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Joe Biden has heated dispute with Iowa voter 
MORE ON BIDEN: 
-- The former vice president got into a testy back-and-forth 
yesterday afternoon with an Iowa farmer who called him too old 
to be president and challenged him on his son's activities in 
Ukraine, prompting the former vice president to call the man "a 
damn liar" and challenge him to take an IQ test. "You're damn near 
as old as I am," the farmer said at a town hall meeting in New 
Hampton, Iowa. "You're too old for the job. I'm 83, and I know damn 
well I don't have the mental faculties I did 30 years ago. ... We all 
know Trump has been messing around in the Ukraine over there, 
holding their foreign aid ... saying they're going to investigate you. But 
you. on the other hand. sent your son over there to aet a iob and work 
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for a gas company that he had no experience with gas or nothing, to 
get access to the president. You're selling access to the president just 
like he was." 
"You're a damn liar, man," Biden replied. "That's not true. And no one 
has ever said that." 
"The hell it ain't," the man replied. "I see it on the TV." 
Biden said he played no role in getting his son the job on the board of 
Burisma. Although Hunter Biden got that job when his father was vice 
president, with little to no relevant experience, there is no evidence that 
Joe Biden was "selling access to the president." 
"And by the way, I'm not sedentary," Biden continued. "Look, the 
reason I'm running is I've been around a long time, and I know more 
than most people know. And I can get things done, that's why I'm 
running. And you want to check my shape, man, let's do push-ups 
together here, man. Let's run. Let's do whatever you want to do. Let's 
take an IQ test, okay?" 
(Trump has also challenged people to take an IQ test, including former 
secretary of state Rex Tillerson in 2017.) 
-- Rudy Giuliani met Thursday in Ukraine with one of the key 
figures working to build a corruption case against Hunter Biden, 
the Ukraine lawmaker said, after posting Facebook photographs 
of himself with Trump's personal lawyer. "Andriy Derkach said he 
pressed Giuliani on the need to set up a joint U.S.-Ukraine 
investigation into corruption in Ukraine at the meeting in Kyiv," 
Stern and Robyn Dixon report. "Giuliani alleged `compelling' evidence 
of criminal misdeeds by Biden [in a tweet after the meeting], but gave 
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no specifics. ... Derkach, an independent lawmaker who was formerly 
a member of a pro-Russian party in parliament, went to the 
Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB in Moscow. He is the son of a 
KGB officer who later served as head of Ukrainian intelligence." 
-- Former secretary of state John Kerry endorsed Biden and 
plans to campaign with him in Iowa on Friday and New 
Hampshire on Sunday. "I'm not endorsing Joe because I've known 
him a long time. I'm endorsing him because I know him so well," Kerry 
told Dan Balz, who broke the story. "The world has to be put back 
together, the world that Donald Trump has smashed apart." 
Kerry, who served alongside Biden for decades in the Senate and won 
the Democratic nomination in 2004, said he feels strongly that his 
friend can beat Trump next November. "The president knows it," he told 
Balz. "And that's why he was so busy dispatching Rudy Giuliani and 
engaging in unconstitutional behavior." 
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MORE ON THE IMMIGRATION WARS: 
-- Video obtained by ProPublica shows how the Border Patrol 
held a sick teen in a concrete cell without proper medical 
attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted 
guards about his death: "Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a 16-
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year-old Guatemalan migrant, was seriously ill when immigration 
agents put him in a small South Texas holding cell with another sick 
boy on the afternoon of May 19. A few hours earlier, a nurse 
practitioner at the Border Patrol's dangerously overcrowded processing 
center in McAllen had diagnosed him with the flu and measured his 
fever at 103 degrees. She said that he should be checked again in two 
hours and taken to the emergency room if his condition worsened. 
