News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The Fed makes history with a fourth consecutive three-quarter point rate hike, an unprecedented move to curb the US economy's white-hot inflation. https://t.co/feljluYqMF
— CNN (@CNN) November 2, 2022
Biden will deliver a major speech at Union Station tonight, where he'll warn about escalating threats against the nation’s democracy. https://t.co/7q5wnWUi6O
— POLITICO (@politico) November 2, 2022
All told, approximately 60% of Americans will have an election denier on the ballot, with candidates in nearly every state expressing doubts about the outcome of the 2020 race. https://t.co/KVChdWl0Ti
— ABC News (@ABC) November 2, 2022
Trump lawyers saw Supreme Court Justice Thomas as their “only chance” to stop the 2020 election certification, according to newly disclosed emails. https://t.co/2UirJjIjvS
— POLITICO (@politico) November 2, 2022
The United States is accusing North Korea of secretly supplying Russia with a significant number of artillery shells for use in the war in Ukraine, according to newly declassified intelligence https://t.co/ZqVTqHety0
— CNN (@CNN) November 2, 2022
The break-in at the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, was captured by security cameras outside the house. https://t.co/8UxHtRoN2F
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 2, 2022
SCOOP: The Biden admin is unlikely to engage with Jewish supremacist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, who's expected to be a senior minister in a future Israeli government formed by Netanyahu, two U.S. officials told @BarakRavid.
— Axios (@axios) November 2, 2022
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Ethiopia’s warring sides have formally agreed to a permanent cessation of hostilities, an African Union special envoy says, after a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands. https://t.co/pvJH8Cb3Xs
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 2, 2022
An Iranian court has ordered seven anti-government protesters to be executed, one of whom is just 22 years old.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) November 2, 2022
It coincides with nationwide crackdowns against demonstrations, which erupted after Mahsa Amini died in police custody in September. pic.twitter.com/Igi0CNYPuK
“He waited in the car while I went in and had the procedure.”
— ABC News (@ABC) November 2, 2022
A second woman who claimed Herschel Walker encouraged and paid for her to have an abortion in 1993 talks to @jujuchangabc about her alleged relationship with the Georgia Senate candidate. https://t.co/e8zz6FFj2L
The search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has turned up 21 additional graves in the city's Oaklawn Cemetery, officials said. https://t.co/5tDde4fPDk
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 2, 2022
JUST IN: Former President Trump has settled a lawsuit with a group of protesters who alleged they were assaulted by his security guards outside of Trump Tower in 2015, lawyers say. https://t.co/ptzqeME1sq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 2, 2022
