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News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Mark Meadows' texts reveal how two of Trump's congressional allies lobbied for, then soured on, the White House's effort to overturn the 2020 electionhttps://t.co/8TLkTeKwzN
— CNN (@CNN) April 15, 2022
A senior U.S. defense official told Axios that Ukraine sank Russia's Moskva cruiser, the former flagship of its Black Sea fleet.
— Axios (@axios) April 15, 2022
The account contradicts Russia's defense ministry claims that the ship sunk during bad weather.https://t.co/VEyfkAljcU
NEW: President Zelenksyy has asked the Biden admin. to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, two sources familiar with the discussions say. https://t.co/bAeEUQPLBP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 15, 2022
Russia has sent a formal diplomatic note to the Biden administration warning the U.S. against further arming Ukraine. https://t.co/NmTLuRT47S
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 15, 2022
Zelensky warns Russia could use tactical nuclear weaponshttps://t.co/B5GxY5yYgi
— Axios (@axios) April 15, 2022
BREAKING: More than 900 civilian bodies have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following the withdrawal of Russian forces — most of them fatally shot, police said. https://t.co/dD9WlHQaL8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 15, 2022
By this fall, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could potentially have a COVID-19 booster that specifically addresses the omicron variant as well as its subvariants and other known strains of the virus, CEO Albert Bourla said during a panel. https://t.co/RsJZGJXIKl
— ABC News (@ABC) April 15, 2022
Bidens report $610,702 in income in 2021 U.S. tax filing https://t.co/K8kimi3j4C pic.twitter.com/F4kWazuhX5
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 15, 2022
BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border this week.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 15, 2022
This comes after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses. https://t.co/734RKx8uu6
The Ohio Supreme Court invalidated a fourth legislative redistricting plan Thursday, saying the commission that drew the maps barely altered the previously rejected version and failed to comply with the state's new anti-gerrymandering rules. https://t.co/Q9t9IqPwTj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 15, 2022
JUST IN: Twitter's board has adopted a "poison pill" measure that could make it harder for Elon Musk to buy the company https://t.co/CGlhtoMR5s
— CNN (@CNN) April 15, 2022
NEW: Pres. Biden on Passover: "The enduring spirit of this holiday continues to teach us that with faith, the driest desert can be crossed, the mightiest sea can be split, and hope never stops marching towards the promised land." https://t.co/lntuEj426U pic.twitter.com/ajUhTojRkO
— ABC News (@ABC) April 15, 2022