None of that happened. Worried that Carlos might infect other migrants 
in the teeming McAllen facility, officials moved him to a cell for 
quarantine at a Border Patrol station in nearby Weslaco. By the next 
morning, he was dead. ... The agency said that an agent had found 
Carlos 'unresponsive' after checking in on him. Sanders said the 
Border Patrol was 'committed to the health, safety and humane 
treatment of those in our custody.' But the record shows that the 
Border Patrol fell far short of that standard with Carlos. ProPublica has 
obtained video that documents the 16-year-old's last hours, and it 
shows that Border Patrol agents and health care workers at the 
Weslaco holding facility missed increasingly obvious signs that his 
condition was perilous." 
-- The number of pregnant immigration detainees has spiked 52 
percent during the Trump administration. Maria Sacchetti reports: 
"The spike in pregnant detainees came after federal officials terminated 
an Obama administration order to release most expectant mothers 
because of health concerns. Advocates for immigrants had pushed the 
Obama administration to sharply curtail the practice of detaining 
pregnant women ahead of the 2016 elections, citing insufficient health 
care and nutrition in federal detention centers and contract jails and 
the increased risk of miscarriage. But shortly after the policy went into 
effect, Trump declared that nobody in the United States illegally is 
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immune to detention and deportation." 
-- Under pressure, Trump's Department of Homeland Security 
backed away from its proposal to require mandatory facial scans 
for all U.S. citizens crossing the border. Lori Aratani reports: 
"Reports this week that Customs and Border Protection wanted to 
expand airport facial screening to U.S. citizens drew an immediate 
outcry from privacy advocates and lawmakers, who accused 
administration officials of reneging on promises that the scans would 
remain optional for citizens. ... On Thursday, however, CBP said it was 
withdrawing the proposal. 'There are no current plans to require U.S. 
citizens to provide photographs upon entry and exit from the United 
States,' the agency said in a statement. 'CBP intends to have the 
planned regulatory action regarding U.S. citizens removed from the 
unified agenda next time it is published."' 
-- The Trump administration's plan to charge huge fees to obtain 
immigration records may have the unintended consequence of 
undermining the booming genealogy testing market. Sydney 
Trent reports: "The fees would nearly triple, and in many cases, they 
would rise nearly 500 percent, from $130 to $625 to obtain a single 
paper file. The little-known Genealogy Program administered by U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services allows genealogists, family 
historians and other researchers to obtain citizenship and alien 
registration files, visa applications and other records documenting the 
lives of deceased immigrants who arrived in the United States between 
the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. ... The increases come at a time 
when millions of Americans are discovering a passion for family 
genealogy, spurring the growth of websites and services that cater to 
them. Ancestry.com, one of the most popular, now has more than 3 
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DNA connections." 
-- A new lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's policy of 
requiring foreigners to list all of their social media accounts on 
visa applications. Tony Romm and Drew Harwell report: "The 
requirement — implemented as part of the president's controversial 
crackdown on immigration — amounts to an illegal surveillance dragnet 
that threatens to chill political expression online, according to a group 
of documentary filmmakers, who filed their case with the backing of two 
advocacy groups, the Brennan Center for Justice and the Knight First 
Amendment Institute." 
-- A House committee chair called for an independent 
investigation into the $400 million border wall contract awarded 
this week to a North Dakota company owned by a frequent Fox 
News guest and major GOP donor. Trump personally pushed 
military officials to hire the firm. Nick Miroff reports: "In a letter to 
the Defense Department Office of Inspector General, Rep. Bennie 
Thompson (D-Miss.) said there are reasons to be suspicious of the 
decision to bestow such a large contract on the company. Thompson 
cited Trump's repeated promotion of [Tommy] Fisher to the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers and a recent visit by the acting secretary of the 
Department of Homeland Security to a span of privately financed 
barrier the firm built outside El Paso." 
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Emergency responders head to the scene of a shooting on Friday morning near the 
Naval Air Base Station in Pensacola, Fla. (WEAR-TV via AP) 
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: 
-- A shooter who opened fire Friday morning at Naval Air 
Station Pensacola, killing at least two people and injuring 
multiple people, has died, authorities said. Brittany Shammas 
and Alex Horton report: "It was unclear if the two victims killed were 
service members or civilians, said Lt. Cmdr. Megan Isaac, a 
Navy spokeswoman. ... An active shooting at the Naval station 
was reported at about 6:45 a.m., and the base was placed on 
lockdown, the Navy said." 
