News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Alexey Navalny, a potent political foe who never shied away from criticizing Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, even from prison, has died in a penal colony, Russian prison authorities said. https://t.co/9Se3J8UwBR pic.twitter.com/yT4OgbxUVO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 16, 2024
Pres. Biden slammed Russian Pres. Putin in the wake of the news that prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died in prison at 47.https://t.co/1vhDNixddc pic.twitter.com/2z8UMUPzKR
— ABC News (@ABC) February 16, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that reports of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in prison, if true, underscore what he described as the ‘weakness and rot’ of the system President Vladimir Putin built https://t.co/uJYcRtB2vR pic.twitter.com/R5NjWP0AFB
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 16, 2024
Russia has suffered more than 300,000 casualties in the war in Ukraine, according to the latest U.S. estimate https://t.co/yVpZuT203j pic.twitter.com/zh45idopnL
— The Hill (@thehill) February 16, 2024
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has unveiled a $66.3 billion proposal to fund military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in a bid to break the House logjam on the issue before Kyiv's war effort sputters. https://t.co/XFy5K43vpp
— POLITICO (@politico) February 16, 2024
Israeli President secretly met with Qatari Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss the negotiations aimed at securing the release of the hostages in Gaza. https://t.co/lRhLuRs2Wa
— Axios (@axios) February 16, 2024
BREAKING: Former Pres. Trump and his companies have been fined $354.8 million for fraudulent business practices, Judge Arthur Engoron has ruled. https://t.co/kk3I1chDoy pic.twitter.com/PeVLpMcBTC
— ABC News (@ABC) February 16, 2024
An FBI informant has been arrested and charged with lying to investigators about the business dealings of Pres. Biden and his son, Hunter.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) February 16, 2024
The arrest threatens to torpedo Republican efforts to impeach Biden. @MacFarlaneNews reports. https://t.co/XojGrXUAhb pic.twitter.com/8gVb60ULFl
The suburban Philadelphia man charged with decapitating his father and posting a video online had a device with photos of federal buildings and apparent instructions for making explosives when he was arrested, authorities say. https://t.co/r5PDvDh0Bb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 16, 2024
Sen. Joe Manchin III (https://t.co/JPXX8hbNfl.) announced Friday that he will not run for president after months of flirting with a campaign that could have complicated the 2024 race for the White House.https://t.co/ogjm7cQDfr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 16, 2024
BREAKING: Executives from Google, Meta and other tech giants sign a new voluntary pact for how they'll respond to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 16, 2024
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The chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection pressured his staff to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take to the UN General Assembly, whistleblowers say. https://t.co/JlCgtzQjCd
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 16, 2024
