Welcome to Friday, December 13th, superstitious and skeptical...

14-plus hours wasn't enough.

Even after a marathon debate session, the House Judiciary Committee still hasn't approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) abruptly called a recess at 11:12 pm ET Thursday night.

Ranking member Doug Collins (R-GA) leaped from his seat and accused Nadler of postponing the vote for better media coverage.

"The chairman just ambushed the entire committee," Collins shouted. "Crap like this, this is why people have such a terrible view of Congress."

Nadler tried to calm his exhausted colleagues (and journalists waiting to write an intro for their daily newsletter), saying he was calling for a break because it had been "a long two days of consideration of these articles, and it is now very late at night."

They'll be a final vote Friday on whether Trump abused his power and obstructed Congress in regards to his conduct with Ukraine.

Do you support the articles of impeachment?

On the Radar

Limited Trade Deal

The U.S. and China have reached a partial trade deal, delaying a new round of tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect this Sunday.

Trump raised hopes Thursday morning, tweeting: “Getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL with China. They want it, and so do we!”

While nothing has officially been announced, the White House reportedly offered to halve tariff rates on about $350 billion worth of Chinese goods, some of which had climbed as high as 25%.

How do you feel about this limited trade deal with China?

Under the Radar

Are We the People more – and better than – our differences?

Social media would have you believe we aren’t, creating siloed forums where extremists spew deep animosities against political enemies and even moderates within their own party.

Washington these days doesn’t seem much better: thoughtful leaders are often muffled by the loudest, angriest voice in the room, speaking in a timber of oppositional politics.

Though many of us hunger for common purpose, our obsessions with difference confines us in a political straitjacket.

Rob Stein, a political strategist and Founder of the Democracy Alliance, champions the creation of a dynamic, sustainable cross-partisan voice in America. And he's now issuing a clarion call:

“If we are to thrive as a civilization, we must embrace our common purpose and shared destinies, together creating a proud, new, twenty-first-century-sense of nationhood.”

Take Rob’s hand and join him in his pursuit of a more-perfect union: “We Are More (and Better) Than Our Differences”