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News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: President Trump has followed through on his threats to veto the annual defense bill, triggering plans for Congress to return from their holiday break to potentially override him. https://t.co/aQ474QBsK3
— NPR (@NPR) December 23, 2020
With this agreement, the federal government will have purchased 200 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for $4 billion. https://t.co/zKyV4SqATo
— CNN (@CNN) December 23, 2020
MAP: NBC News is tallying the state Covid-19 vaccination numbers across the US. See the number of people who have received initial doses as states roll out their vaccination plans. https://t.co/S9gd5Pf5Y3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 23, 2020
Another new variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in South Africa https://t.co/oUrrkeEkCH
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 23, 2020
Just when we all thought we could pack up and slide into a desperately needed Christmas break, President Trump tossed a grenade into the Covid relief bill calling the $900B package passed by both houses of Congress a “disgrace” https://t.co/etCXoOm33N
— POLITICO (@politico) December 23, 2020
A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani instructing them to preserve all records related to the company https://t.co/MNNw40iI84
— CNN (@CNN) December 23, 2020
Last night, President Trump pardoned a group of Blackwater personnel convicted of murder, the campaign aide whose actions instigated the Trump-Russia investigation and three former GOP congressmen convicted of felonies. Here's what you need to know 👇https://t.co/R2euyeFTp3
— POLITICO (@politico) December 23, 2020
President Trump's decision to pardon 4 Blackwater private security contractors convicted of a massacre in Baghdad has been met with fury by the victims' families in Iraq. https://t.co/91UBKw6L3m
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 23, 2020
"Fourth grade public school teacher. The youngest principal in the state of Connecticut. First official Latino to serve as the education commissioner."
— ABC News (@ABC) December 23, 2020
Pres.-elect Joe Biden praises Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona: https://t.co/nzNA318R9y pic.twitter.com/UPWCSLf402
JUST IN: 803,000 people filed for unemployment last week — a drop of 89,000 from the week prior.
— Axios (@axios) December 23, 2020
That figure remains high, though it's lower than the 888,000 that economists had expected. https://t.co/Ez4T2VwLMK
WEATHER: Hundreds of thousands may experience major power outages on Christmas morning, as a major holiday week storm moves across the country, wreaking havoc along the way. https://t.co/gEq3HoNUZ5
— ABC News (@ABC) December 23, 2020