News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market’s recovery. Jobless claims rose by 16,000 from the previous week. https://t.co/ZP86nUYFJe
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 23, 2021
The delta surge appears to be peaking nationally and COVID cases and deaths will likely decline through next March without a significant winter surge, according to a new analysis by researchers advising the CDC.https://t.co/RZbHUl2aok
— NPR (@NPR) September 23, 2021
Experts say the U.S. will likely have to learn to live with the virus. https://t.co/y2u3ge55lS
— ABC News (@ABC) September 23, 2021
JUST IN: The House votes in favor of providing $1 billion in funding to Israel's Iron Dome aerial defense system https://t.co/45mFirhNT8
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 23, 2021
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says he has not received a subpoena from select committee investigating the Capitol riot, and does not answer how he would advise fellow Republicans to respond if they are subpoenaed pic.twitter.com/7Ef1As1v7o
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 23, 2021
NEW: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the White House, Senate and House have reached “agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement" on the reconciliation package. https://t.co/RZHUWJvE7N pic.twitter.com/EU9BZwRqwk
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 23, 2021
The parents of 303 migrant children separated at border under the Trump administration have still not been found, court filing says https://t.co/bJQsiCBj0i
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 23, 2021
New FEC filings show that Rep. Lauren Boebert paid rent and utility bills for the restaurant she owns with campaign funds in violation of federal campaign finance law. https://t.co/mJ80fVmGWo
— Axios (@axios) September 23, 2021
Horses will no longer be used by border patrol officers in Del Rio, Texas, following the release of photographs that showed agents charging at Haitian migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. https://t.co/hWikN5nGnV
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 23, 2021
#BREAKING: US special envoy to Haiti quits over "inhumane" treatment of migrants https://t.co/A3ZpKDdyuZ pic.twitter.com/6n8mPfO0ma
— The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2021
NEW: Fossil footprints show humans lived in North America more than 21,000 years ago — several thousand years earlier than scientists once believed. https://t.co/2Mdj0m3Yam
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 23, 2021
