Weekly Roundup: Friday, December 13

Weekly Roundup: Friday, December 13

Despite partisan impeachment hearings, lawmakers reached a flurry of tentative deals on on Space Force, family leave for federal workers, and a multilateral trade package.

On the campaign trail, candidates sparred over their past work in the private sector.

This episode: political correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, and senior editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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