BREAKING … AP: “U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore has died,” by Brian Witte in Baltimore: “Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68.“A sharecropper’s son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, and was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for the poor in his black-majority district, which encompasses a large portion of Baltimore as well as more well-to-do suburbs.“As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cummings led multiple investigations of the president’s governmental dealings, including probes in 2019 relating to the president’s family members serving in the White House.” AP– “EU and U.K. say they have Brexit deal,” by POLITICO Europe’s David Herszenhorn: “The EU and U.K. have reached a deal on a new Withdrawal Agreement that will let Britain depart on orderly terms, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today. Word of an agreement came as EU leaders were en route to Brussels for a crucial European Council summit.“‘Where there is a will, there is a #deal,’ Juncker posted on Twitter. Johnson in…