Tipsheet: How Democrats' missing witnesses could fill in the Ukraine story

View in your browser     How Democrats' missing witnesses could fill in the Ukraine story BY CRISTINA MARCOS The stonewalling from several key witnesses at the center of President Trump's dealings with Ukraine is not stopping Democrats from plowing ahead with their fast-moving inquiry. Rather than wait to secure their testimony, Democrats say they can move forward because other witnesses have corroborated a whistleblower complaint that sparked the inquiry in September. Read the full story here     House Intelligence Committee to review impeachment investigation report Monday BY MARINA PITOFSKY The House Intelligence Committee will begin reviewing a report Monday on the committee’s investigation into President Trump’s contacts with Ukraine, according to the House website. Read the full story here     Judiciary Republican calls for panel to expand list of impeachment witnesses BY TAL AXELROD   Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are calling for the panel to expand its list of witnesses ahead of the Dec. 4 hearing it will hold in the House’s impeachment investigation into President Trump. Read the full story here     Ginsburg health scare raises prospect of election year Supreme Court battle BY ALEXANDER BOLTON The recent hospitalization of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following a year of health scares has raised the prospect of a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year and a partisan battle royal that would likely surpass the impeachment fight. Read the full story here       Kamala Harris aide says in resignation letter: 'I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly' BY RACHEL FRAZIN An aide to Sen. Kamala Harris blasted the treatment of staff on the California Democrat's presidential campaign in a resignation letter this month. Read the full story here     Biden begins 8-day blitz of Iowa as caucus race heats up BY TAL AXELROD Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday kicked off an 8-day blitz of Iowa as the White House hopeful seeks to gin up support ahead of the Hawkeye State’s first-in-the-nation caucus. Read the full story here     Warren receives endorsement from Illinois congresswoman ahead of Chicago rally BY ARIS FOLLEY Presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) nabbed the endorsement of Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), a congresswoman who represents part of Chicago's North Side and some of its northern suburbs ahead of the senator's rally in the city Saturday. Read the full story here     Poll: Majority of Republicans say Trump better president than Lincoln BY TAL AXELROD A majority of Republicans say President Trump is a better leader than former President Lincoln, according to this week’s Economist/YouGov weekly tracking poll. Read the full story here     Israeli, Palestinian business leaders seek Trump boost for investment project BY LAURA KELLY A pair of Israeli and Palestinian business leaders are hoping their joint initiative can spur investment in one of the most politically charged regions of the world – the West Bank – and are seeking a boost from allies in the Trump administration to make it a reality. Read the full story here     Pelosi heading to Madrid for UN climate change convention BY RACHEL FRAZIN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will lead a delegation of congressional Democrats to the United Nations climate change conference in Madrid next week, her office announced Saturday. Read the full story here     Michael Bloomberg's billions can't save an unserious campaign BY COREY LEWANDOWSKI Opinion | Ever since seeing firsthand how then-candidate Donald Trump would connect with voters in the 2016 campaign, I’ve been asked time and again who would be the best candidate to take on the president in 2020. A single archetype always came to mind — a job creator, an American success story, someone who could self-fund his campaign and not feel the need to bow to establishment donors or a responsibility to play by the political rules. Read the full story here     Still upset by Trump's historic win? Beat him if you can in 2020 BY DOUGLAS MACKINNON Opinion | Writer Nancy Cook detailed in a recent Politico article that, counter to the tradition of past presidents, Donald J. Trump apparently has decided — on his own, shockingly — to circumvent the fish-bowl exposure of the Oval Office and West Wing and conduct meetings and phone calls that demand privacy and strict confidentiality in the privacy of his residence in the White House. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump's impeachment choice: Defend or deflect BY MAEVE RESTON President Donald Trump has decried the impeachment inquiry as a hoax and a scam run by Democratic "maniacs," but he now faces a critical choice: whether to legitimize the proceedings by allowing his lawyers to participate or refuse to take part in an inquiry he says is a sham. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Impeachment may complicate 2020 for lonely Michigan moderate BY SARA BURNETT For more than 30 years and under five presidents, Republican Rep. Fred Upton easily won reelection to his southwest Michigan House seat by promoting “common-sense values” and bipartisan accomplishments. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: How Warren’s struggle on 'Medicare for all' reshaped the race BY ANNIE LINSKEY, JEFF STEIN AND DAN BALZ The senator from Massachusetts has dropped in the polls since trying to extricate herself from a dilemma over her support for Medicare-for-all. Read the full story here     The New York Times: How a divided left is losing the battle on abortion BY ELIZABETH DIAS AND LISA LERER Miscalculations, and an unexpected victory by President Trump, have put abortion access at its most vulnerable point in decades, and the left on the defensive. Now it is trying to recover. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Huawei manages to make smartphones without American chips BY ASA FITCH AND DAN STRUMPF For China’s top smartphone maker, U.S. suppliers are increasingly a nice-to-have, not a must-have. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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