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FIRST 19 STORIES ARE ADDED SINCE 2 P.M.

IMPEACH-MCCONNELL – WASHINGTON – McConnell’s vow of “total coordination” with White House on Senate impeachment trial angers Democrats. 1,180 words, by Mike DeBonis (Post). One video.

DEMS – Democrats plot “unprecedented” effort to flip state legislative chambers in 2020 state races. 1,650 words, by Tim Craig (Post). One graphic.

DEMS-DEBATE – Several Democratic candidates threaten to skip next week’s presidential debate in Los Angeles. 595 words, by Amy B Wang (Post).

SANDERS – WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders’ backing of controversial candidate prompts rare rebuke from liberals. 805 words, by Sean Sulllivan and David Weigel (Post).

TRADE-TAKEAWAYS – WASHINGTON – Key takeaways from Trump’s ‘phase one’ China trade deal. 1,180 words, by Heather Long (Post).

EGGS – Cholesterol studies promoted the sunny side of eggs, but the research was hatched out of industry funding. 880 words, by Laura Reiley (Post).

HOMELESS-SHIP – Oakland is considering housing its homeless on cruise ships. But could it actually happen? 590 words, by Drew Jones (Post).

SOUTHWEST-BOEING – Southwest Airlines reaches confidential settlement with Boeing for some of its 737 Max losses. 415 words, by Lori Aratani (Post).

BLACKLIVES – Free speech advocates worry Black Lives Matter lawsuit could have chilling effect on protests. 1,320 words, by Marissa J. Lang (Post).

NEWZEALAND-SKIN – Skin from cadavers in Ohio helping New Zealand volcano burn patients to heal. 1,275 words, by Siobhán O’Grady (Post).

MEXICO-ZAPATA – MEXICO CITY – Painting of a “gay” Zapata in a pink sombrero and heels divides Mexico. 800 words, by Mary Beth Sheridan (Post).

VIRGINIA-NEWSPAPER – Loudoun County newspaper publisher sentenced to prison for fraud. 700 words, by Rachel Weiner (Post).

AIELLO-OBIT – Danny Aiello, actor who excelled as blue-collar heavies and hotheads, dies at 86. 1,255 words, by Adam Bernstein (Post).

YEMEN-COMMENT – International troops are leaving Yemen. Here’s what will help bring peace. 1,125 worrds, by Alexandra Start (Post special).

AFGHAN-COMMENT – There must be a public accounting for the Afghanistan failure. 760 words, by Colbert I. King (Post).

BIDEN-COMMENT – One-term Joe? That might be a good message. 855 words, by Nancy Gibbs (Post special).

BRITAIN-LIS-COMMENT – How Boris Johnson – and Jeremy Corbyn – turned British politics upside-down. 1,300 words, by Jonathan Lis (Post).

DEEPSTATE-COMMENT “Deep state”? The “shallow state” is even scarier. 825 words, By David Von Drehle (Post).

CARTOON-DANZIGER-BRITAIN – Jeff Danziger’s editorial cartoon. (Post). Three graphics.

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National

IMPEACH – WASHINGTON – House Judiciary panel passes two articles of impeachment against President Trump. 970 words by John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz (Post). Two photos. Two video. Also moving, stories below and IMPEACH-SENATE-RULES, IMPEACH-MCCONNELL, IMPEACH-SCHIFF, IMPEACH-TAKEAWAYS.

IMPEACH-STEFANIK – GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The choice by Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York to defend the president says a lot about the politics of impeachment. 1,510 words, by Griff Witte (Post). Seven photos.

CONGRESS-VOTES – The House did something unusual: It voted on a Friday. 500 words, by Philip Bump (Post).

HOTLINE – WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved plans for a national, three-digit suicide prevention hotline: 988. 785 words, by Taylor Telford (Post).

KLOBUCHAR – DUBUQUE, Iowa – Sen. Amy Klobuchar is getting another look from Iowans. 1,275 words, by Holly Bailey (Post). One photo.

AFGHAN-MATTIS – WASHINGTON – Former defense secretary Jim Mattis defended American efforts to rebuild Afghanistan but acknowledges “we probably weren’t that good at it.” 790 words, by Dan Lamothe (Post).

