News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the brief and chaotic insurrection in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows “cracks” in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role as a leader of the country.https://t.co/aGKYVAwL3j
— CNN (@CNN) June 25, 2023
"Who says…Putin is going to deliver?" CBS News' David Martin says on the deal struck with Wagner group chief Prigozhin.
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 25, 2023
"If I were Prigozhin, I would keep my bodyguards close and my food-taster closer, because poison is one of Putin's favorite instruments of getting revenge." pic.twitter.com/0a71OIa1Pw
Ukrainian forces downed 32 out of 35 Iranian made-Shahed exploding drones launched by Russian forces, as the ongoing war between the two countries continues. https://t.co/zkNDEntAzY
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2023
A previously unnoticed change in Donald Trump’s online fund-raising appeals allows him to divert a sizable chunk of his 2024 campaign contributions to a group that has spent millions to cover his legal fees. https://t.co/gnVcbcwLkK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 25, 2023
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that he expected to get booed for attacking Donald Trump at a conservative conference, but that his message was more important. https://t.co/N0fSQN8eI9
— ABC News (@ABC) June 25, 2023
Former President Trump has expanded his lead over Florida Gov. DeSantis and the rest of the Republican presidential field since Trump’s latest indictment on federal criminal charges, according to a new national @NBCNews poll. https://t.co/C6RevXdZRI
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 25, 2023
On President Biden calling Chinese President Xi Jinping "a dictator," shortly after @SecBlinken's trip to Beijing to alleviate tensions, Blinken tells @margbrennan: "The president always speaks candidly, he speaks directly, he speaks clearly, and he speaks for all of us." pic.twitter.com/5KKZW8xiuC
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 25, 2023
Biden admin reverses Trump policy that allowed funding to research in Israeli settlements https://t.co/gHtSfWeQpK
— Axios (@axios) June 25, 2023
At least two shootings that occurred about 90 minutes apart in the same area of Kansas City, Missouri, caused "multiple deaths," authorities say. https://t.co/OpyrJxQHJB
— ABC News (@ABC) June 25, 2023
President Biden is betting that 2024 voters will prefer continuity over Republican disruption, so he'll ask for a second term by emphasizing what he did in his first — and campaigning on largely the same proposals he ran on in 2020. https://t.co/TCxHlHaiIM
— Axios (@axios) June 25, 2023
A plane used by Argentina’s junta to hurl political detainees to their deaths from the sky has returned to country for a historical reckoning.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 25, 2023
Argentina’s government will add the plane to the Museum of Memory. https://t.co/buBltOeQAm
More than 50 million people across the South are facing “oppressive” heat, and about as many people across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi valleys are under a threat of severe storms https://t.co/z6GDwELZHL
— CNN (@CNN) June 25, 2023
