News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Former President Trump can be sued over the Jan. 6 attack, the Justice Department says. https://t.co/8X3a09eCpa
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov met briefly on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in India — their first face-to-face interaction in over a year.https://t.co/QR7NLRxTcf
— NPR (@NPR) March 2, 2023
The US is announcing three new partnerships as an effort to boost Ukraine’s agricultural sector and help supply the country’s grain to the world, USAID officials say https://t.co/wVYIqEk24F
— CNN (@CNN) March 2, 2023
JUST IN: The House Ethics Committee says it has opened an investigation into Rep. George Santos to look at whether Santos “engaged in unlawful activity with respect to his 2022 congressional campaign,” in addition to other allegations. https://t.co/4C3WCbtaat
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 2, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Republicans will not "mess with Social Security," as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization https://t.co/Qhh18JSjlE
— CNN (@CNN) March 2, 2023
Biden told Senate Dems he won't veto a GOP effort to repeal changes to the D.C. criminal code, according to sources in the meeting.
— POLITICO (@politico) March 2, 2023
That puts Republicans on track to roll back the new D.C. law when the Senate takes up the measure as soon as next week. https://t.co/dYrV1TUiCv
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. Applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending February 25 fell to 190,000 from 192,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said. https://t.co/IeDo2KwZ7I
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 2, 2023
President Joe Biden's administration is asking Congress to agree to pay more than $1.6 billion to help clean up the mess of fraud against the massive government coronavirus pandemic relief programs. https://t.co/ErMnBT4ERk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 2, 2023
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was the target of a plot to kill Jewish state officials. https://t.co/bJBuqDm8En
— ABC News (@ABC) March 2, 2023
The FDA's goal is to roll out the combo option by the following flu season. https://t.co/TsYHQiK1AU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 2, 2023
Cheney joining University of Virginia politics center as professor https://t.co/Kj2biJA2TD pic.twitter.com/NduaJrddPP
— The Hill (@thehill) March 2, 2023
Rescuers in Turkey rushed to an earthquake-collapsed building when noises were reported coming from underneath.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 2, 2023
A dog named Aleks was saved in good condition—after being stuck under the rubble for over three weeks. https://t.co/91oPH7Y4XB pic.twitter.com/xO03o1AYUT
