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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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A blistering new court filing says FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s Florida home on Aug. 8 because they had “multiple sources of evidence” indicating the former president’s team had not turned over all the classified information at Mar-a-Lago. https://t.co/Y5vIWSyvBN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 31, 2022
Inspectors from the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency are heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that has been shelled in the ongoing fight between Russian and Ukrainian forces, threatening a nuclear catastrophe in the region. https://t.co/5AUp3zGlUN
— ABC News (@ABC) August 31, 2022
BREAKING: The FDA authorized updated COVID-19 boosters adapted for the Omicron variant, allowing shipments to begin. https://t.co/ia9nToHM0Y
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2022
U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released Wednesday. https://t.co/T9g608RCba
— ABC News (@ABC) August 31, 2022
Biden calls Jackson, Mississippi mayor after approving emergency declaration for water crisishttps://t.co/jIaPO7D3lj
— Axios (@axios) August 31, 2022
A spokeswoman for Sen. Johnson confirmed the campaign's employment of Pam Travis, one of 10 Wisconsin Republicans who signed bogus paperwork claiming to be an elector backing Donald Trump in an alleged plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/ckBTkB2mlh
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 31, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is suing the FDA after he claims the agency has delayed the state’s attempts to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada https://t.co/CgqwafBN9L
— POLITICO (@politico) August 31, 2022
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced new restrictions on the political activities of political appointees in the Justice Department, including restricting their ability to participate in partisan political events. https://t.co/fzvtZEdVbP
— CNN (@CNN) August 31, 2022
An FBI agent’s retirement last Friday was unrelated to politicized comments he made on social media or his purported link to the Hunter Biden investigation, according to a statement from his lawyer. https://t.co/SCd3fyTfJ7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 31, 2022
The Monkees were investigated by the FBI for alleged anti-Vietnam war activities in 1967. https://t.co/Wd50AyQmpk
— CNN (@CNN) August 31, 2022
More than 100 schools in Philadelphia will dismiss early on Wednesday due to a lack of functioning air conditioning in the hot weather. The schools will let out three hours earlier than the normal dismissal time. https://t.co/rJaFhQ2dkL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2022
UN weather agency predicts rare 'triple-dip' La Nina in 2022 https://t.co/1VJUXlCez7 pic.twitter.com/5QjE4U12vo
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 31, 2022