News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Fulton County investigators have an audio recording of a phone call former President Donald Trump made to the Georgia House speaker to push for a special session to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports https://t.co/GD6L9dOn0A
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2023
JUST IN: Investigators want to question an attorney of Donald Trump about an alleged phone call in classified documents probe, sources say. https://t.co/MlNkHjYUIL
— ABC News (@ABC) March 16, 2023
BREAKING: Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets. It would become the first NATO member country to fulfill the Ukrainian government’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes. https://t.co/AhocV28ksc
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 16, 2023
U.S. releases footage of Russian jet intercepting drone above Black Sea https://t.co/ufL070qrU1
— Axios (@axios) March 16, 2023
BREAKING: Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, a U.N.-backed investigation has found. https://t.co/YcSvJScw2x
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 16, 2023
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected https://t.co/WB2OjSWmY6 pic.twitter.com/Ld2jmVO2A3
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16, 2023
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen defended the federal government’s crisis response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank amid fierce questioning from congressional Republicans during a committee hearing on Thursday. https://t.co/UBLfgHlFwc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 16, 2023
The North Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a lower court order blocking enforcement of the state's trigger law banning abortion while a legal challenge continues, finding the measure likely violated the North Dakota Constitution. https://t.co/LQJWPxgL1N
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 16, 2023
Senate votes to open debate on a bipartisan bill that would repeal the authorizations Congress passed in 1991 and 2002 for the U.S. wars in Iraq. https://t.co/bqB8n2q9Ki
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 16, 2023
Despite initial reports from the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office that the train was carrying hazardous materials, BNSF confirmed that the train was actually carrying corn syrup. https://t.co/i2Rt5Sztxl
— ABC News (@ABC) March 16, 2023
California homes teetering on edge of hillside after collapse; residents evacuated https://t.co/UDzpgn9CrC pic.twitter.com/H6LIz9q7R8
— The Hill (@thehill) March 16, 2023
Just 30% of all Republicans and Republican-leaners say the country's best days are still ahead of it, according to a new poll — a dramatic shift from 2019. https://t.co/K30Tcn7mhd pic.twitter.com/dNGqhsqbZz
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2023
