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TOP NEWS

• The House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress

• The U.S. and China agreed to a Phase One deal on trade.

• Boris Johnson wins big majority in Parliament after general election, allowing him control of Brexit.

THE ELECTION

• Biden warns Johnson’s win shows danger of moving too far left

• DNC announces 2020 debates in four early states

• The importance of union voters

THE COMMENT

“My big fear is that we are not coalescing around one candidate, and I don’t know in the end if there’s enough people who will come out and vote,” said Mac Macnair, a Democrat who lives in a deep-red county in rural Georgia. “Four years is as long as I can go, but eight years — we won’t even have an America left.”

THE STRANGEST

• Man saves dog after leash is caught in elevator (warning: animal in distress)

THE AV ROOM

• ENDANGERED SPECIES: SCENE KIDS

• NIMOY WARNS OF ICE AGE (1978)

• CURIOUS KOALA