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: Pres. Biden has accepted an invitation from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to deliver a State of the Union address before Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 7, the White House says. https://t.co/NQjA0jxPcm
— ABC News (@ABC) January 13, 2023
Russia says that its forces have taken control of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, their first victory in several months. https://t.co/ceCFBKsbnD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 13, 2023
The head of the United Nations atomic energy agency, the IAEA, is scheduled to visit Ukraine next week as a follow-up to his commitment to enlarge the watchdog agency's oversight of Ukraine's nuclear power plants. https://t.co/MKrUd3o32g
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 13, 2023
NEW: Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen tells congressional leaders the U.S. will hit its debt limit next week. https://t.co/PIBoh41DY9
— ABC News (@ABC) January 13, 2023
BREAKING: Two Trump Organization companies were ordered to pay a $1.6 million fine for a tax fraud scheme. https://t.co/Fn8t0LFzzR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 13, 2023
A federal prosecutor told jurors in the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Proud Boys that the defendants mobilized "and took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6. https://t.co/7T3bQLgAPa
— NPR (@NPR) January 13, 2023
A 31-year-old father and English teacher died from cardiac arrest last week after he was repeatedly tased by police, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. https://t.co/h8B33fiNrR
— CNN (@CNN) January 13, 2023
The Pentagon is considering providing back pay to former service members who were discharged for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine, now that the mandate has been repealed.https://t.co/EDNSOY8MPS
— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday that it has given new names to five places that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman. https://t.co/B14JsGwBSr
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 13, 2023
Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger called Kevin McCarthy a "piece of sh*t" who will "say whatever he needs to say to stay in power." https://t.co/xjalOfJMhg
— Axios (@axios) January 13, 2023
UPDATE: At least nine are dead after more than a dozen tornadoes tore through the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday, officials say. https://t.co/LgII1BlySf
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 13, 2023
The US government has received over 350 new reports of what the US government terms “unidentified aerial phenomenon,” commonly known as UFOs, since March of 2021 https://t.co/8Y2RaYt1uM pic.twitter.com/BBUmRwUBwW
— CNN (@CNN) January 13, 2023
