News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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LATEST: Israeli Defense Forces are now fighting near central Rafah, representing an expansion of its operations, the IDF said Thursday.
— ABC News (@ABC) May 23, 2024
Read more on the Israel-Hamas conflict: https://t.co/MNGXWlkRez
French President Macron and others have urged a temporary cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine during the Olympics.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 23, 2024
Russian President Putin's rejection of the temporary truce shows he is “not ready to make peace” in Ukraine, Macron tells @CNBC. https://t.co/bWx9mUdRhZ
JUST IN: A sweeping bipartisan border security bill has failed in the Senate for the second time, blocked by GOP opposition and Democratic divisions https://t.co/Zc7YmKFlSF
— CNN (@CNN) May 23, 2024
Attorney General Garland slammed former Pres. Trump for insinuating Pres. Biden authorized his potential assassination during the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 for confidential government material. https://t.co/9pUxx4S9KW
— ABC News (@ABC) May 23, 2024
Supreme Court rejects claim that South Carolina’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered https://t.co/UvAUnoTLFa
— POLITICO (@politico) May 23, 2024
Exclusive: The Biden administration is finalizing details of a new executive action that would let the president temporarily shut the southern border to migrants if necessary, according to multiple officials familiar with the negotiations. https://t.co/TvlNidqucX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 23, 2024
Breaking News: A second provocative flag linked to Jan. 6 was flown at a home of the Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito. https://t.co/DCnJ1drXPR pic.twitter.com/MB3JN3TapZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 22, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is facing new calls to recuse himself from cases tied to former Pres. Trump and the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) May 23, 2024
The New York Times reports a flag used by Jan. 6 protesters was seen flying at his NJ vacation home. @MacFarlaneNews explains. pic.twitter.com/W9F86ic8B8
Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb went after Judge Aileen Cannon for indefinitely postponing former President Trump’s criminal classified documents case, accusing her of "incompetence." https://t.co/tnp8cOdhVk
— The Hill (@thehill) May 23, 2024
North Carolina House pauses passage of bill that would ban masking for health reasons https://t.co/vz8ugcV31i
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 23, 2024
The Louisiana legislature passes a bill to classify abortion pills as a controlled substance. https://t.co/0vldeZX7MH
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 23, 2024
Second US worker infected with cow-linked bird flu https://t.co/IDNMztoiXC
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 23, 2024
