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Thursday, December 5
DEMS HINT: IMPEACHMENT COULD GO BEYOND UKRAINE As the House Judiciary Committee began hearings to craft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) suggested the charges may not be limited to the president’s Ukraine-related acts by raising Trump’s alleged obstruction of the earlier investigation into his 2016 campaign. [HuffPost]
IMPEACHMENT TAKEAWAYS: HISTORY LESSONS, PARTISAN FEUDS The next phase of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump moved to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday with public hearings featuring professors of law who discussed the constitutional origins of Congress’ impeachment power. [AP]
SAILOR AT PEARL HARBOR SHOOTS THREE, KILLS HIMSELF An active-duty Navy sailor fatally shot two civilians Wednesday and wounded another before killing himself at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii. Officials don’t yet know whether the shooting was targeted or random. [HuffPost]
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FINALIZES FIRST FOOD BENEFIT CUT Hundreds of thousands of Americans could lose access to food benefits under a policy change the Trump administration finalized on Wednesday. Republicans call it a “work requirement,” but most people affected by the change will simply lose their food benefits. [HuffPost]
LAW PROF: TRUMP'S ACTIONS WORST OF ANY PRESIDENT A constitutional law scholar told a House impeachment panel Wednesday that President Trump’s attempt to solicit a foreign investigation into his political opponent and his obstruction of congressional investigations amount to the worst presidential misconduct in history. [HuffPost]
KIM 'DISPLEASED' WITH RETURN OF 'ROCKET MAN' The head of North Korea's armed forces cautioned the United States against threatening the Kim Jong Un regime with military action in a statement Wednesday, the latest in a series of increasingly dire warnings from Pyongyang about the future of its relationship with Washington. [CNN] |
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MEN PAID MORE EVEN ON PARENTAL LEAVE Though fathers are less likely than mothers to take time off to care for a new baby or a family member, when they do take leave, they’re more likely to be paid by their employer. The pay gap shows up even though women have access to more kinds of paid leave. [HuffPost]
THE VOTE THAT COULD DESTROY THE UNITED KINGDOM As the United Kingdom faces its most momentous election in recent history, Scotland is grappling with which view to set its sights on. For Scottish voters, a key issue in the Dec. 12 general election will be whether, in the long term, they want to remain part of the UK or to break away and become an independent country. [CNN]
GOP CONFIRMS 'NOT QUALIFIED' LIFETIME FEDERAL JUDGE Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to confirm Sarah Pitlyk to a lifetime seat on a federal court, despite her extreme views on fertility treatments having “grave effects on society” and her unanimous “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association. [HuffPost]
TRUMP ONCE CALLED PRINCE ANDREW 'A LOT OF FUN' President Donald Trump can’t keep his story straight regarding his relationship with Prince Andrew. On Tuesday, he claimed that he didn’t know the disgraced royal. But People dug up a 2000 interview with Trump in which he'd said of the prince: “He’s not pretentious. He’s a lot of fun to be with.” [HuffPost]
FLORIDA GOP CANDIDATE CALLS FOR OMAR AND OTHERS TO BE HANGED A Republican congressional candidate in Florida sent a fundraising letter last week that called for the hanging of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and other Democrats, reported The Tampa Bay Times. [HuffPost]
HERE'S WHAT THE CIA'S TORTURE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE Drawings done in captivity by the first prisoner known to undergo “enhanced interrogation” portray his account of what happened to him in vivid and disturbing ways during the four years he was held in secret prisons by the C.I.A. [New York Times] |
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| A small, dedicated crew of hardliners has put up bureaucratic barriers that are far harder to overcome than any hunk of concrete at the border. |
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