| No Images? Click here   By Holly ThomasEditor'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. Wednesday, October 9WHITE HOUSE WON’T COOPERATE WITH IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY The White House is officially stonewalling the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, rejecting lawmakers’ demands for documents and interviews. The declaration sets up a constitutional clash that could bolster the case for impeaching Trump and lead to a crisis. [HuffPost]RUSSIAN OPERATIVES POPPED CHAMPAGNE AT TRUMP WIN Russian social media trolls working to boost the candidacy of now-President Trump celebrated Trump’s 2016 election night win with champagne, according to a message disclosed in a new report from the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee. [HuffPost]TURKEY WON’T BOW TO U.S. THREAT Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans, the Turkish vice president said in an apparent response to Trump’s warning to Ankara about the scope of its planned military incursion into northeastern Syria. [AP]SWEDEN’S KING REMOVES GRANDCHILDREN FROM ROYAL HOUSE Sweden’s king has chosen to strip five of his grandchildren of their royal highness status amid heightened scrutiny of the monarchy’s cost to taxpayers.The children will retain their titles of prince/princess and duke/duchess, but they will no longer receive taxpayer funds. [HuffPost]MONTGOMERY ELECTS FIRST BLACK MAYOR Montgomery, Alabama, has elected Steven Reed to become the state capital’s first Black mayor, a historic moment for a city known for heroic stands and violent clashes during the civil rights movement. [HuffPost]KEY WITNESSES IN BOTHAM JEAN TRIAL DEAD IN DRUG DEAL A Texas man who was fatally gunned down just days after testifying as a key witness in the Botham Jean police shooting was killed in a drug deal gone wrong, authorities said. [HuffPost] A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. SCHIFF: STATE DEPT. BLOCKING ‘DEEPLY RELEVANT’ TEXTS The State Department blocked a top U.S. diplomat from giving a scheduled deposition Tuesday before a House panel conducting the impeachment inquiry into Trump. [HuffPost]CHINA: NO INTENTION OF INTERVENING The Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China had no intention of intervening in U.S. domestic affairs when asked about Trump’s suggestion that Beijing investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son. [Reuters]TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS MORE FOR LESS FROM SERVERS The Trump administration is trying once again to tweak the rules that govern how tipped workers are paid. This time, their proposal would probably result in servers doing more nontipped work and at a lower pay rate than previously required. [HuffPost]MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT REACTION TO UKRAINE CALL Two new reports shed light on the alarm raised in the White House by Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden. [HuffPost]NBA COMMISSIONER: FREE SPEECH VITAL AFTER CHINA RIFT The NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league is not apologizing for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, even after China’s state broadcaster canceled plans to show preseason games later this week. [AP]3 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. The Nobel Committee said: “Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized our lives and are used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles.” [AP]
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