News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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U.S., E.U. announce new partnership to reduce the continent's reliance on Russian energy, the start of a years-long initiative to further isolate Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/8lDxcTby9w pic.twitter.com/Q4umIeVoT3
— ABC News (@ABC) March 25, 2022
President Biden took a selfie with U.S. service members in Rzeszow, Poland, on Friday as he thanked the troops of the 82nd Airborne Division who he said "stepped up" to contribute to deterrence efforts on NATO's Eastern Flank. https://t.co/QRt9KEfnMD pic.twitter.com/NL7jFcfgLX
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 25, 2022
A Russian official says that 1,351 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine. Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi also said 3,825 have been wounded.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 25, 2022
But on Wednesday, NATO estimated that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine.https://t.co/AFXgVRTHPM
Ukrainian forces claim to have regained most of suburban Irpin — and say, further south, they have pushed back hundreds of Russian troops and captured some of their tanks.
— NPR (@NPR) March 25, 2022
Russian forces still aren't able to get into Kyiv, regional defense officials said. https://t.co/pQwJoM1WyH pic.twitter.com/liqOzPH9Yf
About 300 people are believed to have died in a Russian attack on a theater in Mariupol nine days ago, the city council has said, citing eyewitness reports https://t.co/z6rFYb6cCv
— CNN (@CNN) March 25, 2022
Ukrainian foreign ministry said Thursday that 6,000 residents of Mariupol had been “forcibly deported” by Russian forces and taken to Russia as “hostages.”
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 25, 2022
The claims of mass deportations in Ukraine evoke painful history.https://t.co/UCYOeaGRa1
JUST IN: Justice Clarence Thomas discharged from hospital https://t.co/dCmHpWiJgy
— Axios (@axios) March 25, 2022
Sen. Ron Wyden is the first to demand Clarence Thomas recuse himself from any Jan. 6 and 2024 election-related cases.
— POLITICO (@politico) March 25, 2022
His statement comes after reports that Thomas' wife, Ginni, texted about overturning the 2020 election with Mark Meadows. https://t.co/RPISMX22Ff
The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of the men told a federal court this week https://t.co/EKxdBdEmNi
— CNN (@CNN) March 25, 2022
JUST IN: Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will support Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, clearing the way for an all-but-certain confirmation.https://t.co/kOEpxWdZTr
— NPR (@NPR) March 25, 2022
BREAKING: The Biden administration has directed ICE to stop or limit use of four detention facilities due to inadequate conditions. https://t.co/gTKDWC5n0u
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 25, 2022
The 15-year-old charged with multiple counts of murder stemming from a November mass shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School must remain in an adult jail, a judge ordered. https://t.co/C8YVOrjsCt
— ABC News (@ABC) March 25, 2022
