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View in your browser     The 10 essential reads you missed this week President Trump agreed to restart trade negotiations with China this week after meeting with President Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 summit in Japan. Here's other important news of the week:   The Memo: Debates reshape Democratic race The 2020 Democratic presidential race has burst wide open after two debates in Miami this week, Niall Stanage writes.     Trump digs in on citizenship question after Supreme Court setback President Trump is already seeking to move past his loss in the Supreme Court over the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, Jacqueline Thomsen reports.     Judge blocks Trump from using billions in military funds for border wall A federal judge issued a ruling this week blocking the Trump administration from tapping billions of dollars in military funds to construct a wall on the United States's southern border, Jacqueline Thomsen writes.     Senate Democrats wish talk on reparations would go away Senate Democrats are not fans of legislation on reparations for slavery, which has become a hot topic in the 2020 presidential campaign, Alexander Bolton reports.     House Democrats cave, will take up Senate border bill House Democrats voted this week on a clean Senate-passed bill to address the border crisis, marking a blow to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and liberal lawmakers who had demanded additional protections for migrant children, Mike Lillis and Scott Wong report.     McConnell relishes role as 2020 debate villain Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reveling in being the antagonist of the 2020 Democratic debates, Jordain Carney writes.      Democrats speak Spanish in risky bid to court Latino voters When several Democrats gave answers in Spanish during their first debate this week, they waded into a simmering dispute: though bilingual discourse can be welcomed as an honest attempt to reach out to the Latino community, it can also be perceived as pandering by some voters, Rafael Bernal writes.     Biden defends civil rights record after clash with Harris Former Vice President Joe Biden is defending his civil rights record after a bruising exchange with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during this week's debate, when Harris highlighted his past stance on school busing and comments about working with segregationist senators, Tal Axelrod reports.     Supreme Court says courts can't rule on partisan gerrymandering cases The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 this week that political partisan gerrymandering cases are outside the purview of federal courts, a decision that underscored the ideological divide among the nine justices and is sure to have lasting implications, Jacqueline Thomsen reports.     Democrats leery of Sanders plan to cancel student loan debt Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are balking at Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) call to cancel $1.6 trillion in student debt, an idea that has garnered strong interest on the campaign trail but could give Republicans more ammo to turn 2020 into a referendum on “socialism,” Alexander Bolton writes.       © Getty: President Trump defended his remarks this week o Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he appeared to make light of Russian election interference.   Read more from The Hill

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