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9:30 PM ET, December 18, 2019

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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hoyer: ‘We need to talk about’ delaying Senate impeachment trial  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking lawmaker in the House, said Wednesday that Democrats must discuss a last-ditch gambit to delay sending articles of impeachment to the Senate and prevent …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Some House Democrats push Pelosi to withhold impeachment articles, delay Senate trial  —  A group of House Democrats is pushing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders to withhold the articles of impeachment against President Trump that are expected to emerge on Wednesday, potentially delaying a Senate trial for months.
ABC News:
Donald Trump becomes 3rd president in US history to be impeached
Discussion: NBC News and The Wrap
Kamala D. Harris / New York Times:
Will McConnell Let the Senate Hold a Fair Impeachment Trial?
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Laura Davison / Bloomberg:
Key Senate Republican Bucks McConnell to Push for Drug Pricing
Discussion: Raw Story
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
McCarthy: Trump will still be president after impeachment
Discussion: Redstate and The Hill
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi's pin at the impeachment debate was a declaration: The republic will survive this  —  The day was sober, no matter what side of the Trump impeachment debate one might be on.  It was a sad day, on that there was bipartisan agreement.  —  And for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: New York Times and HuffPost
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump impeached by the House for abuse of power, obstruction of Congress  —  The votes sets the stage for a trial in the Senate, due to begin in early January.  —  Watch live: House votes on articles of impeachment against Trump  —  President Donald J. Trump was impeached on Wednesday.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Impeachment day for Trump: A bruised ego, a Twitter eruption and a rally  —  His chief spokeswoman said he would be “working all day,” but President Donald Trump spent much of Wednesday tweeting and retweeting about impeachment.  —  He holed up in the White House residence in the morning …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Trump Approval Inches Up, While Support for Impeachment Dips
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ poll: Public remains split on Trump's impeachment and ouster from office
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
‘We are all mad’: Trump, White House fume as House debates impeachment
Discussion: AOL.com, CNN, POLITICUSUSA and Joe.My.God.
John Harwood / CNBC:   Americans are split on impeaching Trump, NBC/WSJ poll says
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
We're watching the fantasy version of the House of Representatives
Discussion: The Hill
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:   Americans Evenly Divided on Trump Removal, WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Trump Administration Battles New Sanctions on Russia  —  On Tuesday, President Trump claimed he was tougher on Russia than his predecessor.  At the same time, his subordinates strongly opposed a bill imposing new sanctions on Moscow.  —  The Trump administration is quietly fighting …
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Surveillance footage outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell during first suicide attempt is missing  —  Surveillance footage of the outside of Jeffrey Epstein's cell at the troubled Metropolitan Correctional Center during his first suicide attempt has gone missing, prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Bloomberg says Democratic candidates, including Biden, don't have the right experience  —  “The presidency shouldn't be a training job,” Bloomberg said.  “You need somebody who comes in and knows how to run an organization.”  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Pete Ain't It  —  The economic argument against Donald Trump …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats are sleepwalking into a Biden disaster
Discussion: New York Post
Associated Press:
2020 Democrats prepare to debate in shadow of impeachment
Discussion: Breitbart
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Rudy Giuliani Flew To Ukraine On A Budget Flight.  But He Left On A Private Jet.  —  Rudy Giuliani flew to Kyiv on a budget airline when he visited earlier this month — but he left in style, on a private jet.  —  It was the afternoon of December 4 when Giuliani flew to the Ukrainian capital …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Stain of Impeachment Will Last Forever  —  Later today, Donald Trump will become just the third president in American history to be impeached.  —  Because this outcome has been inevitable since at least late October, and because there is no practical prospect of the Senate voting …
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Court voids Obamacare mandate — but not the whole law  —  Lower court must now reconsider fate of the full statute  —  A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down Obamacare's individual mandate in a decision that immediately thrusts the health care law to the forefront of the 2020 elections.
