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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler gaveled in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, kicking off the committee's marathon session to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for debate and approval, holding a "markup" -- a public meeting where members can debate and offer amendments to the charges -- ahead of a House floor vote next week. "Taken together, these two articles charge President Trump, with placing his private, political interests above our national security, and above our free and fair elections, and above our ability to hold public officials accountable," Nadler said.

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The attackers are also prime suspects in the murder of an Uber driver in Bayonne, New Jersey.

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Law enforcement sources told local outlets that one of the suspects was a follower of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement.

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Law enforcement sources told local outlets that one of the suspects was a follower of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement.

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Hong Kong police said they arrested three people in connection with arson and vandalism in Kowloon late Wednesday. Police also said they received reports that five people threw petrol bombs at a Japanese restaurant on the street level of a shopping mall in Cheung Sha Wan. Police said several other people started a fire at a street junction in Mong Kok, an area that has regularly been the site of violent clashes between protesters and police during more than six months of social unrest in the Chinese-ruled city.

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