News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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After months of infighting and cost concerns, House Democrats passed their massive social spending bill. Now, it’s the Senate’s turn. https://t.co/c7rUM0u600
— POLITICO (@politico) November 19, 2021
GOP leader Kevin McCarthy spoke for 8 hours and 32 minutes overnight to stall the passage of Biden's spending bill.
— NPR (@NPR) November 19, 2021
He touched on several issues, many of them having no — or at best a tenuous — connection to the legislation on the floor.https://t.co/4hNtv7zA06
President Biden resumed his duties after he temporarily transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, according to the White House.https://t.co/earg5z5QEy
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2021
BREAKING: A Wisconsin jury has acquitted 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges in his homicide trial. https://t.co/USWimtDk1v
— ABC News (@ABC) November 19, 2021
The FDA authorizes booster shots of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines for all adults https://t.co/qj2wLJJWix
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 19, 2021
Market in the Chinese city of Wuhan likely the origin of Covid-19 outbreak, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to speculation the virus could have leaked from a lab, study finds. https://t.co/2ZFlbUicRr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 19, 2021
With cases rising across the league and the nation, the NFL is requiring that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks inside team facilities starting next week. https://t.co/RTiOhXJlU6
— Axios (@axios) November 19, 2021
Flu outbreak hits University of Michigan as some students prepare to travel for Thanksgiving holiday: "There's vaccine fatigue" https://t.co/q8Sz6k4p1v
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 19, 2021
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Rep. Paul Gosar just one day after the House passed a resolution censuring the Arizona Republican and stripping his committee assignments. https://t.co/95YnC2dTpp
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2021
A jury began deliberations in a civil trial of two dozen white nationalists accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. https://t.co/brxNDgwaAb
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 19, 2021
A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution has sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction. https://t.co/VFxFLQDPKK
— ABC News (@ABC) November 19, 2021
