News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet at the White House as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default. https://t.co/6eSDmKH7fL
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 22, 2023
Russia has banned former President Obama, political commentator Rachel Maddow and late-night host Stephen Colbert, from entering its territory in response to the U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine war. https://t.co/MyNFqORqtJ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 22, 2023
"I have been told that I won't be left behind," Whelan told CNN in a phone interview from prison. https://t.co/mqqIHxCRW8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 22, 2023
Tim Scott’s keys to 2024: Iowa, evangelicals and piles of cash https://t.co/TGzw53xZ2B
— POLITICO (@politico) May 22, 2023
Harlan Crow, the GOP megadonor who paid for luxury travel for Clarence Thomas, addressed buying the home of the justice's mother in a private real estate deal with members of the Thomas family that allows her to live rent free. https://t.co/BICo7UePba
— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2023
The man charged with manslaughter in Jordan Neely's death says his encounter with Neely was not motivated by race and he is not a white supremacist.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22, 2023
An attorney for Neely's family says, "We never called him a white supremacist, we called him a killer.” https://t.co/bkGVlVsTNU
JUST IN: Judge enters a not guilty plea on behalf of the suspect in the Idaho college murders after he "stands silent" at his arraignment. https://t.co/w0NJdfcirL
— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2023
Nebraska bill that bans most abortions at 12 weeks and gender-affirming care for those under 19 is signed into law by Republican Gov. Jim Pillen https://t.co/PCPNeb7sJT
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 22, 2023
The FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation police are investigating the fatal shooting of a tribal member by U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona. https://t.co/QyzuKm51ey
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22, 2023
Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years. https://t.co/LgaHwhQoSk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 22, 2023
Shortages of cancer drugs and other life-saving medications are reaching their worst point in a decade.
— Axios (@axios) May 22, 2023
There are more than 300 drugs in shortage.https://t.co/VvEqrRiA6l
BREAKING: Police will soon resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, authorities said. https://t.co/eAFmTVvjPn
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 22, 2023
