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Pelosi says Trump will have a chance to testify to impeachment panel — if he wants to

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Trump can speak to the House panel that is conducting the impeachment hearings. She made the comments before Trump attacked an aide to the vice president who’s scheduled to testify later this week.

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for not moving faster to reduce police stops under a “stop and frisk” policy while he was in office that critics said targeted blacks and Hispanics.

Susan Collins is in the eye of a storm with a potential impeachment vote approaching

Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine has a huge decision ahead of her — whether she will vote for or against President Trump in an impeachment vote.

Trump promised Wisconsin’s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They’re still waiting

President Trump’s promise to restore US trade dominance won him deep support in farm country, which helped him secure his narrow victory in Wisconsin in 2016. But there are signs that some farmers are running out of patience with the trade wars.
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A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here’s how Trump lured him from the Democrats

Amid a stronger local economy, there are questions about whether Democrats can win back white working-class voters in western Pennsylvania in 2020.
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They helped Trump win Michigan, then his immigration crackdown split their community

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A gunshot shatters a Milwaukee home, and a mother doubts her vote will stop the next one

Trump promised Wisconsin’s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They’re still waiting

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Trump clears three service members who have been accused or convicted of war crimes, overruling military leaders

White House budget aide testifies before impeachment panel

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The Boston Democrat said she wants to make the criminal justice system smaller, less discriminatory, and “more humane.”

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The Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful is ramping up her rhetoric against the very wealthy this week.

Second US official heard Trump call with Sondland

A second US embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to pursue “investigations.”

Jimmy Carter ‘up and walking’ post brain surgery, pastor says

Jimmy Carter’s pastor says the former president is already “up and walking” just a day after undergoing surgery to relieve pressure on his brain from bleeding linked to recent falls.

Top US diplomat testifies that Trump was overheard asking about the ‘investigations’ he wanted

William Taylor, the highest-ranking US official in Ukraine, said for the first time that President Trump was overheard asking another ambassador about “the investigations” he’d urged Ukraine’s leader to conduct one day earlier. Taylor said he learned of Trump’s phone call with the ambassador only in recent days.

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Republicans scramble for a message as public impeachment hearings begin

Congressional Republicans tried to disparage testimony by top diplomats, who described a US foreign policy related to Ukraine that was tailored by the White House to serve President Trump’s political interests.

US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist

President Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey concluded a visit without achieving an agreement on Turkey’s decision earlier this year to accept delivery of a Russian air defense system

Vote difference in Boston City Council at-large race shrinks to 5 as recount looms

Julia Mejia still leads Alejandra St. Guillen based on the latest count. Both candidates have said they would call for a recount. The city has a deadline of 5 p.m. Friday to count all absentee ballots and finish the initial count. It’s not clear how many of these ballots there are.