News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Three American service members were killed and 25 were injured in an unmanned aerial drone attack on a base in Jordan, Pres. Biden and the U.S. military said.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 28, 2024
Biden blamed the attack on "radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq." https://t.co/kluqppgAEL pic.twitter.com/BDqeWOFb4t
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office released a statement on Sunday's talks between CIA Director Bill Burns, the prime minister of Qatar and intelligence officials from Israel and Egypt, saying, the meeting was "constructive" but "significant gaps" remain. https://t.co/jOxj3q5akF
— ABC News (@ABC) January 28, 2024
Ukraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million meant to buy arms for the war with Russia https://t.co/Tirs8pzxt6
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 28, 2024
The immigration bill could be ready to be on the Senate floor as early as next week, according to Sen. Chris Murphy. https://t.co/bA7LpYLMt9
— Axios (@axios) January 28, 2024
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wants to be held responsible for blocking a bipartisan border security bill in the works in the Senate as President Biden seeks emergency authority to rein in a record surge of unauthorized border crossings. https://t.co/sIOVJnCd4x
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 28, 2024
House Republicans unveiled articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday morning, blaming him for the surge in illegal border crossings and fentanyl trafficking.https://t.co/e2IWebv52k
— Axios (@axios) January 28, 2024
Haley commits to staying in through Super Tuesday — but not necessarily beyond https://t.co/Nc1ZkA53GF
— POLITICO (@politico) January 28, 2024
The White House Medical Unit had “severe and systemic problems” with their pharmacy operations and provided health care to ineligible staffers before the Biden administration, according to a scathing inspector general report. https://t.co/AcDXSz0rpe
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 28, 2024
France's interior ministry has ordered a large deployment of security forces around Paris as angry farmers threatened to head toward the capital. https://t.co/QmIcZ2pVkp
— ABC News (@ABC) January 28, 2024
Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, began in mid-December and appears to be gaining momentum. https://t.co/boWHjJ2jQ2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 28, 2024
RFK Jr. signals he’s open to running as Libertarian in 2024 https://t.co/AoggoKtlDO
— The Hill (@thehill) January 28, 2024
Donald Trump said presidential candidates should have to take a cognitive test, apparently a response to a challenge from Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley, who has advocated the same policy, citing the age of Trump, 77, and President Joe Biden, 81 https://t.co/RwQUCs0lqP pic.twitter.com/ZTH1FmC9ew
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2024
