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News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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"After our last hearing, President Trump tried to call a witness in our investigation," Rep. Liz Cheney says in closing of Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing, adding that the committee has alerted the Department of Justice. https://t.co/rgwbFaZ6JX pic.twitter.com/uMff8NE59S
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 12, 2022
Former Pres. Trump “seized on the anger he had already stoked among his most loyal supporters" after 2020 election, Jan. 6 Chair Bennie Thompson says.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 12, 2022
“As they approached the line, he didn’t wave them off. He urged them on.” https://t.co/djeUqNbJLt pic.twitter.com/QlV3uWOAaQ
The Jan. 6 panel showed evidence that Trump planned to tell his supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to an unpublished draft tweet.https://t.co/pu7Ob1H9wz
— Axios (@axios) July 12, 2022
Former President Trump has regularly asked those around him in recent days when the House January 6 committee's televised hearings are going to end — underscoring his private fixation on the damning revelations revealed by some of the witnesses. https://t.co/tDryIzbCSh
— CNN (@CNN) July 12, 2022
Ukraine will receive a new $1.7B aid package from the U.S. and World Bank to help pay health workers and provide other essential services. https://t.co/W6jRyZC22u
— Axios (@axios) July 12, 2022
The death toll from a Russian rocket attack that struck a Donetsk apartment building Saturday rose to 38, Ukrainian officials say. https://t.co/Rffnl8uutf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 12, 2022
“The threat to you is now.”
— ABC News (@ABC) July 12, 2022
As omicron subvariants threaten COVID-19 resurgence, Dr. Anthony Fauci says “if you are not vaccinated to the fullest, namely you have not gotten your boosters…then you are putting yourself at an increased risk.” https://t.co/dAGNOP42sM pic.twitter.com/do5fyaXNLG
British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the U.K. and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, according to data released on Tuesday. https://t.co/AK1hAZ6e2B
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 12, 2022
Texas officials have called for surveillance footage from the deadly shooting inside Robb Elementary to be released — but Uvalde’s attorney general has declined.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 12, 2022
The Uvalde community says they will not be “silent” until they know the victims did not “die in vain.” pic.twitter.com/LLzluCsUk8
Japanese bid final goodbye to former PM Abe, days after his assassination shocked the nation. https://t.co/9E1wM4UBWv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 12, 2022
NEW: A senior ISIS leader was killed in a drone strike conducted by the U.S. military in northwest Syria today, U.S. Central Command says. https://t.co/N5yyFtiP0U
— Axios (@axios) July 12, 2022
U.S. Secret Service says it is "aware" of a potential hack of an iCloud account owned by Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, after some of its alleged contents were posted to 4Chan. https://t.co/FlmRse07bq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 12, 2022
After decades of waiting, it’s finally time for the world to see the first images taken by the most powerful space telescope ever — the James Webb Space Telescope. https://t.co/2kB39Z2kUf pic.twitter.com/er3vCHfDTD
— CNN (@CNN) July 12, 2022