News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Deb Haaland becomes the first Native American woman as interior secretary—taking over the agency that once said the federal government's policy of removing tribes from their lands, leading to the Trail of Tears, needed to be even more oppressive. https://t.co/0IuP44jf60
— ABC News (@ABC) March 18, 2021
A new report from U.S. intelligence warns of future violence committed by domestic extremists.
— NPR (@NPR) March 18, 2021
The report concludes that racially motivated extremists — like white supremacists and those tied to violent militias — are considered the "most lethal" threats.https://t.co/w7Fff9BU0E
A man was taken into custody Wednesday after being stopped by U.S. Secret Service at the Naval Observatory, traditionally the home of the vice president, and later found to have had a rifle and a large amount of ammunition in his car. https://t.co/wypwx3dAL0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2021
The sheriff's department in Cherokee County, Georgia, is facing backlash after a captain described the alleged gunman in the killings of eight people at Atlanta-area spas as having "a really bad day." https://t.co/V0DgkKGINy
— ABC News (@ABC) March 18, 2021
European regulator declares AstraZeneca vaccine safe after suspensions in multiple countries https://t.co/KyBhhrvc46 pic.twitter.com/DNFRvLNH5z
— The Hill (@thehill) March 18, 2021
At Trump’s Chicago tower, employees got vaccinated early — thanks to a hospital whose COO lives in the building https://t.co/SlfEaGcKPV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 18, 2021
Putin pulls envoy from D.C. but wishes Biden "good health" as Russians blast "killer" remark https://t.co/7Z7sk5v9DY
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 18, 2021
The Senate narrowly confirmed Xavier Becerra to lead HHS today, installing a progressive stalwart in President Biden's Cabinet who's poised to aggressively roll back Trump administration policies and oversee a major expansion of health coverage https://t.co/3I9lwkiYY3
— POLITICO (@politico) March 18, 2021
Police in England and Wales are set to record misogyny as a hate crime on an experimental basis from this autumn, a government minister has said, as the UK faces a reckoning on violence against women. https://t.co/32RIC1a5Ou
— CNN (@CNN) March 18, 2021
NASA reveals "very noisy" first sounds of Perseverance rover driving on Mars https://t.co/j3kSANnpCI
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 18, 2021
