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Judge Pushes Back On Trump Lawyers Trying To Block Possible Impeachment Witnesses

White House counsel Don McGahn in September. Lawyers for McGahn appeared in federal court on Thursday in a dispute over whether he will have to sit for questions from House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption

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Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Judge Pushes Back On Trump Lawyers Trying To Block Possible Impeachment Witnesses

A federal judge in Washington was skeptical in the face of arguments that current and former Oval Office aides have "absolute immunity" from ever sitting for questions about interactions with Trump.

Fate Of Missouri's Only Abortion Clinic To Be Decided

St. Louis Public Radio

A hearing this week will determine the fate of Missouri's only remaining abortion clinic. State officials are fighting against Planned Parenthood in an effort to shut down the clinic.

Fate Of Missouri's Only Abortion Clinic To Be Decided

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Greensboro, N.C., Set To Commemorate 1 Of The Darkest Days In City's History

WFDD

Nearly 40 years ago, the Ku Klux Klan and a neo-Nazi group killed five people in Greensboro, N.C. A white jury acquitted those responsible, but the city never fully accepted responsibility for its role.

Greensboro, N.C., Set To Commemorate 1 Of The Darkest Days In City's History

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For Some California Residents, Latest Wildfires Are A Tipping Point

More than 300 fires broke out in Northern California over the past week, leaving residents like Danielle Bryant waiting for updates and a change in the weather. Lesley McClurg/KQED hide caption

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For Some California Residents, Latest Wildfires Are A Tipping Point

KQED

Californians have been evacuated multiple times in recent years owing to smoke, fires, floods and power outages. Now people are reconsidering whether the state is the dream they had hoped for.

For Some California Residents, Latest Wildfires Are A Tipping Point

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How California's Blackouts Are Affecting The State's Dairy Farmers

Many dairy farmers in California are struggling to adapt to frequent power outages. Farmer Cody Nicholson Stratton talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about how it has impacted his livestock and business.

How California's Blackouts Are Affecting The State's Dairy Farmers

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National Security

President Trump Continues Effort To Name Whistleblower

Efforts continue to name the whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Some Republicans are seeking to surface the name, and Trump wants to face his accuser.

President Trump Continues Effort To Name Whistleblower

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Blocked Citizenship Question Not Likely To Lower Census Response, Bureau Finds

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Blocked Citizenship Question Not Likely To Lower Census Response, Bureau Finds

Months after courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.

White House Policy Official Corroborates Ukraine Narrative — But Saw Nothing Illegal

Timothy Morrison arrives for a deposition in the House impeachment inquiry on Thursday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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White House Policy Official Corroborates Ukraine Narrative — But Saw Nothing Illegal

Timothy Morrison verified to House investigators that President Trump leaned on Ukraine to launch investigations he thought might help him. He worried about blowback — but not legal implications.

State Department Solicits Comments On Keystone XL Pipeline

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux council member Patricia Iron Cloud (center) watches protesters make speeches against the Keystone XL pipeline. Olivia Reingold/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption

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State Department Solicits Comments On Keystone XL Pipeline

Yellowstone Public Radio

The public had its first and only chance to meet with State Department officials about a new environmental analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline this week. Some protesters drove hours to attend.

State Department Solicits Comments On Keystone XL Pipeline

First These Kentuckians Couldn't Drink The Water. Now They Can't Afford It

Jasper Davis gets drinking water from a mountain stream in Martin County, Ky. He says he's one of many in the struggling coal region who have trouble affording their water bill. Sydney Boles/Ohio Valley ReSource hide caption

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First These Kentuckians Couldn't Drink The Water. Now They Can't Afford It

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In a struggling coal region of Kentucky, moves to fix a notoriously dirty water supply have created a new crisis: Many are now unable to afford their water bills.

Politics

News Brief: Russia Director Out At NSC, Twitter Bans Political Ads, PG&E

A key witness in the impeachment inquiry is set to leave his top post on the National Security Council. Also, Twitter bans political ads and the latest on PG&E and wildfires in California.

News Brief: Russia Director Out At NSC, Twitter Bans Political Ads, PG&E

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Wednesday

Police Owe Nothing To Man Whose Home They Blew Up, Appeals Court Says

Leo Lech stands on a pile of wood in his neighbor's yard, which overlooks the back of his former home in Greenwood Village, Colo. In 2015, the home was destroyed by the police during a standoff with a gunman and has since been razed and rebuilt. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the city does not owe Lech any compensation. Kathryn Scott Osler/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Police Owe Nothing To Man Whose Home They Blew Up, Appeals Court Says

A federal appeals court ruled this week that a Colorado man whose house suffered significant damage in a police operation in 2015 isn't entitled to any money. He says he's now $400,000 in debt.

Jeffrey Epstein Case: Expert Hired By His Family Suggests Doubt On Suicide Finding

Michael Baden, a pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother, says that some of Epstein's injuries were more consistent with "homicidal strangulation" than suicide. The disgraced financier, seen here in 2017, was found dead in his jail cell in August. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP hide caption

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Jeffrey Epstein Case: Expert Hired By His Family Suggests Doubt On Suicide Finding

A pathologist who observed the autopsy says Epstein's neck fractures are "more indicative" of homicidal strangulation than suicide. The medical examiner stands by her conclusion.