Discussion: Vox, NBC News, The Root, TheBlaze and Raw Story
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:   Appeals court rules ACA's individual mandate unconstitutional; lower court to decide whether rest …
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Pentagon's Policy Chief Under Fire as Senior Officials Head for the Exits  —  Current and former officials point to John Rood as a major source of frustration in the U.S. Defense Department policy shop.  —  Three years into U.S. President Donald Trump's administration …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Fourth Pentagon official announces resignation within week  —  A top Pentagon intelligence official will soon leave the building, the fourth key defense official to announce their resignation within a week.  —  Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Kari Bingen submitted …
Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Trump impeachment: Undisputed evidence that he abused his power  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  The rule of law is a cornerstone of American democracy and is integral to the U.S. Constitution.  It stands for the principles that no person is beneath the laws' protections.  No person is above the laws' requirements.
CREW:
Trump Hotel Room Prices Spiked 13x Last Weekend.  We Finally Know Why.  —  In November, we noticed a mysterious spike in the price of available rooms at Trump's DC hotel for a Saturday night in December.  The minimum cost was 13 times the average, but we couldn't identify a reason for the spike …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
USDA tariff tracker removes Wakanda, fictional home of Black Panther, as free trade partner  —  There were hundreds of U.S. Department of Agriculture data inputs for Wakanda, a nation that first appeared in the July 1966 Marvel comic Fantastic Four #52.  —  Wakanda's free trade agreement with the United States wasn't forever.
Sarah Quinlan / Arc Digital:
The Plight of #NeverTrump Conservative Women  —  Not welcome in the Democratic party; don't fit in the Republican party either  —  “I  —  can no longer in good conscience endorse this person for president.  It is some of the most abhorrent and offensive comments that you can possibly imagine.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's closing impeachment argument: Denying basic facts  —  It's often been said that the two sides in the current impeachment debate can't even agree on basic facts.  But increasingly for the GOP, that's also true of well-established and indisputable facts.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Justice Dept. plans crackdown on violent crime in 7 cities  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced a crackdown Wednesday aimed at driving down violent crime in seven of the nation's most violent cities.  —  Attorney General William Barr is announcing the initiative known …
Discussion: The Hill
Joe Biden:
Statement from Vice President Joe Biden on the Rise of Anti-Semitism and the Battle for the Soul of This Nation  —  Across America, and around the globe, the disturbing rise of anti-Semitism is shredding the fabric of our communities, tearing apart the lives of innocent people and their families, and eroding the soul of our nation.
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
Axios:
Which Democrats voted against Trump's impeachment  —  Only two House Democrats crossed party lines to vote to oppose both articles of impeachment against President Trump on Wednesday.  Both of them are feeling the pressure of representing swing districts Trump won in 2016.
Discussion: New York Times and FiveThirtyEight
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Envoy to Ukraine Was Asked to Step Aside Ahead of Pompeo Visit  —  Timing counters earlier suggestions that Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor's precise departure date was predetermined  —  Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor was instructed by a top aide to Secretary …
New York Times:
With Historic Debate, House Moves Toward Impeaching Trump  —  Voting nearly along party lines, the House approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president in history to face removal by the Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Attack on Amazon May Be His Most Egregious Abuse of Power Yet  —  That President Trump's Ukraine policy led to articles of impeachment against him was largely a matter of chance.  A CIA official decided to collect evidence that the administration's foreign policy was being used as a domestic oppo-research shakedown.
 
 
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Susan Collins Of Maine Announces She Will Seek Reelection
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
FISA court's rebuke of the FBI: It broke or ignored the rules and our rights
Discussion: CNN and Disrn
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Top Senate Republicans request records, interviews with former Obama officials
Discussion: The Hill
Sean McElwee / Memos:
Memo: Voters See Glaring Environmental Problems in the USMCA
CNN:
As House votes to impeach Trump, McConnell pushes 13 judge nominations through Senate
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Impeach Him If You Like, but for the Love of God, Stop Pretending You Care about the Constitution
Discussion: Slate and The Bulwark
 Earlier Items: 
Mainer:
UMaine College Republicans Caught in MAGA Civil War
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Uprising: 90% of Virginia counties become gun ‘sanctuaries,’ expanding movement to nine states
Discussion: Breitbart
Eric Boehlert / Daily Kos:
Media fail: The press keeps covering impeachment through the eyes of the Republican Party
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Is Not Removing An Ad Falsely Claiming Mitch McConnell Endorses Impeaching Trump
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Mark Pickett / The Outline:
My client, Travis Runnels, did not deserve to die
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Thoughts on the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Every Person In America Should Know Crystal Mason's Name
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
‘In a class by herself’: Pelosi has roared back in the Trump era
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
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