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Supreme Court to decide scope of church immunity to employment lawsuits

Lower courts have generally held that employees who perform any religious function cannot sue for job discrimination, whether they are considered ministers or not.

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Impeachment caps a dark and dysfunctional decade in American politics

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Trump on impeachment: 'Can you believe...'

The president took to Twitter ahead of historic action expected in the House of Representatives.

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On impeachment day, Schiff condemns Trump's 'lack of morality'

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee spoke out after the president attacked him in a rambling six-page letter to Pelosi.

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Live updates: House votes on impeachment of President Trump

The latest from the historic vote in Congress, a day after Trump derided the process as a Democratic "crusade."

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Manafort hospitalized while serving seven-year prison sentence

The lawyer for Trump's ex-campaign manager said it was not clear what is wrong.

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Secret FISA Court issues highly unusual public rebuke of FBI for mistakes

The criticism comes after a report by the DOJ inspector general that found "so many basic and fundamental errors."

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Read the full letter Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on eve of impeachment vote

Read the full letter President Donald Trump sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on eve of impeachment vote

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Trump lambastes Pelosi over impeachment in blistering letter

"More due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials," Trump wrote.

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Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas can stay free on bail

Parnas was arrested in October along with Igor Fruman, another Giuliani associate, and pleaded not guilty to charges of funneling money from foreign entities to U.S. candidates in a scheme to buy political influence.

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Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates gets 45 days in jail after cooperation in lobbying case

The ex-Manafort partner, who pleaded guilty in 2018, agreed to cooperate with Mueller's team and other federal investigators.

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Giuliani boasts, then backtracks on some details of engineering Ukrainian ambassador's ouster

"She was going to make the investigations difficult for everybody," Giuliani told The New Yorker of the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

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Trump campaign looks to re-energize 'disengagers' for 2020

Even with impeachment looming, the president's team is concerned about luring back 2016 supporters who have been sidelined.

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McConnell shreds House's 'slapdash' impeachment investigation, hits Schumer for wanting new witnesses

"By any ordinary legal standard, what House Democrats have assembled appears to be woefully inadequate to prove what they want to allege," McConnell said.

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Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year

Bill Taylor testified at the House Intelligence Committee's inquiry into President Donald Trump's hold on military aid to Ukraine.

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Democratic debate gets green light after labor dispute settled

Candidates had vowed they would not cross a picket line to face off at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

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Rudy Giuliani's own words tell the tale of the Ukraine scandal

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Trump's approval rating mostly unchanged despite impeachment

Compare President Trump's approval rating with Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton.

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Will Democrats beat GOP again in 'dark money' donations in 2020, despite rhetoric from the left?

As 2020 nears, Democrats may be on track to beat the GOP at the "dark money" game for the second national election in a row — and Republicans are nervous.

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Trump-district Democrats carry impeachment to finish line

Analysis: A wave of announcements from Democrats in swing districts has all but ensured that he will become the third president impeached by the House.