-- The United States added 266,000 jobs in November as the 
jobless rate decreased to 3.5 percent, reflecting a surge of 
strength in the labor market that has muscled through recession 
fears that flared over the summer. Rachel Siegel reports: "The data, 
released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, beat expectations. Analysts 
had forecast roughly 180,000 new jobs for the month. The 3.5 percent 
unemployment rate is back at a 50-year low. The jobs data offer the 
latest snapshot into an economy that appears to have lost some steam 
from 2018 but continues to grow." 
-- Elizabeth Warren released a letter from her physician this 
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morning that describes her as "very healthy" and issued five 
pages of supporting medical records, making her the first of the 
four septuagenarians in the Democratic contest to provide 
details about their health. Annie Linskey reports: "Warren takes 
medication for hypothyroidism, a common condition in which the 
thyroid gland is underactive, according to the letter. Her blood pressure 
is 115/57, and she has had a flu shot this year. Warren is 5 feet 8 
inches tall and weighs 129 pounds. ... Warren also provided a 
hematology report including information on everything from her platelet 
count to the size of her red blood cells. ... 
"Sanders, at 78, is the oldest candidate in the race. He suffered a 
heart attack while campaigning in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, which sidelined 
him until a Democratic debate two weeks later. Sanders had two 
stents inserted, but his campaign has declined to specify how 
much damage his heart sustained and declined interview 
requests with his physician. The Vermont senator's campaign has 
said it would provide his health records by the end of the year. ... After 
a debate in September in which his answers sometimes meandered 
and one challenger appeared to allude to his age, Biden committed 
to releasing his health records ahead of the Iowa caucuses on 
Feb. 3." 
'I don't hate anybody': Pelosi pushes back after reporter asks if she hates Trump 
THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATIONS: 
-- Democrats are considering articles of impeachment against 
Trump that include obstruction and bribery, but they are unlikely 
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to pursue a charge of treason. Karoun Demirjian and Mike DeBonis 
report: "Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee and 
Intelligence Committee, which this week released a report of their 
findings from a two-month-long impeachment investigation, have said 
that they believe Trump's actions vis-a-vis Ukraine meet the definition 
of bribery, one of the crimes the Constitution identifies specifically as 
an impeachable offense. ... Democratic leaders say they have 
overwhelming support in their ranks for articles dealing with the core of 
Trump's conduct regarding Ukraine ... Aides cautioned that the 
situation remains fluid and that discussions about the articles are 
ongoing. Several members of the Judiciary panel are also eager to 
make reference in the articles to the president's alleged efforts to 
obstruct justice in former special counsel 
S. Mueller III's Russia 
probe, arguing that Trump has repeatedly solicited or welcomed foreign 
interference in his election bids. ... 
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted that Russia was 
an integral factor in the president's alleged misconduct 
regarding Ukraine, because when Trump decided to withhold 
military aid to Kyiv, it was the Kremlin that benefited. 'Russia. It's 
about Russia,' Pelosi said. 'All roads lead to Putin. Understand that.' 
But Democrats have yet to commit to including articles of impeachment 
that directly address Trump's alleged ties to Russia that were detailed 
in the Mueller report, or settle on how they will organize and draft their 
various grievances against the president." 
Pelosi shut down a reporter who asked her whether she 
"hates" Trump. Felicia Sonmez reports: "Pelosi ... was about to exit 
the room when a reporter shouted out a question. 'Do you hate the 
president, Madam Speaker?' 
