| Trump whistleblower testimony, a 'historic' winter storm, Joe Maddon and more of the weekend's top stories. |  | | | | | | | | | | | Trump whistleblower to testify before Congress 'very soon' | | The whistleblower who filed an anonymous complaint about President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden has reached an agreement to testify before Congress. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that the whistleblower, whose identity has not been made public, would testify "very soon." Schiff noted that the biggest concern with having the whistleblower appear before Congress was protecting the person's identity. The whistleblower's complaint was the tipping point for House Democrats, who formally launched an impeachment inquiry into Trump this week. Despite Congress going on a two-week recess, things are moving rapidly: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to move "expeditiously" on the inquiry. | | |  | | President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. | | Evan Vucci, AP | | 'Historic' winter storm dumps 2 feet of snow, smashes records in West | | One week after summer's end, a "winter" storm began blasting parts of the West with up to 3 feet of snow, smashing records with low temperatures, strong winds and blizzard conditions forecast into Monday. Snow was piling up across parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. The National Weather Service, calling the storm "historic," said temperatures in some areas would drop as much as 30 degrees below normal. "An unprecedented winter storm (is) throwing our state a surprise in September," said Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who declared a winter storm emergency in his state. The town of Browning, near Glacier National Park, recorded 40 inches of snow Sunday. |  | | Connor Cruz, age 5, inspects snow laden sunflowers during a snow storm, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Great Falls, Mont. | | Rion Sanders, AP | | Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon will not return in 2020 | | After five seasons with the Chicago Cubs that included multiple postseason appearances and a drought-ending World Series win, Joe Maddon is out as manager. Cubs president Theo Epstein notified the 65-year-old Saturday evening that the franchise would be looking elsewhere after the club missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014, the year before Maddon arrived in Chicago. In his five years at the helm, Maddon made four trips to the postseason, highlighted by the 2016 World Series win — the franchise's first ring in 108 years. He won NL Manager of the Year in 2015, when he led the club to 97 wins. |  | | Maddon spent five seasons as the Chicago Cubs' manager. | | Philip G. Pavely, USA TODAY Sports | | Real quick | | | Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back | | Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on Earth perpendicularly. In a speech from SpaceX's launch facility in Texas, Musk said Saturday that the space venture's "Starship" is expected to take off for the first time in about one or two months and reach 65,000 feet before landing back on Earth. He says it's essential for the viability of space travel to be able to re-use spacecraft and that it's important to take steps to extend consciousness beyond our planet. | NYPD officer killed in the Bronx, possibly with his own gun | | A New York City police officer was fatally shot Sunday in the Bronx during a struggle with an armed assailant, police said. Officer Brian Mulkeen, 33, had approached a man for questioning when the man fled, according to police, starting a "violent struggle on the ground." Mulkeen was struck three times, possibly by his own gun, police say. Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered all flags in the city lowered to half-staff in homage to Mulkeen. | 'SNL': They certainly were "live from New York." | | President Donald Trump was present to kick off the new season of "Saturday Night Live" – well, the sketch show's president anyway. Saturday night marked the return of "SNL" for its 45th season, with Alec Baldwin reprising his role as President Donald Trump, Aidy Bryant failing to contain her laughter during a skit and teen pop rebel Billie Eilish stunning the show. |  | | Cecily Strong (from left) as Connie Brasheres, Aidy Bryant as Denise Craw, host Woody Harrelson as Walter Dale, and Kenan Thompson as Quincy Maddox during SNL's "Inside The Beltway" sketch on Sept. 28, 2019. | | Will Heath/NBC | | | P.S. Like this round up of stories? We send it to inboxes every afternoon. Sign up for "The Short List" newsletter here. | | This is a compilation of stories from across the USA TODAY Network. Contributing: The Associated Press. | | | | | | MORE ARTICLES | | | | | | | |
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