News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Trump insists he doesn’t want to "terminate" Constitution https://t.co/Nea7r6j0aa
— The Hill (@thehill) December 5, 2022
Jurors started deliberating Monday in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial, weighing charges that former President Donald Trump’s company helped executives dodge personal income taxes on perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars. https://t.co/11CCWTJcE0
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 5, 2022
Explosions reported at two Russian military airbases thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian border, just hours before the latest barrage of Russian airstrikes; origin of the blasts remains unclear. https://t.co/tC9iS9gQHj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2022
At one school in Kyiv, students are continuing to go to class, even in the dark, doing their schoolwork with the help of flashlights.
— ABC News (@ABC) December 5, 2022
"We don’t care, if it takes months and years without light—we still continue," said 16-year-old Egor Egorenko. https://t.co/bCnFLY7ZK8
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Monday at his D.C. Bar hearing that it was his “obligation” as a lawyer to attempt to overturn the results of 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania on behalf of his then-client, Donald Trump.https://t.co/XxDPmo6nZW
— POLITICO (@politico) December 5, 2022
Elected officials in Arizona certified the state's election results in a formal canvassing ceremony at the state Capitol, initiating the start of recounts and potential lawsuits, which couldn't begin by law until after the canvassing. https://t.co/y8KH1NXunl
— ABC News (@ABC) December 5, 2022
A Florida sheriff's deputy was fatally shot by his roommate, a fellow deputy, over the weekend, in what the sheriff described as a "tragic and totally avoidable death." https://t.co/q40knhKPzg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5, 2022
Several conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Monday to arguments from a graphic designer who seeks to start a website business to celebrate weddings but does not want to work with same-sex couples. https://t.co/Jq7jH47PGT
— CNN (@CNN) December 5, 2022
An international study finds the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis after Covid vaccination to be low, with most patients making a full recovery. https://t.co/RFwpQjKUQT
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill banning so-called LGBTQ "propaganda" in Russia https://t.co/2kFW17Ch6j
— CNN (@CNN) December 5, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security will delay enforcement of the REAL ID travel requirement for boarding flights in the U.S. by two years until May 2025. https://t.co/phkjH3Rwtg
— Axios (@axios) December 5, 2022
Passing within a scant 81 miles of the moon, NASA's unpiloted Orion capsule fired its main engine Monday in a gravity-assist lunar flyby that put the ship on course for a return to Earth Sunday to close out the Artemis 1 test flight. https://t.co/jQFSfMtAFm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5, 2022
