Presented by National Association of ManufacturersWelcome to The Hill’s Morning Report. Friday has arrived! Our newsletter gets you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the up-early co-creators. Find us @asimendinger and @alweaver22 on Twitter and CLICK HERE to subscribe!An explosive impeachment investigation intensified on Thursday with the release of a whistleblower’s assertions that President TrumpDonald John TrumpDems want tougher language on election security in defense bill Five aides to Van Drew resign ahead of his formal switch to GOP The myth of the conservative bestseller MORE used the leverage of his office to enlist his Ukrainian counterpart to help him dig up dirt on a political rival while the White House later tried to hide the president’s actions. The detailed, unclassified version of the complaint made public on Thursday left a complicated trail of new questions and a long list of potential witnesses. The whistleblower, later identified by The New York Times as a CIA employee, asserted that Trump may have abused his authority with Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, to bolster his reelection by trying to establish that former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden, Sanders…