News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Exclusive: A look at behind-the-scenes deliberations highlights months of disputes between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents as they wrestled with a national security case with potentially far-reaching consequences. https://t.co/Gkhsf7oFrh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 1, 2023
JUST IN: China, Belarus call for cease-fire, negotiations in Ukraine https://t.co/37sqJXnLb1 pic.twitter.com/3ARLgVM8kq
— The Hill (@thehill) March 1, 2023
Finland’s parliament has overwhelmingly backed its bid to join NATO, the assembly’s speaker says. https://t.co/TJgi0dpzAs
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 1, 2023
The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week, according to a source familiar with the situation. https://t.co/dlgkb7iRza
— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2023
Eli Lilly plans to cut insulin prices by 70% and cap monthly costs at $35 amid criticism for its prices. https://t.co/5KFZ9DSFKw
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 1, 2023
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared as the winner of Nigeria's presidential elections.
— NPR (@NPR) March 1, 2023
It comes three days after observers criticized widespread logistical failures, violent suppression of the vote, and protests from opposition parties.
https://t.co/MyHeXri07d
Israel's finance minister called for the Palestinian village of Hawara to be "wiped out" by the Israeli government, days after hundreds of Israeli settlers torched homes and cars there in a rampage that killed one Palestinian man and wounded dozens. https://t.co/5i2nOR8aPb
— Axios (@axios) March 1, 2023
New York City agrees to pay more than $21,000 each to hundreds of protesters who were surrounded, arrested, and subjected to excessive force by police during a George Floyd protest in 2020, according to court documents. https://t.co/tDMkg7lkLv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 1, 2023
FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that the bureau believes Covid-19 was likely the result of a lab accident in Wuhan, China. https://t.co/8KkI8LwnNr
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 1, 2023
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to approve a bill that would give Pres. Biden the authority to ban TikTok in the United States.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2023
Some lawmakers and advocates say the measure could disrupt online speech freedoms. https://t.co/2AnAyt9G69
Babbitt was shot and killed by police as she breached a set of doors to the Speaker's Lobby in the House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2021. https://t.co/H9jfFbbBoq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 1, 2023
The latest conclusion comes years after the so-called syndrome first emerged and defies a theory that it was the result of a targeted campaign by an enemy of the United States. https://t.co/95W9GiYkjm
— CNN (@CNN) March 1, 2023
