10 things you need to know today: October 16, 2019

Rival candidates go after Warren in Democratic debate, Pence and Giuliani refuse to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, and more

The 2020 Democratic candidates at the debate
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1. Democratic rivals challenge surging Warren in debate

The 12 Democratic presidential candidates in Tuesday's debate unanimously backed the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump, but clashed on other issues. Several candidates criticized Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who led longtime frontrunner former Vice President Joe Biden in recent polls. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) accused Warren of dodging questions on how she would pay for "Medicare-for-all." Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) acknowledged such a health plan would require higher taxes, but said health-care savings would offset that. Warren said other Democrats were too timid. Former Housing Secretary Julian Castro got in one of the strongest jabs at Trump, condemning the president for "caging kids on the border and letting ISIS prisoners run free" in Syria.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.