RUDOLPH-HISTORY – The story of the manhunt for Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph. 870 words, by Michael S. Rosenwald (Post).

THUNBERG-OBAMA – Michelle Obama tells Greta Thunberg to “ignore the doubters” after President Trump’s latest attack. 440 words, by Kayla Epstein (Post).

BARNARD-STABBING – 13-year-old arrested in connection with stabbing of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors. 600 words, by Susan Svrluga and Shayna Jacobs (Post).

MINNESOTA-PILL – A Minnesota mother of five sues after a pharmacist refused to dispense the morning-after pill because of his beliefs. 1,015 words, by Katie Shepherd (Post).

NEWYORK-DEFICIT – Gov. Cuomo may spend much of the new year explaining how he was caught off-guard by a $6.1 billion hole in his next state budget, caused mostly by rising Medicaid costs. 1,015 words, by Henry Goldman (Bloomberg).

WEATHER – First of potentially three pre-holiday storms is soaking the eastern U.S. The next one arrives Monday. 800 words, by Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow (Post).

CALIF-OFFICER – An L.A. officer faces a felony charge after allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts. 570 words, by Kim Bellware and Katie Shepherd (Post).

MARYLAND-MEDICIAL – University of Maryland Medical System report shows how board members pushed for deals to benefit their businesses. 965 words, by Rachel Chason (Post).

YEAREND-FACTCHECK – Our annual roundup of the most outlandish claims of 2019. 1,900 words, by Glenn Kessler (Post).

FEDERAL-INSIDER – WASHINGTON – President Trump’s slurs endanger FBI agents, a former special agent says. 900 words, by Joe Davidson (Post).

CYBER-NEWSLETTER – A lawsuit seeks to force Pennsylvania to scrap these electronic voting machines over hacking fears. 800 words, by Joseph Marks (Post).

World

BRITAIN – LONDON – Boris Johnson wins a sweeping mandate as Jeremy Corbyn’s “radical” agenda fails to win votes even from his base. 1,125 words, by James McAuley, William Booth and Karla Adam (Post). With BRITAIN-REACT, BRITAIN-ANALYSIS.

BRITAIN-EUROPE – European leaders gathered in Brussels embrace Boris Johnson’s sweeping mandate to get Brexit done. 1,270 words, by Michael Birnbaum and William Booth (Post).

BRITAIN-BREXIT-BG – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election victory will allow him to get Brexit done. He now has to decide what it means in practice. 1,005 words, by Joe Mayes (Bloomberg). One photo.

BRITAIN-MAP – Boris Johnson’s victory shakes up Britain’s political landscape. 420 words, by Rodney Jefferson (Bloomberg).

SCOTLAND-BG – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s victory promises to set up a renewed clash over independence for Scotland. 550 words, by Rodney Jefferson and Alastair Reed (Bloomberg). One photo.

CHINA – BEIJING – China’s foreign minister calls the United States the “troublemaker of the world” in strident language markedly at odds with rosy trade talk from Washington. 650 words, by Anna Fifield (Post).

IRAQ-LYNCHING – BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Sistani condemns protesters’ lynching of teenage boy in Baghdad. 650 words, by Erin Cunningham and Mustafa Salim (Post).

INDIA – NEW DELHI – Protests break out for a third day over India’s controversial new citizenship law. 740 words, by Joanna Slater and Niha Masih (Post). Also: INDIA-BG (Pradhan, Kotoky, Bloomberg).

INDIA-RAPE – A man convicted in a 2012 India bus rape says he shouldn’t be hanged because pollution is already killing him. 1,000 words, by Miriam Berger (Post).

ALGERIA – Algeria elects ex-premier Abdelmadjid Tebboune as its new leader, but anger remains on the streets. 545 words, by Sudarsan Raghavan (Post).

NIGER – The killing of 71 soldiers in Niger shows that Islamic State is expanding at breakneck speed across West Africa. 670 words, byi Pauline Bax and Katarina Hoije (Bloomberg).

HUAWEI – SHENZEN, China – Huawei weathers attacks from the U.S. as it encounters increasing dangers at home. 1,190 words, by Anna Fifield and Jeanne Whalen (Post).

