| No Images? Click here  Friday, October 4SHOCK DOCS: DAMMING UKRAINE TEXTS Newly released text messages sent by senior Trump administration officials appear to show clear instances of the White House brazenly pressuring Ukraine for political favors in exchange for cooperation from the U.S. government. [HuffPost]SCOPE OF UKRAINE SCHEME COMES INTO VISION Reports published Thursday evening shed light on the apparent wide reach of President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s son Hunter. [HuffPost]TRUMP BROUGHT UP BIDEN, WARREN, TO CHINESE PRESIDENT Trump brought up two of his potential 2020 opponents ― former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ― in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping in June, CNN reported. [HuffPost]1 DEAD, 2 WOUNDED IN WASHINGTON SHOOTING Police in Vancouver, Washington, say a gunman opened fire in an apartment complex for seniors, killing one person and injuring two. After negotiating with police, he was taken into custody. [HuffPost]KNIFEMAN LEAVES FOUR DEAD IN PARIS ATTACK An administrator armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters, killing at least four before he was fatally shot. The attack occurred in a large police compound across the street from Notre Dame Cathedral. [AP]HONG KONG LEADER INVOKES EMERGENCY POWER As the government tries to quell increasingly violent protests, Hong Kong’s embattled leader on Friday invoked emergency powers to ban face masks, deploying a rarely used law that could inflame tensions and tar the city’s reputation as a safe, open hub for finance and tourism. [New York Times] A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. NEW POLLS: SUPPORT FOR IMPEACHMENT RISES Polls from CNN/SSRS, Monmouth, Quinnipiac, Reuters/Ipsos, Economist/YouGov, as well as new HuffPost/YouGov polling, together paint a clear picture of growing support for impeachment in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement that she backs an “official impeachment inquiry.” [HuffPost]RICK PERRY TO RESIGN AS ENERGY SECRETARY Rick Perry is reportedly quitting by the end of the year as Trump’s secretary of energy. Perry said this week that he’d cooperate with lawmakers over the whistleblower complaint around Trump’s communications in July the Ukrainian president, who Perry has apparently met with at least three times. [HuffPost]PENCE BACKS ASKING FOREIGN LEADERS TO GO AFTER BIDEN Vice President Mike Pence gave his full-throated support to Trump on Thursday after the president openly encouraged foreign leaders to dig up dirt on Biden. [HuffPost]2 WOMEN SUE JAMES FRANCO Two women say they were sexually exploited and subjected to sexual misconduct while they took classes at James Franco’s acting school in Los Angeles, according to a lawsuit. [HuffPost]WHILE CHINA PARADED WEAPONS, U.S. NAVY TESTED THIS As China paraded some of its most powerful weaponry during celebrations marking the communist state's 70th anniversary on Tuesday, the United States Navy tested its newest piece of firepower in the Pacific. [HuffPost]BIG MEAT IS COMING FOR YOUR VEGAN SCHOOL LUNCH In California, a bill to provide $3 million to school districts across the state to include plant-based options for lunch zipped through the legislature before stalling over money and objections from the beef industry. [Stateline]
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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