News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Israel has vowed to kill any Hamas leadership linked to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, drawing a parallel with a manhunt 50 years ago to avenge the murder of Israeli athletes by terrorists at the Munich Olympics. https://t.co/hu1s9xrc6t
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 9, 2024
A three-judge panel who heard Trump's argument today that he has presidential immunity in his federal election interference case appeared skeptical of his defense.
— Axios (@axios) January 9, 2024
One judge called his claim "paradoxical."
https://t.co/YZ90hdItIm
Special counsel Jack Smith and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, two key figures in the 2020 presidential election case against former President Donald Trump, were victims of apparent "swatting" attempts in recent weeks. https://t.co/mXUA8LUPIO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 9, 2024
Ray Epps, pro-Trump rioter smeared by conspiracy theories, gets probation for role in Capitol riot https://t.co/Lhky9dCJhr
— POLITICO (@politico) January 9, 2024
The Democrat-controlled Maine legislature voted down a Republican effort to impeach the state’s chief election official for kicking former President Trump off the ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. https://t.co/mNbytNl5Hf pic.twitter.com/vAGHTBYy2A
— The Hill (@thehill) January 9, 2024
Austin hospitalized for prostate cancer surgery, doctors say https://t.co/nl3T7rq6v2
— POLITICO (@politico) January 9, 2024
Republicans don't have the votes in the Senate to remove Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, but a House vote to impeach him could backfire politically if some Republicans defect and vote to acquit him in a Senate trial.https://t.co/ocPyDCULGX
— Axios (@axios) January 9, 2024
Sen. Menendez denies what he says are “sensational” new bribery allegations against him involving Qatar, while pushing back on calls from his Senate colleagues to resign. https://t.co/lGqz1WVsSY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 9, 2024
NEW: The focus of the investigation into Friday's midair emergency on an Alaska Airlines flight is focused on the single aircraft, but could be broadened as the National Transportation Safety Board learns more, officials say. https://t.co/39Nubpzpz7
— ABC News (@ABC) January 9, 2024
When a door plug suddenly opened and left a gaping hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines flight last week, the force was so powerful it ripped the T-shirt off a 15-year-old who was in the middle seat of the affected aisle. He was saved by his seat belt. https://t.co/K1UUJKuivj pic.twitter.com/U9ZbMcp0cj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 9, 2024
BREAKING: France gets its youngest-ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal, as Macron shakes up government https://t.co/VN7Xf7yD8x
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 9, 2024
BREAKING: NASA has announced it is delaying its first-crewed missions to the moon in decades, delaying a moon flyby until September 2025 and an attempted landing on the moon until September 2026.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 9, 2024
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