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Broadcast Group, called out from a seat in the front row. Most times, 
Pelosi ignores questions shouted at her in the hallways and briefing 
rooms of the Capitol. But Rosen's query appeared to strike a nerve 
with Pelosi, who stopped in her tracks, turned to face the reporter and 
delivered an extraordinary rebuttal. `I don't hate anybody,' Pelosi said 
sternly, pointing her finger at Rosen, a reporter she has dismissed as 
`Mr. Republican Talking Points.' Pelosi then referenced her Catholic 
upbringing and told Rosen, `Don't accuse me.' ... `As a Catholic, I 
resent your using the word 'hate' in a sentence that addresses me,' 
she said. `I don't hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart 
full of love, and [I] always pray for the president, and I still pray 
for the president. I pray for the president all the time. So, don't 
mess with me when it comes to words like that.'" Trump 
responded on Twitter that he does not believe Pelosi prays for him. 
-- "These days Pelosi, a history major in college, spends much of 
her time quoting the founders of the nation in her bid to justify 
her move to embrace impeachment. Occasionally she favors the 
Bible," Rachael Bade and DeBonis report in a ticktock on how the 
speaker transformed from a skeptic to the face of impeachment. "On 
Thursday morning, before lashing out at the news conference, 
she read verses from the Old Testament book of Jeremiah to her 
whip team in the Capitol basement — a warning about corrupt 
kings. `Attend to matters of justice. Set things right between people. 
Rescue victims from their exploiters. Don't take advantage of the 
homeless, the orphans, the widows,' she read. 'Doom to the leader 
who builds palaces but bullies people, who makes a fine house but 
destroys lives.-
-- The phone logs disclosed in the House Intelligence 
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advice of aides and breaking with longstanding practice. Paul 
Sonne, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima and Greg 
report: "Trump 
has routinely communicated with [Giuliani] and other individuals 
speaking on cellphones vulnerable to monitoring by Russian and other 
foreign intelligence services, current and former U.S. officials said. 
Phone records released this week by the House Intelligence 
Committee revealed extensive communications between Giuliani, 
unidentified people at the White House and others involved in the 
campaign to pressure Ukraine, with no indication that those calls were 
encrypted or otherwise shielded from foreign surveillance. The 
revelations raise the possibility that Moscow was able to learn about 
aspects of Trump's attempt to get Ukraine to investigate a political rival 
months before that effort was exposed by a whistleblower report and 
the impeachment inquiry, officials said. ... The disclosures provide 
fresh evidence suggesting that the president continues to defy the 
security guidance urged by his aides and followed by previous 
incumbents. ... 
"Trump and Giuliani have effectively 'given the Russians ammunition 
they can use in an overt fashion, a covert fashion or in the twisting of 
information,' said John Sipher, former deputy chief of Russia 
operations at the CIA. Sipher and others said that it is so likely that 
Russia tracked the calls of Giuliani and others that the Kremlin 
probably knows more now about those conversations than 
impeachment investigators. 'Congress and investigators have call 
records that suggest certain things but have no means whatsoever of 
getting the actual text' of what was said, Sipher said. 'I guarantee the 
Russians have the actual information.' 
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"U.S. officials said that Giuliani would have been considered a 
target of Russian intelligence efforts from early in Trump's 
presidency and that it is assumed that the Kremlin intensified its 
surveillance of the president's lawyer when he turned his focus to 
Ukraine — a former Soviet republic and target of Kremlin aggression 
where Russian intelligence has made deep inroads — late last year. 
'That would definitely put him on the radar,' said a U.S. official ... U.S. 
officials said that Russia would likely have him under physical 
surveillance when he is in Ukraine." 
-- The White House claims that no one from the Office of 
Management and Budget spoke with Giuliani. From the Journal: 
"The previously undisclosed phone number cited by the House 
Intelligence Committee in its impeachment inquiry report, which The 
Wall Street Journal has identified, isn't directly linked to the Office of 
Management and Budget. It could instead reflect phone calls from 
other parts of the White House, according to people familiar with the 
matter ... It isn't known whom Mr. Giuliani, the president's personal 
lawyer, spoke with in the administration in the calls reflected in the 
logs, but OMB officials say it wasn't anyone on their staff. A White 
House official had previously said the call logs don't align with the 
cellphone records of acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who is also 
the budget office director. A senior House Intelligence Committee 
official said the panels overseeing the impeachment probe are 
continuing to investigate the call records, including whether the number 
described as linked to OMB could also reference calls from elsewhere 
in the White House." 
