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October 21st, 2019
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

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.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

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.