Tipsheet: Five questions looming over impeachment

View in your browser     Five questions looming over impeachment BY NIALL STANAGE  The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will provide only a brief pause from developments in the impeachment inquiry. Articles of impeachment against President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine are widely considered near-inevitable — and imminent. Read the full story here     Trump makes surprise Thanksgiving visit to troops in Afghanistan BY TAL AXELROD President Trump on Thursday made a surprise trip to Afghanistan, his first to the nation as president, to visit troops for the Thanksgiving holiday. Read the full story here     Obama looms over divided Democratic primary BY MAX GREENWOOD Former President Obama has emerged as a key player in the Democratic presidential primary race. Read the full story here     Lawmakers battle over future of Ex-Im Bank BY SYLVAN LANE Lawmakers are struggling to strike a bipartisan deal to reboot the Export-Import Bank as impeachment and the 2020 election threaten to derail a fleeting window for the major reform bill. Read the full story here       Recession fears recede in boost to Trump BY NIV ELIS After a summer dip, consumer spending has roared back to life heading into the holiday shopping season, giving the stock market a boost and fending off recession fears with less than a year until the 2020 elections. Read the full story here     Thousands turn out in 'Thanksgiving' rally after Trump signs bill backing Hong Kong protesters BY TAL AXELROD   Thousands of Hong Kong residents took to the streets of the city on Thursday for a “Thanksgiving” rally after President Trump signed a bill in support of pro-democracy protesters. Read the full story here     Tucker Carlson calls Trump 'full-blown BS artist' in segment defending him from media coverage BY ARIS FOLLEY Fox News host Tucker Carlson called President Trump a “compulsive self-promoter” and a “full-blown BS artist” while seeking to defend him against negative media coverage during his show on Wednesday night. Read the full story here     O'Malley says he confronted Cuccinelli at bar over treatment of migrants under Trump BY ARIS FOLLEY Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) says he confronted acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ken Cuccinelli over the Trump administration's treatment of migrant families when the pair crossed paths at a bar in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Read the full story here     Technical problems resolved after Facebook, Instagram suffer Thanksgiving outages BY TAL AXELROD Facebook said Thursday afternoon it has resolved the issue that caused widespread outages on its app as well as the Instagram app as the Thanksgiving holiday kicked off in the United States. Read the full story here     US accuses Russia of helping cover up Syria's chemical weapons use BY TAL AXELROD Facebook said Thursday afternoon it has resolved the issue that caused widespread outages on its app as well as the Instagram app as the Thanksgiving holiday kicked off in the United States. Read the full story here     What if impeachment fails? BY JAMES PARDEW Opinion | The evidence is piling up to implicate President Donald Trump directly in an illegal scheme to use U.S. tax-supported government resources to bribe Ukraine, a weak and vulnerable ally, into giving direct support to the president’s future personal political campaign. Read the full story here     5 tips to keep politics from ruining the holidays BY DIANE GOTTSMAN Opinion | The holidays are here, and friends and family will soon be gathered around the table to break bread, celebrate the season and make special memories. Unfortunately, holiday gatherings can also be a source of stress as loved ones discuss volatile topics, including perhaps the most volatile topic of all — politics. Read the full story here     The New York Times: How Kamala Harris’s campaign unraveled BY JONATHAN MARTIN, ASTEAD W. HERNDON AND ALEXANDER BURNS Senator Kamala Harris is the only 2020 Democrat who has fallen hard out of the top tier of candidates. She has proved to be an uneven campaigner who changes her message and tactics to little effect and has a staff torn into factions. Read the full story here     Reuters: North Korea's Thanksgiving Day test shows improving speed for missile crews BY HYONHEE SHIN AND JOSH SMITH North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed “great satisfaction” over the latest test of a large multiple-rocket launcher, state media said on Friday, a launch that experts said showcased improving performance by the system and its crews. Read the full story here     CNN: Inside Trump's sneak Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan BY JEREMY DIAMOND AND NOAH GRAY On Thanksgiving eve, President Donald Trump slipped unnoticed out of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on his way to a bare-bones military plane with just a handful of top aides. Sixteen hours later, he touched down for the first time in Afghanistan, on just his second visit to a war zone as President after a similar Christmas Eve trip last year to Iraq. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Surge in new voters sparks talk of UK election ‘youthquake’ BY JILL LAWLESS In a British election dominated by Brexit, young voters who had no say in the country’s decision to leave the European Union could hold the key to victory. That is, if they can be bothered to vote. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: The Tories secretly fear Donald Trump could wreck Boris Johnson's election BY TIM ROSS A few hours in the genteel English countryside next week could be the biggest risk to Boris Johnson in the final stretch of his election bid. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.