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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Is Facing Charges In 3 Corruption Cases

Updated at 3:40 p.m. ET Israel's attorney general has decided to file charges against longtime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases, according to a statement Thursday from the country's Justice Ministry. Israel has been mired in political uncertainty for months as it awaited the decision. Netanyahu is Israel's first sitting prime minister to be indicted. He has long denied the allegations, saying they are politically motivated. In a TV appearance after the...

Trump Signs Short-Term Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown

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Regionally Speaking With Chris Nolte

Regionally Speaking, Monday, November 18, 2019

Today: Jesse Kharbanda, the executive diretcor of the Hoosier Environmental Council, joins us to talk about the organization's 2020 General Assembly agenda, including efforts for passage of bills that offer more solar energy options for homeowners and mass transportation that uses clean-energy processes. He also talks about last weekend's "Greening the Statehouse" program. And Josh Hale, the CEO of Chicago-based Big Shoulders Fund, talks about the independent charitable organization's long-range efforts to assist schools in the Gary Catholic Diocese of Gary with the help of a $16 million gift over 10 years from the Bruce and Beth White Family Foundation. It will be the Big Shoulders Fund's first venture into northwest Indiana.

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2020 Presidential Election

5 Takeaways From The 5th Democratic Debate

By Domenico Montanaro • 13 hours ago

Updated at 9:05 a.m. ET

Candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination took to the debate stage for the fifth time Wednesday night. There weren't any groundbreaking or game-changing moments, but here are five things that stood out:

1. Impeachment hearings may have taken some steam out of the debate

Let's face it: The biggest story of Wednesday was not the debate, it was the impeachment testimony of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.

Michael Bloomberg Takes New Step Toward Possible 2020 Presidential Run

By Juana Summers • 13 hours ago

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's team filed paperwork for a presidential run on Thursday — but he's not in the race yet.

While Bloomberg's team filed a statement with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday creating a presidential campaign committee, aides to Bloomberg say the move should not be viewed as a final decision or announcement.

With Democratic Field In Flux, What To Watch For At The November Debate

By Scott Detrow • Nov 19, 2019

The Democratic presidential primary has taken a back seat to the impeachment inquiry over the past few months, so it's fitting that the fifth candidate debate will take place on the same day that the most anticipated impeachment witness, Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee.

But a lot more than the path to impeachment has changed since the Democratic candidates last gathered on the debate stage.

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Impeachment Hearings Wrap As Fiona Hill Slams GOP's 'Fictional' Ukraine Account

Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Fiona Hill, who served as the top Russia expert on the National Security Council before resigning last summer, criticized Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee for advancing theories that Ukraine, and not Russia, interfered with the 2016 presidential election. Testifying on the third and final day of impeachment hearings before the panel this week, Hill said, "I would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly advance...