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Thursday, November 21
TRUMP CASTS SHADOW ON DEM DEBATE The president, the scandal rapidly engulfing his administration and the effect he has had on the country’s political culture loomed over the fifth Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta. [HuffPost]
TESTIMONY SHOWS TRUMP DIDN'T CARE ABOUT CORRUPTION Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, testified that President Donald Trump cared most that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky publicly announce an investigation into former vice president Joe Biden and the company that employed his son, not that Ukraine actually conduct the probe. Sondland's devastating testimony directly tied Trump and other top officials to the Ukraine shakedown. The House impeachment hearing resumes today. [HuffPost]
BIDEN FUMBLES DISASTEROUSLY ON RACE Sen. Cory Booker went after Joe Biden in the debate for saying he would not immediately support legalizing marijuana. Biden began awkwardly touting the support he’s received from the Black community. "I have more people supporting me in the Black community ― who have vouched for me ― because they know me,” he said. [HuffPost]
TRUMP BOASTS OF 'NEW' APPLE PLANT. IT OPENED IN 2013. Trump traveled to Austin, Texas, on Wednesday to tour a manufacturing plant with Apple chief executive Tim Cook, touting what he called a “new” facility that would bring high-paying jobs back to America. The plant has been making Apple computers since 2013. [HuffPost]
GM SUES RIVAL OVER BRIBERY SCHEME General Motors sued Fiat Chrysler, asserting that it bribed United Auto Workers officials in contract negotiations to get a leg up on GM over the course of a decade. Hours after GM filed the lawsuit, the union’s president resigned as the UAW took steps to oust him. [New York Times]
PEDOPHILE PRIEST SENT TO WORK AMONG KIDS A pedophile priest was sent to work for an aid organization helping vulnerable families in an African country, even though his Catholic order knew he had been convicted of abusing children years earlier in Europe, a CNN investigation has found. [CNN] |
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PROTESTERS STILL HOLED UP ON HONG KONG CAMPUS Fewer than 100 protesters remained holed up in a Hong Kong university on Thursday as riot police encircled the campus, with some activists still desperately searching for ways to escape while others hid. Some told Reuters they were innocent and looking for an escape route. [Reuters]
PRINCE ANDREW TO STEP BACK FROM PUBLIC LIFE In his first statement since Saturday’s BBC Newsnight interview, the Duke of York said it “has become clear” he could no longer carry on with his royal duties as the scandal over his relationship with the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had “become a major disruption to my family’s work”. [HuffPost]
NETANYAHU CHALLENGER FAILS TO MAKE A GOVERNMENT Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival Benny Gantz has failed to form a new government, dashing his hopes of toppling the longtime Israeli prime minister and pushing the country closer toward an unprecedented third election in less than a year. [AP]
OXYCOTIN MAKER THRIVES IN CHINA Even as its U.S. drugmaker collapses under charges of fuelling the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, another company owned by the Sackler family has reportedly used the same tactics to peddle its signature painkiller, OxyContin, in China. [AP]
ACLU SUES TRUMP FOR DETAINING JOURNALISTS The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it is suing Trump’s administration for tracking, detaining and interrogating journalists while they were reporting on U.S.-Mexico border conditions. [HuffPost]
ILHAN OMAR PITCHES $1 TRILLION FOR GREEN PUBLIC HOUSING Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is proposing a bill that would invest $1.2 trillion over the next decade in 12 million new, affordable rental units. It marks a wave of anticipated bills from Democrats pitching for high-quality, affordable housing. [HuffPost] |
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