News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The Senate just passed $40B in emergency aid for Ukraine – the most substantial U.S. commitment yet to help the country fend off Russia’s invasion.
— POLITICO (@politico) May 19, 2022
The bill will go to Biden with just enough time to head off a lapse in U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine.https://t.co/nNZSPOL6Ab
Pres. Biden welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Pres. Sauli Niinistö to the White House on Thursday to discuss their historic bids to join NATO. https://t.co/7zCjxlfCMf
— ABC News (@ABC) May 19, 2022
The ambassador's post has been vacant since former President Donald Trump abruptly forced out Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in 2019. https://t.co/SYej5pRNqn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 19, 2022
"If Russia stopped fighting tomorrow, the war would end. If Ukraine stopped fighting, there would be no more Ukraine," State Sec. Blinken says at U.N. Security Council meeting. https://t.co/BQVa8OhBd2 pic.twitter.com/QSbxVCf4ww
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) May 19, 2022
The Jan. 6 committee says it has reviewed evidence that reveals GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk gave a tour through the Capitol complex the day before a pro-Trump mob attacked the building https://t.co/OgK3Vdi1cd
— POLITICO (@politico) May 19, 2022
The accused gunman in the mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, according to an affidavit from the Erie County Assistant District Attorney Gary Hackbush. https://t.co/lowo9maOPc
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2022
FDA head says parents who have been struggling to find infant formula for their children “should begin to see improvement” on store shelves “within days.” https://t.co/qNg5Iht6wX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 19, 2022
SCOOP: Bill Barr in discussions to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee https://t.co/uy9xUw5KPi
— Axios (@axios) May 19, 2022
A meeting would come after months of diplomatic heavy lifting and represent a turnabout for a US president who once declared Saudi Arabia a "pariah" with "no redeeming social value." https://t.co/2DsVNMyjQc
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2022
Hospitals across the U.S. are being forced to ration medical scans and procedures after a lockdown in Shanghai hit a plant that produces a widely used contrast dye. https://t.co/ocQlqcvPzs
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 19, 2022
BREAKING: 14 state populations were significantly miscounted in 2020, the Census Bureau said — a revelation that comes after the numbers were already used to divvy up House seats for the next decade.https://t.co/w2fKTPwI2s
— NPR (@NPR) May 19, 2022
JUST IN: Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it. https://t.co/Xn2w3ku4w8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 19, 2022
Massachusetts has reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe. https://t.co/sF8Ej68wvF pic.twitter.com/BWSNAEdpKd
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 19, 2022
