News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Republican Rep. Cheney said Saturday that she would be willing to campaign for Democrats as she criticized her party's acceptance of candidates who deny the results of the 2020 election.https://t.co/9lkD47fteR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 25, 2022
US Rep. Adam Schiff, who serves on the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, says that if the panel makes a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump related to the riot at the US Capitol, it should be made unanimously. https://t.co/Mimvc0CIF6
— CNN (@CNN) September 25, 2022
National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells @GStephanopoulos that the U.S. has “communicated directly, privately to the Russians at very high levels that there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia if they use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.” https://t.co/WjkMx7W8gE pic.twitter.com/UA6ISv0M5a
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 25, 2022
The Kremlin-staged referendum to annex occupied parts of Ukraine is a “very dangerous signal from President Putin that tells us that Putin is not going to finish this war,” Ukraine’s President Volodmyr Zelenskyy tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/GgtbyqNWwN
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) September 25, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is imploring Floridians to prepare for Tropical Storm Ian, no matter which side of the state they live on. https://t.co/k9TPXgicW6
— ABC News (@ABC) September 25, 2022
Thousands of Puerto Ricans are without power and water, and don’t know when either will be fully restored.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 25, 2022
For many residents, it’s a haunting echo of the catastrophic situation following Hurricane Maria five years ago. https://t.co/GKTiC7w7wx
Top Senate Republican says he doesn’t think presidents can declassify documents "by thinking about it" https://t.co/QXSzD7ZbIC pic.twitter.com/f8OD2EX3op
— The Hill (@thehill) September 25, 2022
Rural hospitals that weathered the pandemic are facing a funding cliff, in danger of losing some $600 million in Medicare funding at the end of this month unless Congress intervenes. https://t.co/eLv5rM05P0
— Axios (@axios) September 25, 2022
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says she believes there is “pressure” for House Republicans to move to impeach President Joe Biden if they gain control of the chamber after the midterm elections. https://t.co/NjiezplnHg
— CNN (@CNN) September 25, 2022
BREAKING: Polls open as Italians vote in a general election that could yield the nation’s first government led by the far-right since the end of World War II. https://t.co/YG8I9LU2cH
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 25, 2022
NEW: Republicans still hold a good position to capture a House majority, however, that majority has ticked down for the second straight month to 223 seats, according to the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 25, 2022
The GOP was at 226 in Aug. and 230 in July.https://t.co/r2mg0vzG0x pic.twitter.com/2aaTJTRSW3
Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth tomorrow, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest. https://t.co/D4m6ErT1AP
— NPR (@NPR) September 25, 2022
