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U.S. stocks tumbled to their lowest point since August after another disappointing report fueled fears that the U.S. economy is slowing, and may soon stall. Treasuries climbed with gold and the yen. 

Here are today’s top stories

U.S. President Donald Trump sought to blame the stock market drop on his impeachment. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff warned that any White House attempt to interfere with the probe would be considered obstruction of justice. Keep up with all the latest developments here.

For a decade, a consulting firm forged business contacts in Ukraine and Russia on behalf of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The firm’s website suddenly vanished after Giuliani’s communications were subpoenaed.

Senator Bernie Sanders temporarily halted his grueling campaign schedule after receiving medical care for a blocked artery.

Wall Street is combining two of its hottest—and riskiest—products into one. Investors hungry for returns can't seem to get enough.

Another slow-motion, man-made environmental disaster has been discovered: Groundwater pumping is causing river flows all across the globe to drop precipitously.

The World Trade Organization gave Trump the go-ahead to impose tariffs on as much as $7.5 billion worth of European exports annually in retaliation for illegal government aid to Airbus.

What’s Joe Weisenthal thinking about? The Bloomberg news director knows there’s more than a year to go until the U.S. presidential contest, but chatter about how to trade the election is picking up. Wall Street is pretty terrible at assessing anything political, Joe says. Investors and analysts possess no special wisdom on what goes on in Washington. And often, they’re just 100% wrong.

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