News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack allegedly told officers "he was going to hold Nancy hostage," wanted to use the House speaker to lure another individual, and intended to break her kneecaps, affidavit states. https://t.co/oyUWKzueQf
— ABC News (@ABC) October 31, 2022
Voters delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics. https://t.co/8BAcuQwd96 pic.twitter.com/8ILOYcUf2i
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2022
Russia has now announced a stop to its “partial mobilization” of citizens to fight in the country’s war on Ukraine https://t.co/z00v4hNQff
— CNN (@CNN) October 31, 2022
JUST IN: Former Pres. Trump asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing his tax returns. https://t.co/z8M3D1Cly4
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 31, 2022
Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn testifies during the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial that members of the far-right organization didn’t assist him during the Jan. 6 riot, after lawyers have suggested that members of the group came to Dunn’s aid. https://t.co/1HIEcrwDHZ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022
Biden will push Congress to impose new taxes on oil companies if the industry doesn't take more action to lower fuel prices and boost domestic output, a White House official said. https://t.co/UQGbIwyQML
— Axios (@axios) October 31, 2022
The Supreme Court sounds poised to further restrict the use of race in college admissions as they hear two high profile cases todayhttps://t.co/FcybKMQyhO
— POLITICO (@politico) October 31, 2022
Nine people were arrested Monday in connection with the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in western India that killed almost 140 people. https://t.co/7QDwjtRqSG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 31, 2022
Indiana man arrested on murder charges in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana. https://t.co/40BjIRhILv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022
A Michigan judge ruled that ex-police officer Christopher Schurr must stand trial for shooting and killing an unarmed Black man during an April traffic stop. https://t.co/hO1YpkxNJD
— Axios (@axios) October 31, 2022
GOP bracing for Trump indictment soon after Election Day https://t.co/dVETOpIUFS pic.twitter.com/knZ3DIB935
— The Hill (@thehill) October 31, 2022
Twitter's board of directors was dissolved following Elon Musk's takeover of the company, according to a securities filing. https://t.co/1IubGo5XAF
— CNN (@CNN) October 31, 2022
