News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Demonstrators who want a Trump indictment far outnumbered MAGA supporters this morning outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, where the former president is expected to be charged as early as Wednesday. https://t.co/Ipk3usofwK
— POLITICO (@politico) March 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Kremlin for the start of talks expected to focus on the Ukraine crisis and Russia's deepening economic ties with China. https://t.co/tPDjZxbY9a pic.twitter.com/Dz9LoGobKM
— ABC News (@ABC) March 21, 2023
The US will deploy Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine faster than originally planned, defense officials sayhttps://t.co/B8qsk0dCn1
— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2023
Russian and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday gave conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a brazen attack on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in the occupied Ukrainian Crimean Peninsula. https://t.co/cDlRGYlBgA
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 21, 2023
Former President Trump’s effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday. https://t.co/dOIIbQpMTP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 21, 2023
The U.S. government is ready to protect deposits in mid-size and smaller banks if necessary to prevent financial contagion, Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen will say in a speech today.
— Axios (@axios) March 21, 2023
https://t.co/iCJWBrNq7e
NEW: After a 6-year-old shot her, a Virginia teacher describes springing into action: "I just wanted to get my babies out of there." https://t.co/i6zWBBNUDH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 21, 2023
The gun used in the deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from the U.S. https://t.co/DXr23Goy48
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 21, 2023
Saad Almadi, a 72-year-old Saudi-American dual citizen who spent more than a year in a Saudi prison over Twitter posts critical of the kingdom’s government, was released from detention, but will not be able to leave the country, according to his son.https://t.co/ild1PYu086
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 21, 2023
Cases of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris are now climbing at an "alarming" rate in health care facilities around the country, the CDC warned on Monday, after reports of infected patients nearly doubled in 2021. https://t.co/yb3pGGcSX8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 21, 2023
President Biden on Tuesday will proclaim two vast swaths of land – one in Nevada, the other in West Texas – as national monuments, a designation that effectively preserves a total of nearly 514,000 acres of land from new development.
— NPR (@NPR) March 21, 2023
https://t.co/ccTvOAXJud
The stakes are high as the reconstruction of the spire relies on the success of a very rare operation which has not been repeated since 1842. https://t.co/4Pmgr3QRif
— ABC News (@ABC) March 21, 2023