JOURNALISTS-ANALYSIS – There’s a worrying rise in journalists being arrested for “fake news” around the world. 800 words, by Miriam Berger (Post).

BOUGAINVILLE – SYDNEY – Bougainville, a Pacific island chain with a bloody recent past, takes its first formal steps to becoming the world’s newest nation. 850 words, by A. Odysseus Patrick (Post special).

POLITICS-NEWSLETTER – Boris Johnson triumphs by bulldozing Labour’s ‘red wall,’ as British election results show realignment. 1,230 words, by James Hohmann (Post).

Business

TRADE – BEIJING – China and the United States reach agreement on the text of a “phase one” trade deal. 720 words, by David J. Lynch and Anna Fifield (Post).

TRADE-FARMS – Doubts over how much agricultural goods China will buy as part of a preliminary trade pact with the U.S. dampened crop market optimism about the deal. 540 words, by Michael Hirtzer and Isis Almeida (Bloomberg).

TRUMP-HOTEL – WASHINGTON – What happens to the Trump D.C. hotel? Answers to five questions on the president’s emoluments battle. 1,140 words, by Jonathan O’Connell and Ann E. Marimow (Post).

RETAIL-BG – U.S. retail sales miss forecasts calling for an acceleration in November. 690 words, by Katia Dmitrieva (Bloomberg). One photo.

PGE – Erin Brockovich backs PG&E’s plan to compensate the victims of wildfires ignited by its power lines. 255 words, by Lynn Doan and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg).

GUNDLACH – A decade after the star investor stunned Wall Street with his bitter split from TCW Group and creation of a rival firm, the verdict is in: Jeffrey Gundlach won, and won big. 815 words, by John Gittelsohn (Bloomberg). One photo.

VANCOUVER – Vancouver’s pristine backdrop has made it a magnet for global wealth. No developer has capitalized on the phenomenon more than Ian Gillespie.1,120 words, by Natalie Obiko Pearson (Bloomberg). One photo.

CONSULTING – How consulting companies optimized American inequality. 1,175 words, by Christopher Ingraham (Post).

GOOGLE-BG – Google culture war escalates as era of transparency wanes. 1,915 words, by Ryan Gallagher and Mark Bergen (Bloomberg). Two photos.

DELIVERY-HERO – German company Delivery Hero will take control of South Korea’s biggest food delivery app, Woowa Brothers, at a $4 billion valuation in a major push into Asia. 450 words, by Manuel Baigorri and Sarah Syed (Bloomberg).

TAKATA-RECALL – Another massive Takata recall looms for large batch of air bags. 850 words, by Masatsugu Horie (Bloomberg).

FORD – Ford lets employees bring dogs to work in a bid to lure tech talent. 660 words, by Keith Naughton (Bloomberg). Three photos.

YOUTUBE-INDIA – YouTube’s music app outpaces Spotify and local rivals in India, a cost-conscious but large market. 645 words, by Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg). One photo.

FINANCE-NEWSLETTER – WASHINGTON – Trade truce with China caps good week in Washington for economy. 540 words, by Tory Newmyer (Post).

TECH-NEWSLETTER – Businesses should be watching out for deepfakes too, experts warn. 700 words, by Cat Zakrzewski (Post).

BRITAIN-MARKETS-COMMENT – What Boris Johnson’s win means for markets. 650 words, by Marcus Ashworth (Bloomberg).

Health, Science, Environment

CLIMATE – Europe pledges carbon neutrality by 2050 but can’t get one of its biggest coal users on board. 685 words, by Chico Harlan (Post).

CLIMATE-ALASKA – NUIQSUT, Alaska – In Alaska, a new oil boom is on the horizon even as climate change arrives and greenhouse gas emissions climb. 4,075 words, by Juliet Eilperin (Post). Fifteen photos. Three graphics.

FLU-BG – The flu is out in force, hitting children the hardest. 620 words, by Michelle Fay Cortez (Bloomberg).

WEATHER-EVEREST – The world’s highest weather stations reveal intense sunshine may be melting ice on Mount Everest. 1,150 words, by Maddie Stone (Post special).

