News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: National Archives requests DOJ probe of Trump's handling of White House recordshttps://t.co/uLknhNdXSH
— Axios (@axios) February 9, 2022
BREAKING: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed Trump White House official Peter Navarro for records and testimony. https://t.co/1OOGsPWa7S
— ABC News (@ABC) February 9, 2022
For the first time in more than a month, there are fewer than 100,000 hospital beds in use for patients with Covid-19 nationwide, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. https://t.co/Jog82un1xD
— CNN (@CNN) February 9, 2022
CDC scientists and officials are debating whether to continue publicly supporting the use of transmission data as a marker for whether to ease public health interventions such as masking, particularly in school settings https://t.co/u96YCt6tfX
— POLITICO (@politico) February 9, 2022
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams apologizes following the fallout from photos that captured her maskless at an elementary school outside of Atlanta. https://t.co/H72DyqYPlb
— ABC News (@ABC) February 9, 2022
McConnell and other GOP senators criticize RNC for censuring Cheney and Kinzinger https://t.co/p0oXQFGOhM
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 9, 2022
Biden talks with Macron about his meetings with Putin and Zelensky https://t.co/2glaYLJQVS pic.twitter.com/4h3uxHdgop
— The Hill (@thehill) February 9, 2022
Postal Service reform bill heads to Senate after strong bipartisan House vote https://t.co/vqVV8ehCgW
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 9, 2022
Following outrage on the political right, the Biden administration said a grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth. https://t.co/66OOM3g80D
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 9, 2022
Missouri Supreme Court places St. Louis couple who gained national attention for waving guns at racial injustice protesters on probation as attorneys. https://t.co/JEMR85lcAL
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 9, 2022
Scientists in the UK set a new fusion energy record, taking the leap toward a near-limitless, zero-carbon form of energyhttps://t.co/oIos0bR25i
— CNN (@CNN) February 9, 2022
The earliest evidence of modern humans in Europe has been unearthed in a cave in southern France, showing they lived there at the same time as Neanderthals — something long suspected but never established before now. https://t.co/JnIJOV9DLD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 9, 2022
