News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Around 24.2 million people watched President Biden's press conference during the NATO Summit Thursday, nearly half the number (51.3 million) that tuned into his disastrous debate performance two weeks prior.https://t.co/OKhioiAP20
— Axios (@axios) July 12, 2024
President Biden is back on the campaign trail in battleground states as he tries to reunite the party behind him. Pressure is mounting for Biden to step aside, but the president has held firm, vowing to stay in the race. @edokeefe is traveling with the president. pic.twitter.com/F4tKj5Quvc
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) July 13, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders defends President Biden’s decision to remain the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. https://t.co/hCMv5tvmSt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 13, 2024
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 71 people were killed in an Israeli attack Saturday in the south of the war-stricken enclave. @HollyMAWilliams has the latest. pic.twitter.com/ME4CX4LwQD
— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) July 13, 2024
Shelling kills 3 in Ukraine as a drone attack sparks fire at an oil depot in Russia https://t.co/2gPoq0diQq
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 13, 2024
Special Counsel Jack Smith presses Judge Cannon to leave Justice Thomas’s opinion on special counsels out of former President Trump's case https://t.co/bQUvF5xNKl
— The Hill (@thehill) July 13, 2024
Meta says it's lifting restrictions placed on former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts ahead of the Republican National Convention next week https://t.co/ybqvd4kB4d
— CNN (@CNN) July 12, 2024
Iran’s newly elected president says his government will create "balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but has stressed to the U.S. that his country “will not respond to pressure.” https://t.co/Eh9gFF9kkf
— ABC News (@ABC) July 13, 2024
The unusual legal risk Trump will have to navigate at the RNC https://t.co/xmze55R5eF
— POLITICO (@politico) July 13, 2024
Colorado has reported three presumptive cases of H5 bird flu virus infection in poultry workers, the CDC says. https://t.co/HBwkzUG3nX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 13, 2024
More than a million electrical customers in Houston remained without power amid sweltering weather and most won't have their power restored until the end of the weekend, a full week after Hurricane Beryl swept in and damaged the energy grid, officials say. https://t.co/VNne9ekpG0 pic.twitter.com/2IxYtZ5yqw
— ABC News (@ABC) July 13, 2024
New York City officials deployed a fleet of drones along the beaches this summer, describing them as a high-tech way to scan for sharks or swimmers in distress. But shorebirds are attacking the drones, which they view as threats to their nests. https://t.co/MVhb1g41ES
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2024
