state’s Trump-lovin’ governor Matt Bevin - - but Bevin is refusing to concede.

And lastly, Gordon Sondland, a key witness in the House’s impeachment inquiry, suddenly remembers delivering Trump’s quid pro quo message to Ukraine.

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The Los Angeles City Council—representing the nation's second most populous city—passed a resolution endorsing federal Medicare for All legislation by a nearly unanimous vote.

ABC News reports cell phone records provide "irrefutable proof" of the sexual assault accusations former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zevos has leveled against Donald Trump.

Jersey City residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of stricter regulations on short-term rentals that will almost certainly shrink the number of Airbnb listings in New Jersey’s second-largest city.

And lastly, Juli Briskman, the woman who famously flipped off Donald Trump’s motorcade in a viral 2017 photo, won her race Tuesday night for a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in Virginia.

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The Trump administration officially begins pulling the United States out of the Paris climate Agreement today.

Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders calls Apple’s $2.5 billion home program a distraction from the hundreds of billions of dollars in tax avoidance that created the California housing crisis.

And lastly, an aide for billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer resigns after he was caught stealing data from the Kamala Harris campaign.

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Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators last month that EU ambassador Gordon Sondland told her she should tweet out support or praise for Donald Trump if she wanted to save her job, according to a transcript obtained by the New York Times.

From Bloomberg News; Luxury developers in New York City are fighting a proposed tax on second homes that cost $5 million or more — calling the plan "class warfare on the rich"

USA Today reports that a Cameroonian migrant detained by ICE was removed from life support after his family asked that he continue to receive medical care.

And lastly, YouTube has banned Sebastian Gorka from its platform, apparently because the former Trump White House adviser refused to stop playing songs from pop rock band Imagine Dragons on episodes of his radio show that were later uploaded to the site.

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Trump threatens to shut down the government in 17 days in order to stop The House impeachment process.

Meanwhile, California governor Gavin Newsom threatens to take over PG&E in wake of the electrical utility’s bankruptcy crisis

And lastly, a new Fox News poll shows Trump’s approval numbers hitting a two-year low and his true base of registered voters shrinking dramatically.

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Nancy Pelosi, who could still be Speaker in 2021, says the next president of the United States must abide by pay-as-you-go rules.

The Treasury Department said on Thursday that it was rolling back regulations that were enacted to prevent American companies from moving their official residence abroad to reduce their tax bills.

Air pollution in the north of India has "reached unbearable levels," Delhi's Chief Minister says.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledged to outlaw climate boycott campaigns that he argued could hurt the country’s mining industry.

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For only the fourth time in the history of the United States, Congress has voted to impeach a sitting president.

Meanwhile, after an 11-day strike, Chicago teachers reach a deal with Mayor Lightfoot.

And lastly, Trump announces he’s leaving New York so he can avoid paying taxes as a resident of Palm Beach, Florida.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that a pension fund covering about 90,000 coal workers and their families is on the brink of insolvency while hundreds of these miners also face losing medical benefits.

North Dakota state environmental regulators on Thursday announced that nearly 400,000 gallons of crude oil had leaked out of the controversial Keystone pipeline, covering about 22,000 square feet of wetlands.

HuffPo is reporting that Democratic groups have launched a blitz of voting rights lawsuits in three states this week; a sign of how aggressive the party intends to be in challenging voting restrictions ahead of the 2020 elections.

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House democrats ask John Bolton to testify at Trump’s impeachment inquiry, but his lawyer says he won’t do it willingly.

Meanwhile, thanks to Trump, 4 million US children don’t have health insurance as coverage declines for a second year in a row.

And lastly, the sweeping protests in Chile force the country’s right-wing president to cancels its upcoming APEC world leaders summit.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the social network will no longer run any political advertising from candidates or about particular issues.

Politico reports Kamala Harris is dramatically restructuring her campaign by redeploying staffers to Iowa and laying off dozens of aides at her Baltimore headquarters.

