White House says review of budget office call logs shows that no one spoke with Giuliani around the times of the calls in April and August, nor did Giuliani speak with Mulvaney about the Ukraine aid freeze. � @maggieNYT ⁩ � @npfandos ⁩

Robust jobs report gives Trump a political boost in his fight against impeachment and for a second term yet his approval rating remains stuck at 41%. � @anniekarni ⁩ � @jeannasmialek ⁩

“The hearing itself seemed a microcosm of that political debate and of the impeachment process that ... has failed to transcend it,” writes @russellberman . "Democrats talked with the Democrats, Republicans talked with the Republican.”

Schiff tells @sbg1  that the investigation may yet turn up more information that could be presented at the Senate trial. “There may very well be a great body of evidence at the trial that’s not available to us today,” he says.

“A real blockbuster”: Strong jobs report counters anxieties about an escalating trade war and a weakening global economy. US added 266,000 jobs in November, unemployment fell to 3.5% with annual wage growth at 3.1%. @PatcohenNYT 

"Everybody's nightmare come true": Journalists at Bloomberg are among the best in the business, but now they have an owner running for president who says they must live with restrictions on their coverage because he writes the checks. � @oliverdarcy ⁩