
News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Qatar’s prime minister said his government was working to relay a new ceasefire proposal to Hamas after “good progress” was made in talks involving Israel and the United States https://t.co/seIW0tujWP pic.twitter.com/6w7FoRIHOy
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2024
An Israeli intelligence document shared on Monday with CBS News and a number of other Western news outlets spells out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees whom Israel says participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack. https://t.co/Gd043Xql9M
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 29, 2024
SCOOP: Israel's defense minister told U.S. officials that he and the Israeli military won't allow the rebuilding of illegal outposts or settlements by Israeli settlers inside the Gaza Strip. https://t.co/1luY0UPjdQ
— Axios (@axios) January 29, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines of the war against Russia’s invasion face threats from thermal cameras, which can detect them in cover. In response, they’re deploying domestically made “invisibility cloaks.”
— ABC News (@ABC) January 29, 2024
ABC News' @Reevellp reports. pic.twitter.com/8jMqqbVFFn
The Pentagon has identified the three Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan as:
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 29, 2024
Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia
Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia
Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia pic.twitter.com/utGKL2xGtu
BREAKING: An enemy drone that killed three American troops in Jordan may have been confused with a U.S. drone returning to the base, two officials said. https://t.co/3LrNC1heoN
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2024
Columnist E. Jean Carroll told @GStephanopoulos she'd use the money on "something Donald Trump hates," after a jury awarded her over $83 million for former Pres. Trump's repeated defamatory statements.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 29, 2024
Read more: https://t.co/IePafKeF0I pic.twitter.com/33hHeYWcaV
The Illinois State Board of Elections is expected to vote on whether former President Trump should be removed from the state’s primary ballot under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment. https://t.co/vgowr7AGt7 pic.twitter.com/cFMmROmMMj
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2024
BREAKING: Former IRS contractor who leaked former President Trump’s tax records has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. https://t.co/dLG0KfJ2p6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 29, 2024
Nikki Haley said the RNC has "clearly not" been an honest broker in the Republican primary.
— Axios (@axios) January 29, 2024
Haley's ire stems from a draft resolution that would have named Donald Trump the 2024 Republican nominee at a time when she remains in the race. https://t.co/Py46Ygcjvo
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a Georgia telehealth clinic to share information about gender-affirming care as part of his wider probe, a move that shows the Republican is looking in multiple states for information about transgender youths. https://t.co/hJfxyHXq3I
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 29, 2024
The IRS is launching a direct file pilot program for the 2024 tax season — here is how it will work https://t.co/ZjfIWXwlFN pic.twitter.com/srjc3soTBi
— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2024
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. https://t.co/kTITX7osWP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 29, 2024