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By AJ Willingham & Harmeet Kaur | |  | | Impeachment
| |  | | North American trade
Impeachment isn't the only thing House Democrats have been working on. After months of negotiations, Democrats reached a deal with President Trump on a North American trade pact that would strengthen labor laws, create auto manufacturing jobs, open up agricultural trade and remove controversial protections for certain drugs. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, is a major legislative victory for Trump, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cast it as a victory for the American worker. Both sides say the new deal is a huge improvement over its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), though the impact may not be that big. A full vote is expected next week in the House; the Senate will vote on it only after an impeachment trial concludes, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. | |  | | India
India could pass a controversial bill that would give Indian citizenship to immigrants from three neighboring countries -- but not if they are Muslim. The bill would fast-track citizenship for religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who are fleeing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Indian government, ruled by a Hindu nationalist party, says the bill is about protecting minorities from persecution. But opponents say it's the latest example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party pushing a Hindu nationalist agenda on secular India at the expense of the country's Muslim population. The bill passed the lower house of parliament and lands today in the upper house. | |  | | Judaism
President Trump will sign an executive order today to interpret Judaism as a nationality, and not just a religion, a White House official said. The order, first reported by The New York Times, will allow the administration to withhold federal funding from colleges and universities if they fail to combat perceived anti-Semitism. The move is targeted at anti-Israel sentiments and divestment movements on campuses, but critics say the policy could suppress free speech and opposition to Israel's policies toward Palestinians. The order comes just days after Trump was accused of using anti-Semitic stereotypes in a speech to an Israeli-American organization. | |  | | New Jersey shooting
Jersey City is reeling after an hourslong standoff between armed suspects and law enforcement officers left four people dead, plus the two suspects. Three victims are believed to be civilians. The other is Detective Joseph Seals, a 15-year veteran of the city's police department who was in charge of getting guns off the street. The shooting started around 12:30 p.m. at a cemetery, and gunfire could be heard for hours before authorities announced the suspects had been killed at a kosher supermarket. It's still unclear what led to the incident and how exactly it unfolded, and the police chief said the investigation could last weeks -- or even months. | | | Content By: CNN Underscored | | |  |  People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. | | 250
The number of journalists behind bars because of their work as of December 1, according to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The nonprofit named China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as the biggest jailers of journalists. | | |  Today's order affirms that the President is not a king and that our courts are willing to check him when he oversteps his bounds. Kristy Parker, counsel for Protect Democracy, after a judge blocked the Trump administration from using billions of dollars from the Pentagon to build the border wall | | | | | |
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