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Students skip school for climate strike at state Capitol

Students skip school for climate strike at state Capitol

House passes bill to restore key parts of Voting Rights Act

Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is hugged as House Democrats gathered before passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act to eliminate potential state and local voter suppression laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. At right is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., who introduced the bill and who represents Selma, Ala., a city that was at the forefront of the 1960s civil rights movement. They are joined at far right by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers say there are misconceptions about new NY bail laws

Lawmakers say there are misconceptions about new NY bail laws

Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters during her weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

State Senator Betty Little announces retirement after ninth term

State Senator Betty Little announces retirement after ninth term

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Profs make impeachment case; Democrats say they're all in

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., center, and House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., right, talk during a break in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Democratic Counsel Norm Eisen is left. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House report outlines evidence for Trump impeachment

President Donald Trump delivers a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Washington.

Trump says 2020 G7 summit will be held at Camp David retreat

An interpreter translates for President Donald Trump as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting at Winfield House during the NATO summit, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in London. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Asian stocks follow Wall Street lower on trade worries

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo trader John Elliott works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Kamala Harris ends Democratic presidential campaign

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Atlanta. Harris, was once considered a front-runner in the crowded Democratic field, is expected to end her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a campaign official.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Jimmy Carter hospitalized for urinary tract infection

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2019 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Deanna Congileo, a spokeswoman for The Carter Center, said Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 in a statement that the 95-year-old former president was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus over the weekend. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Democrat Steve Bullock ends struggling presidential campaign

In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks during the Climate Forum at Georgetown University, in Washington.

State Senator George Amedore won't seek re-election in 2020

Sen. George Amedore Jr., R-Rotterdam, during a judicial hearing on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Albany, N.Y.

Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a deal

President Donald Trump holds up a tray of Thanksgiving dinner during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to the troops, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Decision 2020

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., looks over noters as he joins House Democrats before passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act to eliminate potential state and local voter suppression laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that she is asking Nadler move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nadler says committee vote on impeachment possible this week

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

In this Dec. 5, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden calls Sanders' pitch to leverage Israel aid 'bizarre'

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gives opening remarks during the Teamsters Presidential Candidate Forum at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette via AP)

House impeachment report looks at abuse, bribery, corruption

FILE - In this March 7, 2019, file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee is moving to the forefront of President Donald Trump�s impeachment, starting with a hearing Wednesday, Dec. 4 to examine the �high crimes and misdemeanors� set out in the Constitution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., looks over noters as he joins House Democrats before passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act to eliminate potential state and local voter suppression laws, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that she is asking Nadler move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nadler says committee vote on impeachment possible this week

Watchdog expected to find Russia probe valid, despite flaws

FILE - In this June 19, 2018, file photo, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Justice Department inspector general report being released Monday is expected to say that the FBI had a legitimate basis to open its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia and that senior law enforcement officials weren�t motivated by partisan bias. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ronstadt, `Sesame Street' to receive Kennedy Center Honors

Front row from left, 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees Michael Tilson Thomas, Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett, back row from left, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson, and characters from

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew

In this Dec. 5, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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