News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: Israel launched a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, targeting a Hezbollah chief that it blamed for a deadly attack in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights https://t.co/nX73W1ulwi
— CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2024
Ultra-right-wing Israeli nationalists stormed two military facilities late Monday, protesting the detention and questioning of nine Israel Defense Forces reservists suspected of raping and abusing a Palestinian prisoner. https://t.co/OSb3EE0pm0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 30, 2024
Acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe suggested local law enforcement was to blame for a shooter getting access to a building where he tried to assassinate Trump.
— POLITICO (@politico) July 30, 2024
“We were told that building was going to be covered," he told a Senate hearing today. pic.twitter.com/XPYfSj0MbJ
Demonstrators in Coro, Venezuela, tore down a statue of the late President Hugo Chavez, President Nicolas Maduro's mentor, as part of protests over his claimed victory in the election. pic.twitter.com/neyrAKHp6B
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 30, 2024
The Harris campaign says it's spending $50 million on paid media ahead of the DNC, marking its first major ad buy since Biden exited the race. https://t.co/6Xz5vKK8OL
— Axios (@axios) July 30, 2024
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper pulled out of Vice President Kamala Harris' shortlist for a running mate in the 2024 election, he confirmed on X Monday.https://t.co/kw1KrH3G4a
— Axios (@axios) July 30, 2024
Breaking: Paul Dans, who directed the Heritage Foundation’s controversial Project 2025, is stepping down from his role in August.
— POLITICO (@politico) July 30, 2024
🔗 https://t.co/TimNjRiZqD pic.twitter.com/Qew1ENpgH5
In a podcast from 2020, JD Vance said those without kids — especially in America's leadership class — were "more sociopathic" than those with kids and made the country "less mentally stable." https://t.co/mLUpc56j7g pic.twitter.com/qZAXHr3yBf
— ABC News (@ABC) July 30, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers. https://t.co/lUs7PJws30
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 30, 2024
Delta Air Lines has reportedly hired a prominent law firm to help seek damages against Microsoft and CrowdStrike following the global tech outages that prompted thousands of canceled flights earlier this month. https://t.co/qrvTwjzg9H
— ABC News (@ABC) July 30, 2024
The Senate is poised to pass a pair of bills that represent the most significant congressional action in decades to regulate social media’s impact on children and teens. https://t.co/9X3eSnhERw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 30, 2024
Simone Biles clinched a gold medal for the US in women's team gymnastics at the Olympics. She's now the most decorated American gymnast of all time. https://t.co/dYa8wttu7U pic.twitter.com/FTRVWjpbRN
— CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2024
“You know, I’m a goofy guy with the glasses on, but as soon as I take them off I’m locked in. I’m ready to go," gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik — now an Olympic medalist — said about fans comparing him to Clark Kent. https://t.co/8cxLP32gJp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 30, 2024
