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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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BREAKING: Pres. Biden signs massive climate, health and tax bill into law, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda less than three months before midterm elections. https://t.co/pFIxs4vauG pic.twitter.com/6vepOmQxq9
— ABC News (@ABC) August 16, 2022
Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin, the White House counsel and his deputy under Donald Trump, were interviewed by the FBI in connection to the boxes of classified material stored at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office, people familiar with the matter said. https://t.co/rOV2ttUzZT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 16, 2022
Breaking news: First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for coronavirus, and will isolate and begin a course of antiviral treatment, according to the White House.https://t.co/N1Xa7JBmg6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 16, 2022
JUST IN: Weisselberg to plead guilty in Trump tax case: report https://t.co/MQ0nwpgKnD pic.twitter.com/CPbo2dUP9G
— The Hill (@thehill) August 16, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Moments after casting her vote in Jackson, Wyoming, Rep. Liz Cheney tells CBS News’ @costareports that today is “the beginning of a battle."
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 16, 2022
"We’re facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat." pic.twitter.com/Z37hFATJkQ
NEW: Novavax submits application to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster in adults that can be used on top of its primary vaccine series or to mix and match with a different primary series. https://t.co/rPARblfFNO
— ABC News (@ABC) August 16, 2022
The FDA has finalized a rule allowing people over the age of 18 with mild to moderate hearing impairment to be able to purchase hearing aids over the counter https://t.co/GE3NvJaQJg
— CNN (@CNN) August 16, 2022
The U.S. military says it carried out a test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to "validate and verify" the effectiveness and safety of the nuclear weapon system. https://t.co/ZWox3Scyym
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 16, 2022
FBI arrests former Rep. T.J. Cox on money laundering, wire fraud chargeshttps://t.co/TzM7m3nUdp
— Axios (@axios) August 16, 2022
A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in prison after convicting her on four extra counts of corruptionhttps://t.co/a3iDMzI14O
— CNN (@CNN) August 16, 2022
American Airlines says it has ordered 20 supersonic planes, aircrafts that can carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft. https://t.co/mp0wCPcMWr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 16, 2022
"Global catastrophe": A nuclear conflict would cause worldwide famine and, depending on its extent, kill more than 5 billion people from starvation, according to a new study. https://t.co/dfthKnps72
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 16, 2022