The House Judiciary Committee was debating the articles of impeachment before it is sent over to the full House for a vote next week where President Trump is expected to become the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. Democrats are bracing for some defections from moderates, but still expect to pass it. Juliegrace Brufke, House reporter at The Hill, joins us for more.




Next, GEDmatch, the genealogy website that helped crack the Golden State Killer case has been sold to a forensic genetics firm that wants to make tools for DNA analysis and allow access to their database. The deal shows how this still developing field is drawing interest from those looking to profit. Peter Aldhous, science reporter at BuzzFeed News, joins us for more on Verogen, the new owner of GEDmatch.




Finally, property owners once saw short-term rental sites like Airbnb as threats, but now they are embracing the business model. Startups are leasing blocks of furnished apartments under long-term rentals and then renting those out to travelers for stays of a few weeks to as short as one night. Konrad Putzier, reporter at the WSJ, joins us for how apartment landlords are becoming the new hoteliers.

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