News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: U.S. intelligence assesses Putin is preparing for a "prolonged conflict" in Ukraine that's likely to become "more unpredictable and escalatory" due to a "mismatch" between his ambitions and military capabilities. https://t.co/Jl3Ls8mXKT
— Axios (@axios) May 10, 2022
Russia has stepped-up missile strikes on the vital port city of Odesa, with a Ukrainian thinktank saying the latest attacks include the use of hypersonic missiles. https://t.co/VeiefF6Nv0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 10, 2022
LATEST: The U.S. believes 8 to 10 Russian generals have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion. https://t.co/H4NZ0ZaZkl
— ABC News (@ABC) May 10, 2022
Germany's FM Baerbock visits Kyiv, voicing her support for war crimes investigations. https://t.co/WcjYG5uypq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 10, 2022
The national average price for regular gasoline climbed more than four cents on Tuesday to $4.37 a gallon, according to AAA. That takes out the prior record of $4.33 set on March 11. https://t.co/CnnwNKnG9l
— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2022
"How well are we going to sleep at night knowing that every five years…we're going to have to vote on whether you have Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?”
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 10, 2022
Pres. Biden says "MAGA Republicans" likely to use federal benefits as “hostages." https://t.co/NFwDf8lwJL pic.twitter.com/zHtzZcsdPw
Shanghai has ordered some people to stay in their homes again, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong Covid-19 lockdown was finally easing. https://t.co/fPtJoeQP5n
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 10, 2022
Two Senate Democratic leaders say they are willing to give Republicans a vote on reversing Biden’s move to end pandemic-era deportation limits, if the GOP agrees to move a stalled $10 billion coronavirus aid deal https://t.co/J77OsXOB0E
— POLITICO (@politico) May 10, 2022
The Biden administration is building out a nascent White House office for strengthening federal cybersecurity policy and strategy by hiring a prominent Microsoft executive and a former CIA official, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN. https://t.co/jO5UcZy3ea
— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2022
NEW: Esper says Trump wanted to reactivate McChrystal, McRaven to court martial them over criticism https://t.co/YPGtN6xiaT pic.twitter.com/11S42LCQuR
— The Hill (@thehill) May 10, 2022
Breaking News: Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the U.S. in 2020, the CDC reported on Tuesday. Gun-related homicides, in particular, rose by 35%, a surge that exacted an unprecedented toll on Black men, researchers said. https://t.co/A5POzyavKZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 10, 2022
Suspected killer Casey White planned to engage in a shootout with authorities chasing him and Alabama corrections official Vicky White, but the suspected killer was prevented from doing so because officers rammed the fugitives' car into a ditch. https://t.co/zNTeOHH14f
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 10, 2022
Elon Musk said that he would end the permanent ban of former President Trump from Twitter, calling Twitter’s decision to boot Trump from the platform “morally bad” and “foolish in the extreme.”https://t.co/JCZ8eVebu0
— POLITICO (@politico) May 10, 2022
