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Thursday, November 14
IT BEGINS WITH A BOMBSHELL Bill Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, revealed that one of his aides overheard President Donald Trump asking EU ambassador Gordon Sondland about 'the investigations' the day after President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president. Both Taylor and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary for Europe and Eurasian affairs, highlighted concerns about Rudy Giuliani's involvement in pressuring Ukraine. [HuffPost]
GOP DID POOR JOB DEFENDING TRUMP The president’s Republican allies have spent weeks strategizing ways to discredit the impeachment inquiry. But none of that planning was evident in their confusing, contradictory and conspiracy-based questioning of State Department officials Bill Taylor and George Kent. Meanwhile, Trump's White House threw its everyday, unfocused, tweet-based vitriol at the public testimony. [HuffPost]
COURT RULES CONGRESS CAN SEEK TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS A federal appeals court ruled that lawmakers can seek eight years of Trump’s tax returns, escalating a long battle between the White House and Congress. [HuffPost]
WARREN TARGETS 'BILLIONAIRE TEARS' IN NEW AD Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) unveiled a new campaign ad aimed at her billionaire detractors. The spot targets four prominent billionaires who have been critical of the Democratic presidential candidate’s plan to impose an annual two-cent tax on net worth over $50 million (and a 6% tax on assets over $1 billion). [HuffPost]
OFFICERS WON'T BE CHARGED IN BLACK TEEN'S DEATH A grand jury found that two Colorado police officers were justified in killing a black teenager who was shot multiple times in the back during a foot chase. As a result, no criminal charges will be filed against the officers involved in the Aug. 3 death of De’Von Bailey in Colorado Springs. [AP]
THE IRS RELEASED NEW TAX BRACKETS FOR 2020 The IRS released updates to the tax code for tax year 2020, including higher income limits on tax brackets to account for inflation, which will affect how much you pay in income taxes when you file in 2021. Here’s a look at what the new brackets mean. [HuffPost] |
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CLIMATE CRISIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY Climate change is already wreaking havoc on public health around the globe and the impacts will mount as the crisis fuels prolonged heatwaves, extreme weather events and infectious disease, according to a new report in top medical journal The Lancet. [HuffPost]
CHINESE STATE MEDIA ISSUES DIRE WARNING The level of unrest and destruction in the almost six-month protest movement in Hong Kong has reached new and unnerving heights in recent days, with several people critically injured and Chinese state media warning radical protesters, 'You are on the edge of doom.' [CNN]
VENICE SEES HIGHEST TIDE IN 50 YEARS Venice has been inundated by the highest tide in more than 50 years. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, who said he would declare a state of disaster over the flooding, blamed climate change for the “devastating” acqua alta, or high waters, which peaked at over 6 feet on Tuesday night. [HuffPost]
UK STORE LIMITS SANTA'S GROTTO ACCESS TO THE WEALTHY London department store Harrods is catching heat for limiting access to its Christmas Grotto to big spenders. Of the 4,400 available slots for 10-minute visits, 4,240 of them were only open to those who spend at least $2,500 at the store during the year. They also have to pay around $25 per child visiting Santa's crystal-encrusted display. [HuffPost]
INQUIRY INTO CALIFORNIA POWER OUTAGES California regulators opened a formal investigation into preemptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state in October, drawing strong rebukes from public officials and residents who said the shut-offs were too broad and poorly executed. [AP]
LIGHT POLLUTION ROBBING US OF NIGHT SKIES Roughly one-third of the world, including 80% of North Americans, are unable to see this bright band of stars that makes up the outer rim of our galaxy. Without light pollution, about 2,500 stars should be visible to us at night, but in most suburbs, only a few hundred can be spotted. Here's why that matters. [HuffPost] |
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