Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• The House on Wednesday killed an attempt to impeach President Trump for statements that the chamber condemned this week as racist, turning aside an accusation that he had brought “ridicule, disgrace and disrepute” to his office. Ninety-five Democrats signaled their support for impeachment, while 137 opposed it — a dramatic split signaling trouble ahead for a divided party.

• On Wednesday evening Mr. Trump took his ongoing attacks on four minority congresswomen on the road, telling a crowd in North Carolina that they were “hate-filled extremists.” When he singled out one, Representative Ilhan Omar, his supporters chanted, “Send her back.”

• The House voted to hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for their refusal to turn over key documents related to the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.