Trump calls impeachment vote 'embarrassment' to nation

President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him ”an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away from the charge that first ensnared him in the scandal. Almost simultaneous to the vote, Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, turned up at the White House to discuss Ukraine. With a vote by the full House expected next week, Trump declared in the Oval Office that the Democrats had "made absolute fools of themselves" by moving ahead with impeachment.

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  Six Dems Attended Trump’s Holiday Party During Impeachment Hearing
  Rolling Stone
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  Impeachment vote: House committee approves charges against President Trump
  WABC – NY

Senior China diplomat says U.S. seriously damaged hard-won mutual trust

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday that the United States had seriously damaged the hard-won mutual trust between the countries by criticizing Beijing over issues such as Hong Kong and the treatment of Muslim Uighurs. "Such behavior is almost paranoid, and is indeed rare in international exchanges, seriously damaging the hard-won foundation of mutual trust between China and the United States, and seriously weakening the United States' international credibility," said State Councillor Wang.

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  China’s Foreign Minister Urges Cooperation With U.S.
  Bloomberg
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  Senior Chinese diplomat says U.S. damaged the hard-won mutual trust by criticizing Beijing
  Yahoo News Video

Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death

Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, the once robust woman was nearly unrecognizable: malnourished, too weak to walk, her speech confused and disjointed. “Don’t ask me about what happened to me there” was her only reply to her family’s questions, her cousin Pervaiz Masih said.

30 Cool Cold Weather Quotes

When the temps drop, these words of wisdom will warm your soul. From Country Living

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  The Simpsons: Bobby, It's Cold Outside
  Internet Video Archive
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  A calm, cold day in South Haven
  AccuWeather

Sally Field Says Her Romance With Burt Reynolds Was "Really Complicated and Hurtful"

She was "glad" Burt never got the chance to read her memoir.

Jeremy Corbyn's grim-faced allies don't want to talk about disastrous election poll

Allies of Mr Corbyn put on a brave face at the count in Islington, but elsewhere he was facing calls to resign.

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  'Humbled' Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done in rousing victory speech
  Evening Standard
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  SNP landslide: Boris Johnson needs smarter response than refusing Scotland an independence vote
  The Conversation