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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Mitch McConnell is reportedly hatching a plan to skip dismissing Donald Trump of impeachment charges and simply acquit him in the Senate.

Meanwhile, a Federal judge blocks Trumps use of billions of dollars in emergency Pentagon funds to build his border wall.

And lastly, over 180 Democrats join Republicans in handing Trump a $728 billion blank check for war crafted by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

QUICKIES HEADLINES:

NBC reports one of the two suspects who killed a police officer before targeting a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey, where three people were killed, had a social media page containing anti-Jewish and anti-police writings.

Former Republican governor of Kentucky Matt Bevin pardoned or commuted the sentences of hundreds of Kentucky inmates during his final acts in office, but according to the Courier Journal, the family of one man who was pardoned held a political fundraiser for Bevin in the summer of 2018, which raised more than $20,000.

Reuters is reporting U.S. oil giant Chevron is preparing devalue its assets by $10 billion to $11 billion this quarter and is considering selling some natural gas projects to prepare for long term low prices.

And lastly, federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to return Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to jail for misrepresenting his income and hiding a $1 million payment from Russia in September.