News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The United Kingdom announced today that it will join the U.S. in providing long-range missiles to Ukraine. https://t.co/H60b401NG8
— Axios (@axios) June 6, 2022
Footage shows damage from Russian strikes on Kyiv—the first strikes to hit the capital since April—coming after Russia warned that they would hit "new targets" if the U.S. goes through with its plans to supply Ukraine with longer-range missiles. https://t.co/gDpe1AjHT2 pic.twitter.com/jzJn8RpcA1
— ABC News (@ABC) June 6, 2022
DOJ moves to seize jets owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich https://t.co/mhleMlSCF5
— Axios (@axios) June 6, 2022
Major Republican donors have signed an open letter supporting congressional action on gun control and endorsed raising the legal age to buy a gun to 21.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 6, 2022
"What's interesting here, is to see whether these big donors can outweigh the Republican Party base," @CHueyBurns reports. pic.twitter.com/NQlL6oZPoA
NEW: New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state one of the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of deadly mass shootings. https://t.co/VYuxIG9cTD
— ABC News (@ABC) June 6, 2022
Longtime Proud Boys leader Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio and 4 top lieutenants charged with seditious conspiracy in widening Jan. 6 case https://t.co/tzoTmZCkSS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 6, 2022
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help with the planning for their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee's plans. https://t.co/hxJ1nwPZtj
— CNN (@CNN) June 6, 2022
The judge overseeing the remaining case of two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing ordered that the trial be delayed until January to improve prospects for a fair trial. https://t.co/BFt7wlSLiN
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 6, 2022
President Biden has authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced https://t.co/lXZ6lF1EaQ
— CNN (@CNN) June 6, 2022
Breaking News: Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain survived a no-confidence vote, but was badly wounded politically and faces a fight to stay in power. https://t.co/UCUUIgegah
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 6, 2022
BREAKING: Elon Musk is threatening to end his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him information about spam bot accounts. https://t.co/UsuX2k03ph
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 6, 2022
Biden admin. says Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have not been invited to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas this week, a widely expected decision that led Mexico's president to boycott the gathering of Western Hemisphere leaders. https://t.co/PHo5xVmRbt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 6, 2022
Joy and sadness in acute doses poured out on Monday, 78 years after Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 6, 2022
“I have never forgotten them and I know that their spirits are here,” said U.S. D-Day veteran Charles Shay. https://t.co/9DRCy9AN8L
