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Across the country, including in swing states, people have been priced out of buying homes. Record numbers are finding rent unaffordable. Biden and Trump have very different ideas for how to fix it.

House managers are wrapping up their arguments today in President Trump's impeachment trial. Today's focus is on the second article of impeachment: obstruction of Congress.

President Trump has threatened to veto the measure in favor of a Senate Republican version of the bill that would include about $50 million more for immigration courts.

In a surprise turn, the House of Representatives defeated the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout plan. Democrats joined with Republicans in a bipartisan rejection of the bill.

The yes vote comes a day after the Senate unanimously moved to recognize June 19 as a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States.

The House Judiciary Committee has announced witnesses for Wednesday's impeachment inquiry hearings. House Republicans maintain that the evidence does not prove the allegations against the president.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary votes to become House speaker in another round of voting — the third — after 20 House Republicans voted against him.

When independent scientists came forward with higher estimates, the White House "pushed back hard," NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

The Normal Town Council has done little to address the housing shortage, up against daunting macroeconomic forces. All three candidates for Normal mayor say more action is needed over the next four years, though they differ on the specifics.

An emotional House debate on the war in Iraq concludes with passage of a Republican-drafted resolution. In a 256-153 vote, 42 Democrats crossed party lines to approve a document that rejects a set date for withdrawing U.S. troops from the conflict.