-- Trump asked the Supreme Court to review court decisions 
granting Congress access to his financial records. 
Barnes 
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reports: "Warning of 'uncharted territory,' Trump asked the court for the 
second time to review rulings from lower courts that have said 
Congress and state prosecutors have a right to review his personal 
and business records. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's 
decision in favor of the House Oversight and Reform Committee 
presents the Supreme Court with a 'case of firsts,' wrote Trump's 
personal lawyer William S. Consovoy. ... The Supreme Court is 
scheduled to consider a related case at its private conference Dec. 13. 
It involves a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit 
that granted Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. similar 
access to Trump's financial records, which are held by his longtime 
accounting firm Mazars USA. The company has said it will comply with 
final court orders. If the court decides to order full briefing and 
argument in both cases, it could lead to landmark decisions this term 
on the ability of prosecutors and Congress to investigate the president. 
Both subpoenas are independent of the House's impeachment inquiry." 
-- A federal judge appointed by Trump rejected the Trump 
administration's efforts to conceal several financial disclosure 
forms submitted by former acting attorney general Matt 
Whitaker, a cable talking head whom the president tapped to 
serve as the nation's chief law enforcement officer after firing 
Jeff Sessions. From Politico: "Acting on a Freedom of Information Act 
lawsuit brought by BuzzFeed, District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled 
Wednesday that the draft financial disclosures are ineligible for 
protection under an exemption protecting the confidentiality of policy-
making debates. 'The Court is unpersuaded by DOJ's 'deliberative 
process' arguments,' wrote McFadden ... 'Whitaker's draft forms do not 
bear the mark of the deliberative process.-
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carried on an affair with her while he's been married to Melania 
Trump, filed a lawsuit against Fox News for alleged 
defamation. From CNN: "In the lawsuit, which was filed in a New York 
state court, McDougal accused host Tucker Carlson of acting with a 
`reckless disregard for the truth' when he suggested on a December 
2018 episode of his show that she extorted Trump. In a statement 
provided by a Fox News spokesperson, the network said it would 
`vigorously defend Tucker Carlson against these meritless claims.-
-- Notable commentary: 
• Jonathan Turley, the lawyer who Republicans called to 
testify on Wednesday, wrote in The Hill that he's 
received a deluge of hate mail: "Democrats offering 
passion over proof in Trump impeachment." 
• Randall D. Eliason, former assistant U.S. attorney for 
D.C.: "The Republicans' expert is wrong about bribery." 
• Politico founder John Harris: "Donald Trump, You're No 
Bill Clinton." 
• Karen Tumulty: "Nancy Pelosi and that four-letter word." 
• Dana Milbank: "This moment was made for Nancy 
Pelosi." 
• Marc Thiessen: "Pelosi may have signed a political 
death warrant for moderate Democrats in Trump 
districts." 
• Eugene Robinson: "Trump is impeaching himself." 
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meets with Attorney General Bill 
Barr on Thursday at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. (Mexican Presidency/AFP) 
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THE NEW WORLD ORDER: 
-- Attorney General Bill Barr's meeting in Mexico could be a 
prelude to greater U.S. involvement in the fight against drug 
cartels. IM Sieff reports: When Barr "met with Mexican President 
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, it marked the highest-
level discussion of a matter of bitter disagreement between the two 
countries: Should drug cartels be designated as terrorist 
organizations? ... For decades, the United States has worked with 
Mexico to combat drug cartels, helping to develop the very architecture 
of Mexico's security apparatus. But with Trump and Lopez Obrador, 
the dynamic is more complicated than ever before. Lopez Obrador, 
known by his initials as AMLO, has long rejected a security strategy 
involving increased militarization, instead endorsing an array of social 
programs aimed at dissuading would-be cartel members from joining 
organized crime. Trump, on the other hand, has been talking about a 
U.S. role in fighting cartels since taking office. ... 
