News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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New audio obtained by the New York Times reveals Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told GOP colleagues former President Trump admitted to some responsibility for Jan. 6. Listen here: https://t.co/USLaUVeYJl
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2022
Russia’s decision to blockade a steel plant in Mariupol “likely indicates a desire to contain Ukrainian resistance” in the strategic port city “and free up Russian forces to be deployed elsewhere in eastern Ukraine,” the U.K. Ministry of Defense says. https://t.co/Fw8nrbAtUR pic.twitter.com/lZ38hshby2
— ABC News (@ABC) April 22, 2022
Britain plans to reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv next week and is looking at reinforcing allies who sent armaments to Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said https://t.co/xKIdUGlDDA
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 22, 2022
Former president Donald Trump on Thursday offered his most explicit statement to date that he threatened not to defend NATO allies from attacks by Russia. https://t.co/LsnlC8kDka
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 22, 2022
Russia's latest sanctions target U.S. power players including Kamala Harris and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. https://t.co/sGGuKz5pn3
— ABC News (@ABC) April 22, 2022
Pavel Fedosenko is handing out pizza to families who have been sheltering on a subway platform in Kharkiv for two months — and now, foreign donors are sending money so that he can also feed Ukrainian troops. https://t.co/1ggFgTeT1V pic.twitter.com/2icR4rGFdr
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) April 22, 2022
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday repeated false claims of fraud in the 2020 election as she defended her actions surrounding the Capitol riot, in an extraordinary hearing on whether she should be labeled an “insurrectionist” and barred from office. https://t.co/WQ2D9fHuUh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2022
Rep. Raskin suggests that the Jan. 6 committee's upcoming hearings will be dramatic and present explosive revelations that the panel has been piecing together behind the scenes for months. https://t.co/blDfuyWxIv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 22, 2022
Roughly 234,000 COVID deaths since last June were preventable, according to a newly updated analysis. https://t.co/Uv53l1Y9Xm
— Axios (@axios) April 22, 2022
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the Republican Party over its confrontation with Disney and suggested the "far right has taken over the party." https://t.co/pa1KdPPFp0
— CNN (@CNN) April 22, 2022
Prosecutors in Portugal formally accuse a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared nearly 15 years ago while on a family vacation. https://t.co/Wp9YzZjHe7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 22, 2022
Biden to sign Earth Day order protecting old-growth forests #EarthDay https://t.co/ruaSvk94ib pic.twitter.com/n1AnKUi9p5
— The Hill (@thehill) April 22, 2022
