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Thursday

White House counsel Don McGahn in September. Lawyers for McGahn appeared in federal court on Thursday in a dispute over whether he will have to sit for questions from House investigators conducting the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption

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Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Timothy Morrison arrives for a deposition in the House impeachment inquiry on Thursday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leaves her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday as the House prepared to vote — then pass — a resolution formalizing its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Rep. Adam Schiff (center) chairs the House Intelligence Committee, which would conduct any open hearings under the House impeachment inquiry, according to procedures specified in a resolution formalizing the process. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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Fake news: How to spot misinformation

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Wednesday

Lawmakers from the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees are eager to hear from President Trump's third national security adviser, John Bolton. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Tim Morrison, a key aide on the White House's National Security Council, is expected to leave his post imminently. Sarah Silbiger/Reuters hide caption

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Trump's Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry

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Twitter will stop running political ads, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. Online political ads pose "significant risks to politics," he tweeted. Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

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George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Rep. Katie Hill who is resigning amid an ethics investigation. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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With Wednesday's move, the Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Jerome Powell, has cut interest rates three times so far this year. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Fed Cuts Rates Again To Boost A Slowing Economy

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Facebook said the influence campaigns targeting people in eight African countries were connected to a Russian businessman tied to meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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