
News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says State Department will resume daily press briefings, which ended up the Trump administration.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 27, 2021
"You keep the American people and the world informed about what we do here. That's key to our mission as well. And you hold us accountable" pic.twitter.com/XEaXg98IqA
JUST IN: Sen. Carper introduces bill to make Washington, DC, the 51st US state. – @sahilkapur pic.twitter.com/x4K2GpzTn8
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) January 27, 2021
Pres. Biden signs a series of actions on climate change, fulfilling campaign promises such as freezing new oil and gas leasing on federal land and kicking off his ambitious agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. https://t.co/lUV4RYPGMO pic.twitter.com/tRJHPZGCuN
— ABC News (@ABC) January 27, 2021
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the most senior Democratic senator, was given a “clean bill of health” after being briefly hospitalized Tuesday evening because of muscle spasms https://t.co/a1OSqNv3Pq
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a threat bulletin due to the potential for violence from extremists that object to the presidential transition, hold anti-government views or are motivated by other false narratives. https://t.co/aHMdVEPWvw
— CNN (@CNN) January 27, 2021
A second police officer who responded to the violent insurrection that rocked the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 has died by suicide https://t.co/RAtQEFbgVU
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2021
Many of the Capitol rioters hopped between conspiracy theories on a path to believing false claims of election fraud. From Sandy Hook to “Pizzagate,” each small jump brought them deeper into a world of conspiracy.https://t.co/FO39rOculD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 27, 2021
426,586 people in the US have died of coronavirus, according to @NBCNews count. https://t.co/QnhgFk6WMy https://t.co/MbLCGJlOYc
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 27, 2021
Rochelle Walensky, new head of the CDC, says agency’s latest forecast indicates the U.S. will record between 479,000 to 514,000 deaths from the coronavirus by Feb. 20. https://t.co/pQA2j9PB0M
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2021
NEW: RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, a staunch Trump supporter, tells the AP that if the former president runs again in 2024, the GOP will remain "neutral" in the primary. https://t.co/Xy4PdWMlZj
— Axios (@axios) January 27, 2021
"A Japanese Schindler": The remarkable diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during WWII https://t.co/UHQM6AiVGu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 27, 2021