DATING-GENES – A Harvard scientist is developing a DNA-based dating app to reduce genetic disease that critics call eugenics. 1,230 words, by Meagan Flynn (Post).

ENERGY-NEWSLETTER – WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is under fire from the left for not tackling climate change in trade deal with President Trump. 950 words, by Dino Grandoni (Post).

HEALTH-NEWSLETTER – Democrats now have a drug pricing vote to run on. But real reform looks unlikely. 850 words, by Paige Winfield Cunningham (Post).

Features

TV-BIGGESTLOSER – “The Biggest Loser” got a makeover, but experts say the new season is only slightly less harmful. 1,100 words, by Marisa Iati (Post).

MUSIC-STYLES-ANALYSIS – How Harry Styles navigated solo stardom, from One Direction to “Fine Line.” 1,335 words, by Anying Guo (Post).

PROPOSAL – He said “yes”! Why aren’t more women proposing to their boyfriends? 1,465 words, by Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato (Post special).

PARENTING-SANTA – We teach our kids the holiday spirit by having them take a turn as Santa. 915 words, by Amy Paturel (Post special).

TRAVEL-PETS – Answers to 16 questions about flying with your pet in the U.S. 2,060 words, by Natalie B. Compton (Post)

Opinion

MCCONNELL-COMMENT – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicates he’ll let Trump’s lawyers dictate Trump’s impeachment trial. 750 words, by Aaron Blake (Post).

AFGHAN-JOHNSON-COMMENT – I helped craft the official lies to sell the war in Afghanistan. 1,360 words, by Lauren Kay Johnson (Post special).

BRITAIN-BIRRELL-COMMENT – In Britain, Labour has a choice: The center or the abyss. 890 words, by Ian Birrell (Post special).

TRANSPARENCY-COMMENT – How Trump’s war on science is borrowing from the tobacco industry playbook. 1,330 words, by David Merritt Johns and Karen Levy (Post special).

PROTESTS-MYTHS-COMMENT – Five myths about protest movements. 1,245 words, by Maria J. Stephan and Adam Gallagher (Post special).

NOBEL-COMMENT – Controversies surrounding an old laureate and a new one cast a shadow over the Nobel Prize. 880 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post).

BRITAIN-SCOTLAND-COMMENT – Britain will leave the European Union. Does that mean Scotland will leave Britain? 1,125 words, by Coree Scott Brown (Post special).

UNITED-COMMENT – United’s frequent-flier program gets some game theory. 690 words, by Scott Duke Kominers (Bloomberg).

DICKINSON-COMMENT – Why we keep revising our views of poet Emily Dickinson. 1,270 words, by Tiana Clark (Post special).

IMPEACH-ABERNATHY-COMMENT – HILLSBORO, Ohio – It appears Russian President Putin may have written the Democrats’ talking points on impeachment. 715 words, by Gary Abernathy (Post special).

JEWS-TRUMP-COMMENT – President Trump still appears to believe all Jews are really Israelis. 1,950 words, by Jill Jacobs (Post special).

WAR-COMMENT – We say we’re a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war? 2,090 words, by Samuel Moyn and Stephen Wertheim (Post).

QATAR-COMMENT – Qatar’s feud with its neighbors will end, eventually. 915 words, by Hussein Ibish (Bloomberg).

GREAT-SOCIETY-COMMENT – LBJ’s Great Society worked. 845 words, by Noah Smith (Bloomberg).

IRELAND-COMMENT – After Britain’s elections, people are talking about a united Ireland. Don’t hold your breath. 1,025 words, by Henry Farrell (Post special).

SAT-COMMENT – It’s time for colleges to dump the SAT as a measure of future success for students. 855 words, by Stacy Torres (Post special).

CALIF-CENSUS-COMMENT – The Golden State is using schools to track hard-to-count populations for the 2020 census. 1,010 words, by Andrea Gabor (Bloomberg).

GENEALOGY-COMMENT – Understanding our roots may foster empathy – or division. 1,340 words, by Honor Sachs (Post special). One photo.

CARTOON-CAMPBELL – Tim Campbell’s editorial cartoon (Post). Three graphics.

CARTOON-DANZIGER-MYANMAR – Jeff Danziger’s editorial cartoon (Post). Three graphics.

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