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.
Special counsel Jack Smith has turned over the first production of evidence in the classified documents case to former President Trump’s legal team, according to a court filing. https://t.co/6eOro9SZRR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 22, 2023
BREAKING: All five people aboard the Titan submersible are believed to be dead, the expedition company says. https://t.co/Wd9d4vgmCm
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2023
BREAKING: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich loses appeal against pre-trial detention in Moscow on espionage charges which he strongly denies. https://t.co/C6T6BalkQf
— CNN (@CNN) June 22, 2023
Ukrainian officials are pounding the drumbeat for full NATO membership, putting unrelenting pressure on the U.S. and its allies to give in and view it as a precedent of their success. https://t.co/48XSyQ3ZBv
— The Hill (@thehill) June 22, 2023
Pres. Biden welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House for an official state visit.
— ABC News (@ABC) June 22, 2023
"I've long believed that the relationship between the United States and India will be one of the defining relationships of the 21st century." https://t.co/0DNwEaZ18z pic.twitter.com/2TSm9dMEyo
NEW: Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation over claims that the federal government left tribe members on arid lands and desperate for water access. https://t.co/i0RRDeMkva
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 22, 2023
A judge has revealed the identities of the co-signers on the $500,000 bond that kept Rep. George Santos out of federal custody https://t.co/hfvBy2B0Xx
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 22, 2023
Former congressman Will Hurd (R-Tex.), a critic of Donald Trump and a former CIA officer, announced a Republican presidential bid promising “common-sense leadership” as he joined a crowd trying to outmaneuver the former president for the GOP nomination. https://t.co/jNr5qoDoMj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 22, 2023
A former intelligence analyst has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for holding onto classified documents at her residence, the Department of Justice announced. https://t.co/kqqe48IGLB
— The Hill (@thehill) June 22, 2023
Georgia’s State Election Board dismisses its yearslong investigation into two state poll workers targeted by conspiracy theorists and then-President Trump, who falsely claimed the workers committed election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/4z7ZvefNyC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2023
House punts on GOP hardliners’ Biden impeachment push https://t.co/rnSNit7YTw
— POLITICO (@politico) June 22, 2023
A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics. https://t.co/VsMswKSLmC
— ABC News (@ABC) June 22, 2023
