News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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"If necessary, we will refer any kind of intimidation to the Justice Department.”
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 29, 2022
Rep. Adam Schiff tells @ABCGMA3 that Jan. 6 Committee added hearing with Cassidy Hutchinson in part to “to push back against the potential intimidation of witnesses.” https://t.co/BRAiOZqwkJ pic.twitter.com/8EB61v2ZW3
A lawyer for Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a supporter of Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election, told the Jan. 6 committee that he saw no reason for her to testify before the panel. https://t.co/0du61BIzpK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2022
The U.S. will send more firepower to Europe, said Biden on Wednesday at NATO’s annual summit in Madrid.
— POLITICO (@politico) June 29, 2022
“[The NATOization of Europe] is exactly what Putin didn’t want, but exactly what needs to be done to guarantee security for Europe,” he said.https://t.co/3csYVURBob
Ukraine secures the return of 144 soldiers, including dozens who helped defend the Mariupol steel plant, in prisoner swap with Russia. https://t.co/kMT97plt1K
— CNN (@CNN) June 29, 2022
The World Health Organization says "sustained transmission" of monkeypox worldwide could see the virus begin to move into high-risk groups, such as pregnant women, immunocompromised people and children. https://t.co/BBLMkWKGwW
— Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) June 29, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to join the Supreme Court on Thursday, making history as the first female African-American justice and beginning what could be a decades-long tenure. https://t.co/2eJmAjofYu
— CNN (@CNN) June 29, 2022
BREAKING: Lone surviving attacker from 2015 Paris attacks convicted of terrorist murder, sentenced to life without parole. https://t.co/nTmZM9h415
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 29, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court expands state power over Native American tribes https://t.co/TKqnO6WfUx pic.twitter.com/cFjSSdDmF8
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2022
Fresh round of Iran nuclear talks ends with no progress, U.S. official says https://t.co/gL0wi2slNP
— Axios (@axios) June 29, 2022
The death toll of migrants who died after they were abandoned in the back of a tractor-trailer that was discovered in San Antonio rose to 53 on Wednesday.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 29, 2022
"This is believed to be the deadliest suspected migrant smuggling case of its kind in U.S. history" @camiloreports says. pic.twitter.com/GAg7Rkz1tr
Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for pumping foreign money into U.S. elections. https://t.co/khCH8eFTmD
— ABC News (@ABC) June 29, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Pope Francis and receives Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, witnesses said.https://t.co/WzaEiWODJD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 29, 2022
BREAKING: R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering, bribery and sex trafficking. https://t.co/VRf10QxuFJ
— NPR (@NPR) June 29, 2022
