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The former ambassador to Ukraine defied orders from the State Department and testified before Congress. 1/20

Ambassador Yovanovitch, despite doing “nothing wrong,” was recalled from Ukraine because Trump wanted her out, she told investigators. 2/20

In a stunning day of setbacks, five federal courts dealt blows to the president. Also, the president’s attorney is now under investigation. 3/20

As of Wednesday, the polling consensus is clear: Impeachment has gone from fairly unpopular to a near-majority opinion. 4/20

Shep Smith leaves Fox News, seemingly in protest after “big chunks of the network have basically been co-opted by Trump.” 5/20

Israel sees Trump’s Syria pullout as a betrayal that could help unravel the region. 6/20

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins the Nobel Peace Prize in part for helping to end the 20-year conflict with Eritrea. 7/20

Tens of thousands have been evacuated or displaced as fires burn in L.A. County. 8/20

See also: A map of wildfires currently burning in California. 9/20

Silicon Valley believes in the future of self-driving cars, but it's pretty NIMBY when it comes to testing self-driving cars in Silicon Valley. 10/20

Just the advertising business alone on Amazon.com is as valuable as IBM. 11/20

An investor who made offensive comments at a private summit for CEOs loses a $600 million contract in the backlash. 12/20

In defense of political correctness: over time it promotes women, supports gay rights, and generally values ideas. 13/20

The problem isn’t heterosexuality, it’s misogyny: an essay against “heteropessimism.” 14/20

Some early pictures of designer Hubert “Vic” Vykukal's space suits for NASA. 15/20

Draymond Green says letting college players make money by selling jerseys or endorsing products might keep players in college longer. 16/20

One of the best things we read this week: A Dana Goodyear profile of Thomas Joshua Cooper, photographing the edges of the source of Western civilization. 17/20

See more from our editors' longread picks. 18/20

This is great too: Haruki Murakami’s vinyl collection, particularly the albums he listens to while he writes, is available on Spotify. 19/20

And in case you need something new to read: a list of all the books by African authors ever nominated for the Booker Prize for Fiction. 20/20

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