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Thursday, June 13, 2019　

1) From ABC News, I’m Chuck Sivertsen. Moving ahead with contempt, hours after the White House asserted the executive privilege over census documents, the House panel votes to hold two administration officials in contempt of Congress. “In a 24-to-15 vote nearly along party lines, the House Oversight Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for defying congressional subpoena related to the 2020 citizenship question. Michigan Congressman Justin Amash was a loner Republican to vote in favor of the resolution. Prior to the vote, President Trump under the request of the Justice Department exerted executive privilege over the subpoena documents. The Committee vote now sends the contempt solution to the full House. Monica Salandy, ABC News, Washington.”

2) House Judicial Chair Jerrold Nadler announcing that former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks has agreed to testify in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation on June 19th. Earlier this month, the White House instructed Hicks not to cooperate with committee subpoena.

3) President Trump hosted Poland’s President at the White House, where he announced the U.S. will send 1,000 more service members to that country. “This year our nations mark 100 years of diplomatic relations. The U.S.-Polish alliance is stronger by far than ever before.” President Trump says Poland is also buying more than 30 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets from the U.S.

4) Arrests were made in the attempted murder of the former Boston Red Sox slugger. “Dominican authorities said they arrested a gunman who shot David Ortiz and then held up the gun. Police said it was used in the shooting. Police said they found it buried near where they located one of the suspects. Five have been detained and the sixth was being sought. Police said there was a bounty on Ortiz’s head of less than $8,000. In Boston where Ortiz remains in the intensive care, his wife said the former Red Sox star was able to sit up and take some steps.” ABC’s Aaron Katersky.

5) The major indexes ended the day mostly lower around Wall Street. The Dow lost 44, the NASDAQ 30. You’re listening to ABC News.

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From the Fox Business Network; on Wall Street, stocks closing lower amid a continuing cloud of trade uncertainty between the U.S. and China. Among the laggers today, tech, financials and energy companies which fell as the price of crude oil continues to decline. With the Dow falling 43 points, the NASDAQ down 30, S&P 500 down 6. // And shoppers are buying more yoga pants of Lululemon in the first quarter. Shares of the apparel retailer spiking in the extended session after beating sales and profit expectations with the company saying it continues to see momentum across its businesses. // And General Motors is making a hefty investment and will be spending $150 million, so it can rev up production of heavy-duty pickup trucks at its Flint, Michigan, assembly plant. The money will be used for improve the factory’s conveyor system and for other equipment to boost output. The factory builds heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups which are all-new for the 2019 model year. With the Fox Business Report, I’m Hilarie Barsky.