News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The New York attorney general's office says it has identified numerous "misleading statements and omissions" in Trump Organization financial statements https://t.co/C4fqXoVjGa
— CNN (@CNN) January 19, 2022
President Biden: "COVID-19 is not going to give up and it's not gonna go away immediately. But I'm not going to give up and accept things as they are now. Some people may call what's happening now the 'new normal.' I call it a job not yet finished. It will get better." pic.twitter.com/4MqDerL3H4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 19, 2022
COVID-19 LATEST: New Mexico leaders are asking state employees and National Guard members to volunteer as substitute teachers and child care workers due to "extreme staffing shortages" amid the COVID-19 case surge. https://t.co/p0TrKA6FkB
— ABC News (@ABC) January 19, 2022
The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free starting next week, a White House official told CNN. https://t.co/lzZEaEVHIP
— CNN (@CNN) January 19, 2022
Chief Justice John Roberts said he has not mandated masks for justices in the courtroom, contradicting a report that Justice Neil Gorsuch refused Roberts' directive during in-person arguments.https://t.co/KxBrFpqE1t
— Axios (@axios) January 19, 2022
National Archives plans to hand over a small batch of documents from the Trump White House to the Jan. 6 committee at 6 p.m. ET Wednesday. https://t.co/2ggCntogVI
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 19, 2022
The Justice Department in a new court filing have revealed even more details behind the Oath Keepers' alleged plotting in advance of the Jan. 6 insurrection. https://t.co/GKaMHJZ15f
— ABC News (@ABC) January 19, 2022
U.S. official on Iran nuclear talks: “We are the closest we have ever been to a deal but also the closest we have ever been to a breakdown of the talks."
— Axios (@axios) January 19, 2022
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Wednesday's debut of new 5G wireless arrived with some isolated diversions or delays of air traffic — but so far, there are no signs of the mass chaos that the telecom and airline industries had sought to avoid with an 11th-hour deal https://t.co/JLNEvIwEVf
— POLITICO (@politico) January 19, 2022
The University of Michigan has agreed to a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor, Robert Anderson, during his nearly four-decade career at the school. https://t.co/LCIzbtOdsZ
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 19, 2022
Tonga's volcanic blast was likely one of the loudest events on Earth in more than a century — carrying more than 500x the power of a nuclear bomb.https://t.co/anukSiWZJE
— NPR (@NPR) January 19, 2022
