Prompted the agency to act It s Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. So who really gained when the Sackler family surrendered Purdue Pharma I m David Greene and I m Steve Inskeep an audit says before putting the company into bankruptcy the family put $12000000000.00 in their personal accounts. Also our lawmakers in Ukraine fighting corruption and why did George a purge many homeless people from voter rolls It is Tuesday December 17th this day in 1992 leaders of the u.s. Mexico and Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement which is now being updated and renamed. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Corba Coleman the House Rules Committee is meeting today to set the parameters for Wednesday s debate by the full House of the impeachment of Donald Trump any lawmaker can appear at today s hearing to speak but the committee is expected to vote to keep the text of the articles of impeachment most Democrats have signaled they will vote for impeachment of the pres
One of the few Democratic holdouts in the House now says he will vote to impeach the president South Carolina Public Radio s Victoria Hanson reports Congressman Joe Cunningham represents a district long held by Republicans Congressman Cunningham says he did not come to Congress to impeach President Trump but that after careful consideration of the evidence and quote testimony delivered to Congress by dedicated public servants it is clear to him that the president committed an impeachable abuse of power until now the 1st time politician had remained neutral on impeachment Cunningham narrowly defeated a Republican candidate backed by the president in 2018 becoming the 1st Democrat to represent South Carolina s coastal 1st Congressional District in 40 years he ran and won on a promise to fight offshore drilling Republicans have had their eye on taking back the seat ever since for n.p.r. News I m Victoria Hanson interest in the Senate is expected to take up a final vote today on a biparti
U.s. Navy sailor opened fire at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii on Wednesday he killed 2 people and wounded a 3rd before taking his own life the Labor Department released a robust jobs report this morning 266000 jobs were created in November the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5 percent the lowest rate in 50 years the White House has until the close of business today to decide whether President Trump will participate in upcoming impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee as N.P.R. s Winsor Johnston reports the next hearing is set for Monday the committee sent a letter to tromp last week giving him until today to decide whether he plans to mount a defense by calling witnesses and introducing evidence the White House has refused to take part in the hearing so far citing a complete lack of due process today s deadline comes a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and now that the president s actions give lawmakers no choice but to move forward with articles of impeachm
In the way. The whole. Impeachment report from the House Intelligence Committee is out with its inquiry into the findings of an inquiry into President Trump s controversial dealings with Ukraine finds it extensively detailed evidence of the president s misconduct and obstruction of Congress N.P.R. s quality to the Sallis reports a $300.00 page document has to the House Judiciary Committee the report details president Trump s campaign to force out a u.s. Ambassador to Ukraine fighting corruption in an effort to establish an irregular channel of diplomacy through his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani House investigators also document Trump s attempts to freeze military aid to pressure Ukraine for an investigation into a political opponent House committees investigating Trump said he blocked witnesses from testifying and refused to comply with the impeachment inquiry this represents a final handoff from the House Intelligence Committee to the Judiciary Committee Republican submitted their
Show up for her hosting role the concert is officially off the record so all we can say is she was there and in good voice Nina Totenberg n.p.r. News Washington a coalition of state attorneys general have announced they re following a suit to halt the proposed merger of Sprint and t. Mobile over 2 weeks before a scheduled trial is scheduled to begin some state A.G. s appear to be going their own way Texas said today it s reached a settlement with t. Mobile taking it out of the coalition group of state attorneys generals alleging t. Mobile Sprint deal would be bad for consumers raising prices and reducing competition Mississippi and Colorado have left the group already however 14 states and the District of Columbia remain stocks closed higher today the Dow is up 190 points the Nasdaq rose 112 points this is n.p.r. . With Valley Public Radio News I m Jason Scott p.g. And e. Has said it will not shut off power to customers as windy conditions hit parts of northern and central California