The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: It’s Fun to Stay at the USMCA

President Donald Trump reaches out to Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they prepare to sign a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Martin Mejia / AP

Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey).

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Today in 5 Lines

  • Gathered in Buenos Aires for the annual G20 Summit, President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the United States–Mexico–Canada trade deal into law, replacing the NAFTA deal.

  • House Democrats unveiled the details of legislation they plan to propose in January after the new Congress is sworn in: an anti-corruption bill that aims to strengthen ethics laws and expand voting rights.

  • The Marriott International hotel chain said that the personal details of up to 500 million guests had been compromised after an unauthorized party hacked into its reservation system earlier this year.

  • The former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was indicted on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man, inside his apartment in September.

  • Two back-to-back earthquakes struck Anchorage, Alaska, briefly triggering a tsunami warning and causing “major” damage.

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