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GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment for Rod Rosenstein

Mark Meadows. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Congressmen Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan and nine other Republican House members introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday after a meeting with Justice Department officials.

The backdrop: Meadows and other GOP lawmakers had been debating introducing impeachment documents for Rosenstein for weeks and almost did earlier this month after the deputy attorney general announced indictments of 12 Russian military officers for their interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Be smart: This is likely a warning to Rosenstein and not a "privileged resolution," notes Josh Bresnahan of Politico. House members will not be required to vote on the matter.

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Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

  1. Health: U.S. coronavirus deaths expected to surpass summer peak this coming week
  2. U.S. surgeon general says "pandemic fatigue" driving record cases — Thanksgiving and COVID-19: What to know
  3. Politics: California governor attended dinner for 12 despite COVID-19 spikes.
  4. Business: Walmart, grocers reinstate coronavirus shopping restrictions
  5. World: Mexico tops 1M cases, as death toll nears 100,000 — Austria announces nationwide lockdown as COVID-19 cases soar.
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U.S. coronavirus deaths accelerate to an average of 1,100 a day

A medical staff member in the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas — the first U.S. state to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases. Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

The U.S. is expected to surpass the summer peak of deaths from COVID-19 and near early spring levels this coming week, per the COVID Tracking Project.

The big picture: 1,321 people died from the virus on Saturday, as the seven-day average reached 1,100. COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit record highs, with 69,455 people now in hospital with the virus in the U.S., according to the project.

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15 Asia-Pacific countries form world's largest trading bloc

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) is pictured on a TV monitor next to leaders of other country signatories during the signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership at a virtual summit, hosted from Hanoi. Photo: Nhac Nguyen /AFP via Getty Images

China and 14 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region on Sunday formed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership excluding the U.S — which pulled out of an earlier trade partnership under President Trump.

Why it matters: The RCEP is the world's biggest free trading bloc, accounting for almost a third of all economic activity.

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