"After Thursday's meeting, both sides played down the dispute 
over the terrorist designation, which could potentially have 
implications for both U.S. security involvement in Mexico and 
Mexico's financial sector, if more comprehensive anti-money 
laundering policies are applied. ... In a news release about the 
meeting, the Justice Department did not mention the terrorism 
designation. ... Still, many in Mexico worry about a further emboldening 
of security forces in the fight against drug traffickers. Over the past 
decade, that approach has frequently led to the splintering of armed 
groups and an uptick in violence." 
-- "Pelosi is oushina to stria out sweenina leaal protections for 
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online content in the new trade pact with Mexico and Canada, in 
what would be a blow for big technology companies," the Wall 
Street Journal reports. "Internet firms lobbied hard to include the 
immunity language in the trade agreement, seeing it as a way to 
extend to Mexico and Canada the broad umbrella of legal protection 
they enjoy in the U.S." 
-- China will waive tariffs on some U.S. soybeans and pork in a 
goodwill gesture as the two sides try to reach a broader 
agreement to defuse their trade war. From Reuters: "The tariff 
waivers were based on applications by individual firms for U.S. 
soybeans and pork imports, the finance ministry said in a statement, 
citing a decision by the country's cabinet. It did not specify the 
quantities involved. China had imposed the levies in response to tariffs 
launched by Washington over allegations that China steals and forces 
the transfer of American intellectual property to Chinese firms, known 
as Section 301. That includes tariffs of 25% on both U.S. soybeans 
and pork in July 2018 and a further 10% on pork and 5% on soybeans 
in September this year. The waiver comes amid negotiations between 
the United States and China to conclude a 'phase one' or interim deal 
to de-escalate a 17-month trade war that has roiled financial markets, 
disrupted supply chains and weighed on global economic growth." 
-- The U.S. said Iranian forces may have killed more than 1,000 
protesters during weeks of unrest. Carol Morello and Missy Ryan 
report: "Brian Hook, the special representative for Iran, said the Trump 
administration will ask Congress to impose harsh sanctions on officials 
responsible for the alleged atrocities and mistreatment of thousands of 
protesters who have been imprisoned since anti-government 
demonstrations have convulsed Iran." 
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-- Trump's bromance with Kim Jong Un appears to be turning 
sour after the North Korean leader responded to Trump's "rocket 
man" diss by invoking the "senile dotard" taunt. Simon Denyer 
reports: "On Tuesday, Trump jokingly dusted off an old nickname for 
Kim, calling him 'Rocket Man' for his keenness to test his weapons 
systems. If it was a joke, Pyongyang didn't get it. North Korea 
responded angrily on Thursday by threatening to call Trump a senile 
dotard. The U.S. president 'has lost politeness to the highest dignity of 
our republic and dared to use metaphors,' said Choe Son Hui, North 
Korea's vice foreign minister, according to the Korean Central News 
Agency. ... `If he uses statements and expressions that intentionally 
amplify the atmosphere of confrontation at this time of crisis, we will 
have to diagnose that the dotard started to be senile again,' she said." 
-- New satellite imagery shows activity at a previously dismantled 
North Korean test site. From CNN: "The commercial satellite 
imagery, which was captured on Thursday by Planet Labs, shows new 
activity at Sohae Satellite Launching Station and the presence of a 
large shipping container at the facility's engine test stand, according 
Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the 
Middlebury Institute, which works in partnership with the imaging 
company. The shipping container was not seen at the site before 
Thursday and its presence suggests the North Koreans are moving to 
resume tests engine tests at Sohae..." 
-- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attended an off-the-books sit-
down meeting with a conservative group that included a number 
of wealthy Republican donors while he was in London for the 
NATO summit. From CNN: "The gathering, hosted by the Hamilton 
Society. conveniently took dace in the hotel where Pomoeo was 
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staying, situated in a small events space on the second floor. Pompeo 
slipped into the meeting, without the State Department alerting the 
press traveling with him about where he was headed or who he was 
going to meet. ... The Hamilton Society is a group of right-leaning 
American and British business professionals who often invite guest 
speakers to meet them. The news that he made time to meet with 
the donors after a busy day visiting with world leaders only 
serves to heighten speculation that Pompeo may be eyeing a run 
for the Senate in Kansas next year and as he has become further 
embroiled in the Ukraine impeachment inquiry." 
