News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Up to 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as Russian troops mass on Ukraine's border, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said https://t.co/UNihPTcG1u
— CNN (@CNN) January 24, 2022
BREAKING: Special grand jury ordered in Georgia's Trump election interference probe https://t.co/FV2kStGKD0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 24, 2022
NEW: Omicron cases have peaked and are trending downward in 24 US states and territories, plus Washington DC, according to an @NBCNews analysis of Covid case numbers.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2022
The wave is expected to tail off in “most” states by mid-February, Dr. Fauci says. https://t.co/Mtlm48pyl3
The first free N95 masks have started to arrive at US pharmacies, with more on the way in the coming days, as the Biden administration seeks to ramp up access to high-quality masks amid the spread of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant https://t.co/sRJZy9jvM2
— CNN (@CNN) January 24, 2022
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing omicron surge could give way to a more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. But they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of an even more dangerous variant emerging.https://t.co/Bb5tQHgnLQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 24, 2022
Supreme Court rejects GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's challenge to House proxy voting https://t.co/cJmkOC8zS1
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 24, 2022
Vermont, Maine and Washington are planning bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. The measures follow a series of Reuters reports documenting a wave of threats against election administrators by Trump supporters https://t.co/xUFbCYWX6G pic.twitter.com/5eXGt1jihn
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2022
27 lawmakers have signed a letter urging House leaders to bring forward legislation to ban members of Congress from owning or trading stocks.
— Axios (@axios) January 24, 2022
"It’s clear the current rules are not working," the letter states.
https://t.co/Sc39lMGHVx
A Florida school district canceled a professor’s civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing in part concerns over “critical race theory” — even though his lecture had nothing to do with the topic. https://t.co/5IUgQdbadM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2022
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. will go to Britain’s Supreme Court after he was granted the right to appeal a lower court ruling. https://t.co/ArD0KVDczp
— ABC News (@ABC) January 24, 2022
Breaking News: Cash payments for low-income mothers increased brain function in babies, a study found, with potential implications for U.S. safety net policy. https://t.co/CPi24odr48
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 24, 2022
