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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

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.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

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.