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TOP NEWS
Last night, Donald Trump joined Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as the only Presidents to be impeached and face removal from office. Speaker Pelosi has not said when she will present the Senate with articles of impeachment.
A federal appeals court struck down the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act that requires by law all people purchase health insurance or face a penalty.
At his annual marathon news conference, Vladimir Putin suggested term limits for the Russian presidency.
Mark Meadows, one of Trump’s closest allies in the House, will not seek re-election and signaled he would be working for Trump in some other capacity.
The Queen of England said that her top priority is for Parliament to deliver Brexit by January 31st on the new year.
THE ELECTION
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“There were the ‘do’s and the ‘don’t’s -- do [hire] this person and don’t with this person,” recalled Podesta of the conversation between Senator Warren and Hillary Clinton. “She was more fired up about the ‘don’t’s than the ‘do’s.’” Podesta wouldn’t name names but said: “If you worked at the Obama Treasury Department or the SEC then you were probably in trouble.”
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