News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was “violently assaulted” early Friday morning by an assailant who broke into their residence in San Francisco.https://t.co/s9oeHHOTi6
— POLITICO (@politico) October 28, 2022
The latest aid means the U.S. has provided approximately $17.9 billion in support to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, a State Department spokesperson said. https://t.co/1I0XpDWPsk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 28, 2022
Rapper Kanye West's Twitter profile, which was suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, appeared to be back up on the platform, a day after billionaire Elon Musk bought the company https://t.co/ByioN2AXmf pic.twitter.com/eChS2W0KNC
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 28, 2022
U.S. Capitol Police confirmed statistics showing concerning statements and threats have more than doubled since 2017, when former Pres. Donald Trump took office. https://t.co/KHy3BVvJNF
— ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2022
Yellen's comments come in the wake of a GDP report from the Commerce Department that found the U.S. economy expanded at a 2.6% annual rate in the third quarter. https://t.co/qrd20VUaVO
— Axios (@axios) October 28, 2022
At least 853 migrants died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully in the past 12 months, making fiscal year 2022 the deadliest year for migrants recorded by the U.S. government, according to internal Border Patrol data obtained by CBS News. https://t.co/slp7E2JbVs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 28, 2022
Arizona’s governor is stacking shipping containers along the border and defying a federal request to remove them https://t.co/L191HSK4wF
— CNN (@CNN) October 28, 2022
An unprecedented hand-count of mail-in ballots in a rural Nevada county is on hold and may not resume after the Nevada Supreme Court said the current process is illegal and the Republican secretary of state directed the county clerk to “cease immediately.” https://t.co/w6juRykvgk
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 28, 2022
Pres. Biden and Vice Pres. Harris will deliver remarks at a fundraiser for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party in Philadelphia this evening, where two key candidates on the ballot this November will also be in attendance, according to a Democratic official. https://t.co/lkCpqhTmi2
— ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2022
ExxonMobil’s profit set a record for the second straight quarter as oil and gas prices remained high. No. 2 US oil company Chevron also posted much-better-than-expected results. https://t.co/zosRnfI3RF
— CNN (@CNN) October 28, 2022
Residents of a Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave. https://t.co/xiSAzLHNQi
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 28, 2022
Drought snarls Mississippi River transit in blow to farmers https://t.co/hMbSMYPGma pic.twitter.com/pXoRNytgM8
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 28, 2022
