News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Coronavirus death toll in U.S. eclipses 1918 influenza pandemic estimates. https://t.co/idzQLj0mjz
— ABC News (@ABC) September 21, 2021
Breaking News: The Trump campaign knew days after the 2020 election that wild claims of voting machine tampering — pushed by Sidney Powell and others allied with Donald Trump — were not true, court filings show. Still, they promoted the false theories. https://t.co/aPGpYdS4T9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 21, 2021
BREAKING: The U.N. General Assembly convenes with leaders in attendance for the first time since the pandemic began. World leaders face a formidable agenda of escalating crises, including the still-raging pandemic and a relentlessly warming planet. https://t.co/LarmDd3Zxb
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2021
President Biden makes the case at the UN for using "relentless diplomacy" instead of military might to solve global crises https://t.co/Hz0GChPjxu pic.twitter.com/BGcsI6L2Sf
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 21, 2021
“The pictures that I’ve observed troubled me profoundly.” Photos of a Border Patrol agent on horseback using leather reins to lash at Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border prompted outrage from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. https://t.co/HTgitjy1tJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2021
US Capitol rioter who stormed Senate floor reports to prison while trying to undo his felony guilty plea https://t.co/Vd6qKqqRGO
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 21, 2021
An Arkansas man has sued a Texas abortion provider in what is believed to be the first lawsuit filed since the state's restrictive abortion law was enacted. https://t.co/bGzva0xDiw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 21, 2021
Senate Republicans are holding firm against a hike to the federal debt limit, even as Democratic leaders announced that they would link the raise in the borrowing limit to a must-pass government funding measure. https://t.co/zyc9MM33RM
— ABC News (@ABC) September 21, 2021
Capitol Police reported 4,135 threats against members of Congress in the first 3 months of 2021 — a rate so high that if it continues, this year's total number could be double that of 2020, the LA Times reports.https://t.co/6hUuTotnQ4
— Axios (@axios) September 20, 2021
A CIA official reported symptoms consistent with so-called Havana Syndrome, a mysterious affliction that has struck diplomats, spies and other government workers at home and abroad, two sources familiar with the matter tell @NBCNews. https://t.co/1HvJiwem9p
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 21, 2021
The US Space Force, the newest branch of the US military, has unveiled a new uniform prototype for its members, known as Guardians. https://t.co/xR7zaFmjyQ
— CNN (@CNN) September 21, 2021
