News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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LATEST: After meeting with rescued hostages and their families, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the rescue operation "remarkable" and told reporters they will do "whatever it takes" to get the hostages back. https://t.co/KN47g55uD2
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2024
Israeli minister Benny Gantz is expected to announce in a speech on Saturday his party's withdrawal from the emergency government formed after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, according to political sources close to Gantz.https://t.co/9ecVkImOxO
— Axios (@axios) June 7, 2024
Gaza officials say more than 200 Palestinians were killed and over 400 others were wounded in Israel's operation to rescue four hostages. Follow live updates. https://t.co/57chdijW3j
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2024
The U.S. provided intelligence support to the successful Israeli raid that rescued four living hostages from captivity in Gaza on Saturday, two U.S. officials told CBS News. The U.S. military did not participate in the operation, a U.S. official said. https://t.co/OKItSXycTt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2024
Biden and Macron stress a shared vision on Ukraine and Gaza even amid bubbling disagreements https://t.co/7o73YrIGec
— POLITICO (@politico) June 8, 2024
Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 28 dead, Moscow-backed officials say https://t.co/jctvuTlzM6
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 8, 2024
The New York judge overseeing former President Trump's hush money trial has asked attorneys in the case about a social media post purporting to preview Trump's guilty verdict. https://t.co/gX2aOICoTa
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 8, 2024
Manhattan district attorney agrees to testify in Congress, but likely not until Trump is sentenced https://t.co/OFMeFGeDx1
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2024
Ex-Trump attorney Tim Parlatore said that he thinks Supreme Court Justices accepting lavish gifts and vacations “degrades the image of impartiality” and called on Congress to act. https://t.co/zdpUa2W5tb
— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2024
Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water https://t.co/Q5sxXrEfru
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2024
Alex Jones, facing a massive debt owed in defamation judgments for lies he spread about the Sandy Hook school shooting, told his Infowars listeners that he has no assets other than money he can make from selling nutritional supplements and broadcasting. https://t.co/8mJ7H5YmGC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 8, 2024
Severe weather is shifting into eastern Colorado and Kansas on Saturday, with threats of large hail and damaging winds — and a possible isolated tornado. Meanwhile, record heat will begin to wind down in the western U.S. but will continue in Florida. https://t.co/ThvwcVVfYq
— ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2024
