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Nov 13, 2019: Bolivia's New Right-Wing President
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

In defiance of Bolivia’s constitution, a right-wing senator declares herself acting president as Evo Morales vows to fight on.

Meanwhile, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff adds bribery to the list of Trump’s impeachable offenses.

And lastly, new polling finds that 34 million Americans know someone who died because they couldn’t pay for health care.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

Bloomberg News reports that the US economy has enriched the one-percent so much, they now hold almost as much wealth as the middle- and upper-middle classes combined.

Advisers to President Donald Trump are reportedly working on a plan to slash the "middle class" tax rate to 15 percent.

Politico reports that Hillary Clinton has declined to rule out launching a future presidential campaign after her two failed bids.

And lastly, a senior Trump administration official caught embellishing her résumé with misleading claims was being considered for a new job at the State Department with a budget of more than $1 billion.