| No Images? Click here  Wednesday, September 25IMPEACHMENT MARKS A SHIFT, BUT WHAT’S NEXT? After a day in which more than a dozen Democrats joined calls for impeaching President Donald Trump in response to reports that he sought political dirt from a foreign country, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced she is supporting “an official impeachment inquiry.” [HuffPost]WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO GIVE COMPLAINT TO CONGRESS The White House is gearing up to release both the whistleblower complaint and the related inspector general’s report that have sparked a formal impeachment inquiry. Its release is expected by the end of the week. [HuffPost]TRUMP’S UKRAINE EXPLANATIONS ARE ALL OVER THE MAP According to Trump, his conversation in July with the new Ukrainian president was about: Withholding $400 million in U.S. aid; not withholding aid, actually; Ukraine needing to investigate Trump’s leading Democratic opponent; Ukraine needing to crack down on corruption; Europe having to pay more; He can’t say, but it was perfect; all of the above. [HuffPost]IMPEACHMENT FERVOR SPREADS TO SENATE As support for impeachment swells in the House of Representatives, several Democrats in the Senate, including Minority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), say they also support opening an inquiry into Trump. [HuffPost]WEWORK CEO STEPS DOWN WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann is stepping down as CEO as the beleaguered co-working space business seeks to regain its footing after last week’s botched initial public offering, the company said Tuesday. [HuffPost]RUSSIAN NAVY BOAT SINKS IN WALRUS ATTACK The Russian Geological Society said a walrus attacked and sank a landing vessel as it was approaching the shore of a remote Arctic island. “During the landing at Cape Heller, a group of researchers had to flee from a female walrus, which, protecting its cubs, attacked an expedition boat,” the navy said. [HuffPost] A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE THE PLANET Ice sheets are melting, glaciers are shrinking and the planet’s oceans are changing in “unprecedented” ways, according to a shocking new report released by the United Nations, the latest confirmation that climate change is already wreaking havoc around the globe. [HuffPost]TRUMP IS ALREADY USING IMPEACHMENT TO FUNDRAISE FOR 2020 Minutes after Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump, his reelection campaign turned it into a fundraising opportunity. The solicitations came via emails and texts calling for voters to back his “impeachment defense team.” [HuffPost]COMPANIES ‘USED FACEBOOK ADS FOR AGE, GENDER DISCRIMINATION’ Seven companies violated federal law when they excluded women and older workers from seeing job ads they posted on Facebook, according to the nation’s leading employment equality watchdog. [HuffPost]AMBASSADOR ROPED INTO QUEST TO SMEAR BIDEN This summer, Rudy Giuliani briefed U.S. diplomats, including a special representative for Ukraine, on his efforts to convince the Ukrainian administration to investigate the Bidens. But Giuliani also briefed another diplomat: U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. [Daily Beast]HOW LONG CAN BORIS JOHNSON CLING TO POWER? You'd normally expect a leader under such fire to realize their time was up. But Brexit has created some pretty abnormal circumstances. How long can this go on? That really comes down to whether Johnson or opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn have the guts to take action that will ultimately lead to a general election. [CNN]3 SUICIDES ON ONE SHIP POINT TO A GROWING PROBLEM A cluster of three suicides in less than a week among one ship’s crew has shocked the United States Navy, raising questions about why the suicide rate in the service has climbed sharply in recent years, despite sustained efforts at prevention. [New York Times]
Businessman Ralph Taylor, who learned he is 4% Black from a DNA test, is classified as Black by his state government and White by the federal government. This racial inconsistency means he’s eligible for affirmative action programs in Washington state, but not in Washington, D.C. But critics say he’s abusing the program and undermining the very concept of racial identity.
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