The Hill Articles: December 1, 2019

Virginia targets historic push on Equal Rights Amendment for women Perry ends final day as Energy secretary Mexican officials detain suspects in massacre of members of Mormon sect READ: White House’s letter to Nadler saying it won’t participate in impeachment hearing More than a dozen killed in Protestant church attack in Burkina Faso: president Buttigieg: ‘I was slow to realize’ South Bend schools were not integrated White House won’t participate in first Judiciary impeachment hearing Newsweek reporter fired after ‘inaccurate’ story about Trump’s Thanksgiving schedule Supreme Court poised to hear first major gun case in a decade Former Pa. congressman Joe Sestak exits presidential race Substitute teacher removed from school after students complain she called homosexuality ‘wrong’ Bennet shares video of him in Iowa: ‘I’m just chillin’ in Cedar Rapids’ Concerned with health costs? Take this 5-day health challenge Fox’s Napolitano says Trump articles of impeachment could include bribery, obstruction Chile’s unraveling: Unregulated capitalism or ponderous government? Yang raises almost $750K in a single day MSNBC apologizes after using photo of white nationalist Richard Spencer when talking about former Navy secretary Dispelling myths about the battle for democracy in Bolivia  Malta’s prime minister to resign amid scrutiny over slain journalist Trump reaffirms commitment to end HIV/AIDS in 10 years Huawei CEO: Daughter should be ‘proud’ to be caught up in US, China trade war New EU leadership vows to fight climate change To compete and win, the US needs to get into the game Top Democrats knock Trump on World AIDS Day China wants removal of US tariffs in first phase of trade deal: report Gorbachev warns of ‘hot war’ between US, Russia Stigma: The invisible barrier to solving the AIDS epidemic Judiciary Democrat: House impeaching Trump not a ‘foregone conclusion’ Kerry: Fight against climate change should be treated like a ‘war’ What World AIDS Day should celebrate this year Fiat Chrysler, UAW reach tentative labor deal Lawmakers turn attention to potential witnesses at Judiciary impeachment hearings Klobuchar: ‘I don’t see’ voting to acquit Trump in Senate trial Trump’s culpability is greater than Nixon’s UN leader rips world’s efforts to fight climate change as ‘utterly inadequate’ Chuck Todd challenges John Kennedy on Ukraine: Putin is only other person ‘selling this argument’ Trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, and hardly a voice of caution to be heard Booker launches first 2020 digital campaign ad Police: No evidence of terror motive in Hague stabbings Sunday shows – Focus shifts to Judiciary impeachment hearing Pennsylvania bill would require burials, cremation for fetal remains after abortion, miscarriage Booker: ‘If you want me in this race, then I need help’ Enhancing protections for sensitive information in congressional investigations Klobuchar knocks Bloomberg late 2020 entry: ‘We have strong candidates’ Demings: ‘We’re not willing to play that game’ of waiting for officials who refuse to testify Kennedy explains why he walked back comments about Ukraine election hack Bloomberg can’t win, but he could help reelect Trump The Memo: Trump faces uphill 2020 climb Top Judiciary Democrat dismisses poll showing declining support for impeachment: ‘Our job is to follow the facts’ Judiciary Republican: It would be to Trump’s advantage to have attorneys at impeachment hearing Judiciary Democrat who worked on Nixon impeachment says alleged Trump misconduct is worse John Bolton should testify so Americans can find the truth Key Democrat hopes Trump will participate in impeachment hearings Klobuchar says she’s not worried about leaving campaign trail for impeachment trial: ‘I meet whatever obstacle is put in front of me’ Top Judiciary Republican: ‘My first and foremost witness is Adam Schiff’ Wheels begin to turn on self-driving car legislation When China stumbles, the world economy will shudder UK’s Johnson vows to strengthen prison sentences after terror attack Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters in new wave of demonstrations 10 people shot on busy New Orleans street Democrats take in lobbying industry cash despite pledges 2 children among 9 victims in South Dakota plane crash Biden warns: Eight years of Trump presidency would ‘change the character’ of US Tennessee becomes new front in fight to overhaul Medicaid What to stream in December about health and wellness 2020 politics adds momentum to paying college athletes, unionization Statue at center of Charlottesville protests vandalized, tagged with ‘Impeach Trump’ Trump’s drug importation plan faces resistance in US, Canada Bloomberg pollster: Candidate’s campaign will focus on climate change, guns, education and income inequality How Democrats’ missing witnesses could fill in the Ukraine story