GOP condemns Trump’s Syria decision

U.S. withdrawal of support for Kurdish allies drew furious backlash. No Images? Click here   By Holly Thomas   Editor's note:  We're currently updating our email newsletter system. Over the next few weeks you might run into some problems receiving our newsletters. Check your spam or junk mail folders, or email us at dailybrief@huffpost.com if your newsletters are missing. Thanks, and we apologize for any inconvenience.       Tuesday, October 8 GOP, EXPERTS, CONDEMN TRUMP’S SYRIA DECISION President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw support for Kurdish allies in northern Syria ahead of a planned invasion by Turkey drew forceful backlash from Republicans and Democrats, as well as foreign policy experts. [HuffPost] WHITE HOUSE HONES IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House is finalizing a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to Trump: Stall. Obfuscate. Attack. Repeat. [AP] DEMS CONSIDER SHIELDING WHISTLEBLOWER ID House Democrats are working to mask the Ukraine scandal whistleblower’s identity from Trump’s Republican allies in a potential effort to ensure the individual’s safety during testimony. The president is actively trying to expose the person who wrote the bombshell complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. [HuffPost] MORE STORES LIMIT E-CIGARETTE SALES Walgreens and Kroger are following other retailers in taking e-cigarettes off the shelves amid a nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses and more than a dozen deaths. [HuffPost] CLIMATE ACTIVISTS MARCH IN GLOBAL PROTEST Activists with the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked roads and staged demonstrations in big cities around the globe, part of a wide-ranging series of protests demanding much more urgent action against climate change. [AP] TRUMP HIGHLIGHTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST Trump revealed how he would handle Turkey and Syrian in a Breitbart News interview during his presidential campaign. “I have a little conflict of interest ’cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul,” Trump boasted at the time. “It’s a tremendously successful job. It’s called Trump Towers .” [HuffPost]     A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. READ THE SERIES     TRUMP THREATENS TO ‘TOTALLY DESTROY’ TURKEY’S ECONOMY Trump said on Twitter he will “totally destroy and obliterate” Turkey’s economy if the country takes any action that he considers “off limits” after announcing U.S. forces will withdraw from Syria. The threat followed GOP backlash to his troop pullout announcement. [HuffPost] BRITISH PM MAY CONTACT WHITE HOUSE OVER DIPLOMAT’S WIFE British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will make a personal plea to the White House if a U.S. diplomat’s wife fails to return to the U.K. to face questioning in a wrong-way car crash that killed a British teenager. [HuffPost] HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF SHOUTED OFF STAGE Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security, was shouted off stage at an immigration event at Georgetown University’s law school. [HuffPost] U.S. USING TRADE DEALS TO SHIELD TECH GIANTS The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into recent trade agreements that shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits, a move that could help lock in America’s tech-friendly regulations around the world even as they are being questioned at home. 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