The Seattle Times is reporting that Joe Biden will attend a fundraiser co-hosted by Amazon’s top lawyer as the former VP’s polling and fundraising continue to fade in the Democratic presidential primary.

And lastly, Juul, the leading US e-cigarette manufacturer, sent to market 1 million contaminated mint-flavored nicotine pods earlier this year. This according to a new lawsuit filed against Juul by a former executive there.

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The White House official who listened to Trump’s Ukraine call says the White House’s transcript was doctored to omit key details.

Meanwhile, a new CNN poll has Bernie Sanders edging out Elizabeth Warren for the lead in the New Hampshire primary.

And lastly, Missouri’s state health director testifies that he kept a spreadsheet to track Planned Parenthood patients’ menstrual periods.

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The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to formally recognize and denounce the systematic killing of about 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide under the Ottoman Empire, now modern day Turkey.

A new Selzer & Company poll finds just 51% of all suburban voters now say they would definitely vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump. 88% of suburban women said they would definitely vote in the 2020 presidential election, ten points higher than voters overall.

Nature dot com reports that sea level projections for the year 2050 show that land currently home to 300 million people will fall below the elevation of an average annual coastal flood.

And lastly, climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Environment Prize, but she won't be accepting it. Thunberg said on Instagram on Tuesday that she received the award but declined to accept it because "the climate movement does not need any more awards."

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A top White House official who heard Trump’s Ukraine call is set to offer damning testimony to Impeachment investigators.

Meanwhile, the fate of Missouri’s only remaining abortion clinic will be decided this week

And lastly, Bernie Sanders says the nearly $4 billion in annual US military aid to Israel should be leveraged to help improve the lives of Palestinians instead.

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Iraqi security forces opened fire, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds in the holy city of Karbala on Tuesday in one of the worst attacks since the country was engulfed by protests this month.

North Carolina can’t use its current maps for its 2020 congressional elections, a panel of judges ruled Monday, saying the Republican-drawn maps are unfair to many voters.The legislature must now redraw the state’s 13 U.S. House districts for the second time in three years.

The New York Times reports that homelessness in New York Public Schools has reached a record high of nearly 15,000 students, That means one out of every 10 New York City students lived in temporary housing during the last school year.

And Politico is reporting that the Republican Party of Florida has cancelled its biggest annual fundraiser because of lackluster interest from donors. Planners were having difficulty selling table sponsorships to the Statesman’s Dinner, and couldn’t land a keynote speaker for the dinner, which was scheduled for Nov. 9 in Orlando.

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Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria reportedly disrupted this weekend’s military strike in Syria that killed the leader of the Islamic State.

Meanwhile, as wildfires rage across California, governor Gavin Newsom floats a plan for Warren Buffet to take over the state’s bankrupt utility giant, Pacific Gas & Electric.

And lastly, a right-wing revenge porn smear campaign forces freshmen Congresswoman Kaite Hill to resign from Congress.

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More than one million people took to streets in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Friday afternoon, uniting in a call for huge social and political change in the country.The demonstration is believed to be the largest in decades, drawing comparisons to historic marches in 1988 against the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib endorsed Bernie Sanders for president at a rally in Detroit on Sunday night. Tlaib joins Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ihan Omar in backing the Vermont independent.

Donald Trump was greeted with loud boos from from the crowd during game 5 of the World Series on Sunday. Trump was shown on the Nationals Park jumbotron and immediately met with sustained jeers from the sold-out crowd.

John Conyers, the longest-serving African American member of Congress, has died at 90 years old. Conyers represented the Detroit area for over 50 years before he resigned in 2017 due to claims of sexual harassment from former employees.

And lastly, a series of federal court settlements this week will provide the BlackJewel coal miners—who blocked train tracks in Kentucky for nearly two months this summer to protest against unpaid —with over $5 million in back pay.