National Security Council expert Fiona Hill confirmed during her testimony on Thursday that President Trump ignored his top advisors when they informed him that the cospiracy theory that Ukraine was involved in the 2016 U.S. election interference was indeed false. Asked if she believed President Trump “instead listened to Rudy Giuliani’s views,” she responded: “That appears to be the case, yes.” State Department official David Holmes said Russia wanted to deflect responsibility for its own interference and drive a wedge between the U.S. and Ukraine. Source

Secret Service said around 6 a.m. Thursday, a vehicle trailed an official vehicle through the gate at Lafayette Park trying to get into the complex Source

The Senate approved a stopgap government spending bill that keeps the government operating through December 20. Source

The indictment throws the country’s paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening the long-time leader’s grip on power Source

Doctors believe they may have discovered another type of lung injury tied to vaping e-cigarettes. The significant finding is linked to a 17-year-old in Canada who nearly died after five months of vaping THC and flavored e-cigarettes. But his case does not follow the same pattern of lung injuries seen in more than 2,000 U.S. cases. Dr. Tara Narula reports. Source

Doctors diagnosed a 17-year-old in Canada with “popcorn worker’s lung” when he nearly died after vaping THC and flavored e-cigarettes for five months Source

State Department official David Holmes testified that Ambassador Sondland told Trump to “play the racism card” when it came to A$AP Rocky’s case Source

Fiona Hill, a former senior director on Russia at the National Security Council, pushed back Thursday against the unfounded theory that Ukrainian officials sought to interfere in the 2016 election, and said the Russian government spreads disinformation by operating “like a Super PAC.” Watch her opening statement in the fifth day of public impeachment hearings. Source

In 2009, Lesley Stahl reported on promising research that allows scientists to get a glimpse at human thoughts. Sunday, 60 Minutes will report on the research progress over the last ten years. Source

In his testimony at the impeachment hearing Thursday, State Department official David Holmes described hearing President Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland discuss the case of rapper A$AP Rocky, who was then jailed in Sweden on assault charges. Holmes says Sondland told the president, “Let him get sentenced, play the racism card, and give him a ticker-tape when he gets home.” Source