In the d Department's Consumer Price Index edged up# just one-tenth of a percent last month from## October.

On a year-to-year basis, the rate# dropped slightly to 3.1 percent from the## previous November.

The core inflation rate,# excluding volatile food and energy costs,## rose three-tenths of a percent.# That's a bit faster than in October.

House Republicans moved today to set a vote# on formalizing their impeachment inquiry into## President Biden.

The focus is whether he# benefited from family business dealings,## but so far there is no evidence tying# him to wrongdoing.

Republicans argued## today the resolution would give them# stronger legal backing for subpoenas.

Democrats said it's all a political# stunt.

They spoke at separate briefings.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): To fulfill our# constitutional responsibility, we have to## take the next step.

We're not making a political# decision.

It's not.

It's a people have feelings about it one way or# the other.

We can't prejudge the outcome.## The Constitution does not permit us to do so.# We have to follow the truth RE P. PETE AGUILAR (D-CA): The vote this week is# the culmination of the extreme MAGA Republican## yearlong agenda exacting political retribution# on behalf of Donald Trump.

It's painfully obvious## that they are trying to hurt President Biden# politically to help President Trump get reelected.

GEOFF BENNETT: With a closely divided House,## the resolution would need ne Republican presidential candidate Nikki# Haley gets a key endorsement in New## Hampshire tonight six weeks before that# state's primary.

Governor Chris Sununu i expected to come out for Haley.

He's been# a vocal critic of former President Donald## Trump.

Polls show Mr. Trump leading# by wide margins in New Hampshire.

Claudine Gay will stay as president# of Harvard after a backlash over## her congressional testimony on campus# antisemitism.

The university's governing## body issued a statement today saying -- quote# -- "President Gay is the right leader to help## our community heal and to address the very# serious societal issues we are facing."

At a House hearing last week, Gay and# other school leaders struggled to answer## questions from Republican Congresswoman Elise# Stefanik.

Today, Stefanik had fresh crit REP. ELISE STEFANIK (R-NY): This is a moral# failure of Harvard's leadership and higher## education leadership at the highest levels.

And# the only change they hav of conduct, where they failed to condemn# calls for genocide of the Jewish people,## the only update to the code of conduct is to# allow a plagiarist as the president of Harvard.

GEOFF BENNETT: Harvard's governing body# says an independent review of plagiarism## allegations against Gay found no# violation of school standards.

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew# himself up at a police station today,## killing at least 23 people.

A Taliban offshoot# claimed responsibility.

The attack in the## northwestern part of that country was one of# the deadliest in recent months.

The force of## the blast shattered windows, damaged nearby# businesses, and wounded dozens of people.## Pakistan's military said other militants triggered# an hours-long shoot-out before they were killed.

Back in this country, Google will appeal# a federal jury verdict in San Francisco## that found its android App Store operates as# an illegal monopoly.

Epic Games argued the## system quashes competitors and ultimately# hurts smartphone users.

The judge will## now determine what steps Google must take,# but the appeals process could take years.

And on Wall Street, stocks advanced again on# the inflation report and ahead of tomorrow's## Federal Reserve statement on interest rates.# The Dow Jones industrial average gained 173## points to close at 36578.

The Nasdaq# rose 101 points.

The S&P 500 added 21.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": the latest# global climate conference faces criticism for## its tepid progress; hip-hop mobile Sean "Diddy"# Combs faces sexual assault lawsuits made possible## by a new state law; how the Israel-Hamas war is# affecting Hanukkah celebrations here in the U.S.;## and what Shohei Ohtani's record-breaking# contract means for Major League Baseball.