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HHS defends Trump health appointee over lost jewelry claim
The Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 2:05pm
The government on Monday defended a top Trump administration health official who sought a reimbursement from taxpayers of $47,000, reportedly including a $5,900 Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, for items stolen during a work-related trip.

2020 newcomer Bloomberg stepping onto international stage
Steve Peoples, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 1:31pm
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg launched his campaign less than three weeks ago, but he is already making his first foreign trip as a presidential candidate.

Wray: Report on Russia probe found "unacceptable" problems
Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 1:23pm
A Justice Department inspector general report on the early days of the Russia investigation identified problems that are “unacceptable and unrepresentative of who we are as an institution,” FBI Director Chris Wray said Monday in detailing changes the bureau plans to make in response.

AP FACT CHECK: Impeachment hearing draws too-simple answers
Hope Yen, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 11:05am
Debating the grounds for impeachment, Republicans said there's nothing here. Democrats said it's a slam dunk.

650 House seats, 3 days to go: the UK election in numbers
Jill Lawless, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 11:05am
There are just three days to go until Britons vote in an election that will determine not only who governs the U.K., but when, how — or even whether — the country leaves the European Union

Kosovo, Albania to boycott Nobel Literature award ceremony
Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 4:01am
Kosovo and Albania say they will boycott the Nobel Literature Prize ceremony Tuesday to protest the award being given to Austrian writer Peter Handke who both countries link to the war in the former Yugoslavia.

2020 Watch: Buttigieg on the defensive, Biden's strategy
Steve Peoples, Associated Press | Posted Dec 9th - 3:29am
Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:

Nevada third to vote, still up for grabs for 2020 Democrats
Michelle L. Price, Associated Press | Posted Dec 8th - 10:34pm
Nevada won its coveted early date in the presidential primary because it was supposed to offer Democrats something different.

What's next in impeachment: Articles, and committee vote
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press | Posted Dec 8th - 10:29pm
The House is rapidly headed toward the real work of impeachment this week, with articles expected to be introduced and voted on in the House Judiciary Committee.

Watchdog report: FBI's Russia probe justified, no bias found
Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker, Associated Press | Posted Dec 8th - 10:27pm
The FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, despite “serious performance failures” up the bureau’s chain of command, the Justice Department's internal watchdog said in a highly anticipated report Monday. The findings undercut President Donald Trump’s claim that he was the target of a “witch hunt.”