-- Two Russian nationals were charged in global hacking 
schemes that deployed some of the largest pieces of malware 
ever seen to swipe tens of millions of dollars from unsuspecting 
victims' bank accounts. Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky report: 
"Officials identified those charged as Maksim Yakubets of Moscow and 
Igor Turashev of Yoshkar-Ola, Russia. They said that a $5 million 
reward is being offered for information that leads to Yakubets's 
capture and that it's the largest such money offering yet for a 
cyber criminal. Brian Benczkowski, who heads the Justice 
Department's criminal division, said Yakubets was the 'leader of a 
criminal cyber gang' and had been involved in cyber crime for the past 
decade on an 'unimaginable scale.-
-- In Germany, Angela Merkel made a symbolic visit to the former 
Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz for the first time in her 14 
years as chancellor. (Loveday Morris) 
-- Australia's drought could be responsible for New Zealand's 
glaciers turning red and pink. (Australian Broadcasting Company) 
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-- Indian police shot dead four men suspected of raping and 
killing a young veterinarian when she was on her way home from 
work last week. (BBC) 
'Investigators are there first to protect Uber.' One worker shares her experience in a 
call center. 
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE 
OVERLOOKED: 
-- Uber has disclosed that 3,000 sexual assaults were reported on 
its U.S. rides last year, the first time it has revealed the scale of 
the safety problem that exists at ride-hailing companies. Faiz 
Siddiqui reports: "The reported assaults were part of Uber's long-
awaited safety study, published Thursday amid widespread and 
ongoing criticism of its safety practices and pressure to increase its 
transparency about the issue. In the lengthy report, which divides 
sexual misconduct into 21 categories but focuses on the five most 
serious, Uber said it recorded 235 rapes last year and thousands more 
reports of assault that could involve unwanted touching, kissing or 
attempted rape. The reports involved drivers and passengers. The 
company tallied roughly 6,000 reports of those types of assault in 2017 
and 2018. ... Uber said its data showed that drivers reported 
instances of sexual assault at the same rate as riders across the 
five most serious categories it recorded. ... 
"Uber said there were 107 motor-vehicle fatalities in 2017 and 
2018, with a total of 97 fatal crashes involving users on the app. The 
company also said there were 19 fatal physical assaults over the same 
time period, during which it said an average of more than 3.1 million 
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trips took place each day. ... Lyft has pledged to release a 
transparency report of its own. ... Lyft has faced lawsuits from at 
least 34 women in San Francisco who allege they were raped or 
sexually assaulted on rides booked through the app." 
-- In an amicus brief, hundreds of lawyers shared their own 
abortion stories as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a 
challenge to Louisiana's assault on reproductive rights. Deanna 
Paul reports: "Having exercised what they say is their right to a safe 
and legal abortion, for varied personal and medical reasons, the 
women said they were compelled to tell the nation's highest court the 
role it played in their life trajectories. 'Becoming a first-generation 
professional would have been impossible without access to safe and 
legal abortion services,' one signer wrote. 'The ability to make my own 
choice, to even have a choice, gave me control over my life when I felt 
like I was utterly powerless.' ... Another described her 31-year-old 
mother's death in 1959, after she attempted to perform her own 
abortion. ... Many of the brief's signers are women with whom the 
Supreme Court justices went to law school, clerked alongside 
and employed as clerks. Some are the female attorneys who stand 
up and argue before them." 
-- A uranium-contaminated site collapsed into the Detroit River 
last month. From the Detroit Free Press: "Located next to Historic 
Fort Wayne and leased by Detroit Bulk Storage, the site known as the 
Detroit Dock allegedly collapsed under the weight of large aggregate 
piles that were stored at the site during Thanksgiving weekend. The 
property has been listed by the U.S. Department of Energy and 
Environmental Protection Agency as a contaminated site due to its use 
of uranium and other dangerous chemicals during manufacturing dating 
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