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Wednesday, November 13
THE IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP BEGINS The first public impeachment hearings for President Donald Trump begin today, as Congress launches a high-profile exploration of a critical question: Did Trump withhold military aid from Ukraine in an effort to force the country’s government to open an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden? [HuffPost]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS: NO MORE CANDIDATES, PLEASE Democratic senators said the sprawling presidential field doesn’t need more candidates. “A lot of people have been out on the trail for months, some even years, and have done a lot of work. To think they can airdrop into this circumstance, it’s rare that that happens,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. [HuffPost]
ERDOGAN WILL KEEP RELEASING ISIS FIGHTERS Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to continue releasing ISIS members who are imprisoned in Turkey back to their home countries, in what appeared to be a retaliatory message directed at nations that have imposed sanctions on Turkey. [HuffPost]
OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS ON STEPHEN MILLER TO RESIGN Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on senior White House adviser Stephen Miller to immediately resign amid reports that he regularly pushed white nationalist talking points and xenophobia in emails sent in the months before the 2016 presidential election. [HuffPost]
BOLIVIA SENATE LEADER DECLARES HERSELF PRESIDENT An opposition leader in Bolivia’s Senate has declared herself the country’s interim president after the resignation of Evo Morales. Jeanine Añez took temporary control of the Senate late Tuesday, putting her next in line for the presidency. [AP]
2 PEOPLE JUST GOT THE PLAGUE IN CHINA Two people in China are being treated for plague. It's the second time the disease -- the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history -- has been detected in the region. In May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot, a local folk health remedy. [CNN] |
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ABORTION LAW GOING TO SUPREME COURT BASED ON A LIE June Medical Services v. Gee concerns a Louisiana law passed in 2014 that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. This law, which would leave just one abortion provider in the entire state of Louisiana, is based on the falsehood that abortion is a dangerous procedure. [HuffPost]
BILLIONAIRE EFFORTS TO BACK POPULISM ARE BACKFIRING The Democratic Party has not one, but two, major presidential candidates whose campaigns are devoted to taking on billionaire power. And former Vice President Joe Biden, the candidate who many well-heeled donors thought would sail to the White House, has shown some signs of weakness. [HuffPost]
HONG KONG READIES FOR MORE CHAOS AS VIOLENCE SPREADS Hong Kong prepared for more clashes on Wednesday as anti-government protesters planned to paralyze parts of the Asian financial hub for a third day. Transportation, schools and many businesses closed as violence escalated across the city. [Reuters]
3 TALIBAN FIGURES RELEASED IN EXCHANGE Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced that his government has released three prominent Taliban figures in an effort to get insurgents to free two university professors — an American and an Australian — they abducted three years ago. [AP]
MUSLIM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS NEED YOU TO LISTEN It is a challenge for domestic violence victims to seek help, regardless of their ethnicity or religious background. But Muslim women face distinct and arduous obstacles. [HuffPost]
SMOKEY BEAR IS 75. TIME TO RETIRE? Since its creation in 1944, the Smokey Bear campaign has been laser-focused on reducing the number of human-caused fires. “Only YOU can prevent wildfires,” the trusty bear reminds us in his signature voice. While that charge continues to be an important one, Smokey has never talked about wildfire with the nuance it deserves. [HuffPost] |
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