News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Six months after the Jan. 6 riot, the U.S. Capitol Police is planning to expand operations outside Washington in an effort to better protect lawmakers, beginning with the opening of field offices in California and Florida. https://t.co/uvUhCEx7FU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 6, 2021
Six months after the deadly January 6 insurrection, New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim is donating the suit he wore to clean up the Capitol riot to the Smithsonian https://t.co/TF36LAnbGA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 6, 2021
Four more victims of the Surfside, Florida, building collapse have been found by the search and rescue teams, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 32, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says. https://t.co/ShSJsPeuoa
— CNN (@CNN) July 6, 2021
Pres. Biden is doubling down on efforts to get more Americans vaccinated despite missing his self-imposed Fourth of July deadline of having 70% of American adults vaccinated with at least one dose and 160 million people fully vaccinated. https://t.co/ZTtx2rZWIg
— ABC News (@ABC) July 6, 2021
125 COVID-19 cases linked to Texas church summer camp https://t.co/J5tHMTKr7k pic.twitter.com/tBbf3KC9kE
— The Hill (@thehill) July 6, 2021
The U.S. military has completed 90 percent of President Biden's promised Afghanistan withdrawal. The announcement comes days after the U.S. quietly vacated Bagram air base. https://t.co/t2VsuoekoH
— POLITICO (@politico) July 6, 2021
Oklahoma's GOP chair is backing a primary challenger against James Lankford — at least in part because the Republican senator didn't object to the 2020 election results. https://t.co/6QTYEiJRJm
— Axios (@axios) July 6, 2021
A court in Belarus has jailed Viktor Babariko, a former rival of the president, for 14 years. He was the main contender to Alexander Lukashenko ahead of an election last August, decried as rigged by the opposition https://t.co/u38t5nfZ1e pic.twitter.com/PNpC82hpfM
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2021
Canada's new policy implements a 6-year-old recommendation from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
— NPR (@NPR) July 6, 2021
It's known as Call to Action No. 17: An appeal to all levels of government to allow residential school survivors and their families to reclaim names.https://t.co/yeNjzNDW4j
Tropical Storm #Elsa is churning near Florida, drenching the southern part of the state. It is passing near Cuba and the Florida Keys before moving near or over parts of the state's west coast later on Tuesday.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 6, 2021
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