Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 campaign, but as the 2020 Democratic field grows by the week, which candidate can actually beat Trump?; Virginia's three top state officials mired in scandal and showing no signs of stepping down; El Paso's Republican Mayor dispute's Trump's border rhetoric and joins SE ahead of Trump's rally there; The messy, mysterious feud involving Amazon's Jeff Bezos, the National Enquirer, sexts, and Saudis; Amazon rethinking plan for massive NYC campus?; Carly Fiorina discusses women running in 2020 and her new book

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Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam refuses to resign, while Democrats, Republicans etc. across the country call for him to step down after a racist photo surfaced from his 1984 yearbook page; Senator Cory Booker joins a diverse and crowded 2020 Democratic field (and Kellyanne Conway suggests he's sexist for running); Trump hints at a National Emergency announcement at the State of the Union; Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is flirting with a 2020 independent run-with or without Schultz, is America ready for a legitimate third party?

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T-minus 20 days until America faces a national emergency or another shutdown over border security-unless Trump learned how to govern and close the deal; Roger Stone is charged with seven felonies in the Mueller probe, but shows no sign of flipping; Sorting out the early 2020 Democratic contenders; SE talks to former congressman John Delaney about his 2020 campaign; Venezuela has two parallel presidents and it could lead to a face-off between the US and Russia; A British newspaper apologizes to Melania Trump.

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Trump unveils a new border security offer in a bid to restart the government, but Democrats have already shut it down; South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem on the shutdown's effect on Trump states; Viral video shows teens wearing MAGA hats possibly mocking a Native American man; Outspoken Erdogan critic and NBA center Enes Kanter discusses Turkey's claims that he supports terrorism; A 2020 primary challenger for Trump?

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SE speaks to Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. Adam Kinzinger to hear from both sides of the aisle in Congress as they look for ways to end the shutdown standoff; SE argues the immigration debate is, by design, "punted" by both parties; Rep. Marc Veasey talks about what he thinks his Republican colleagues need to do about the Steve King problem; Reining in the Imperial Presidency: Is it too late?; Democrat Julián Castro enters the 2020 race.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked off her 2020 not-officially-a-campaign in Iowa, but SE thinks her candidacy is DOA; The government shutdown enters Week 3; Speaker Pelosi faces new challenges with her raucous caucus; Mitt Romney is coming in hot with a Trump takedown; Kevin Hart goes on "Ellen" to smooth over his homophobic joke controversy, but it backfires; Women take control at the CIA

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2019 political forecast; SE and Sen. Ben Sasse discuss why our nation is so divided and what we can do about it; The Washington Post's Paul Kane argues that if Congress wants to look more like the people it serves, it needs to pay staffers more and provide housing; How the media's coverage of Trump has and hasn't evolved in his first two years as president; A reformed neo-Nazi on why Anti-Semitic hate crimes have seen a steady increase since 2015, and how to stop the tide of hate.

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The government shutdown is likely to extend past Christmas, but Trump blames the Democrats; GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Trump's rough stretch since the midterms; Trump blindsided America's allies and his own staff when he announced a Syria withdrawal, and the consequences are far-reaching; Van Jones on the bipartisan push he helped lead to get a major prison reform law

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More White House staff shuffles amid ethics and legal probes; SE connects the dots and breaks down each investigation threatening Trump and his associates; Joe Biden's 2012 Campaign Deputy Chief of Staff weighs in on a Biden-Beto 2020 ticket; Explaining the political and practical fallout after a judge rules Obamacare is unconstitutional; Conservative magazine The Weekly Standard shutters after 23 years.

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Mueller filing links Trump to two felonies, as Trump claims it vindicates his "no collusion" stance; Democratic Congressman Jim Himes on how the new House will check Trump; High profile Democrats work hard behind the scenes to shore up a 2020 challenge; GOP's last-minute power grabs in Michigan and Wisconsin; Senator Cardin on lawmakers confronting Trump over his handling of Saudi Arabia

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