News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking where Donald Trump held his Jan. 6 rally, said he had tried to keep Americans “divided and afraid” of one another. “That is not who we are,” she added.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 30, 2024
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"America, for too long, we have been consumed with too much division, chaos and mutual distrust,” Vice Pres. Harris says at the Ellipse one week from Election Day.
— ABC News (@ABC) October 30, 2024
“And it can be easy then to forget a simple truth: it doesn’t have to be this way.” https://t.co/gbcZ3qtuO4 pic.twitter.com/eHxbITziAC
Senior White House officials will travel to Israel on Thursday, a U.S. official and a source briefed on the matter tell @NBCNews.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 30, 2024
They are expected to meet with PM Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of a deal to end the fighting in Lebanon. https://t.co/Bi7kQRy2gf
Israel's Iron Beam laser defense against air threats to be deployed in 2025 https://t.co/vWgFVnOOjP
— Axios (@axios) October 30, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has blasted the White House for leaking its secret missile plan to The New York Times.https://t.co/lRaX6y6oqq
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) October 30, 2024
Georgia has launched a probe into the alleged "falsification" of its parliamentary elections after the pro-Western opposition said the vote was "stolen." https://t.co/194s8nruVd
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 30, 2024
White House press sec. Jean-Pierre says Pres. Biden was not calling former Pres. Trump supporters "garbage," insists the president was directing comments to comedian who used "hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico" at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. https://t.co/1SdB0unbSZ pic.twitter.com/hIALOBTzsR
— ABC News (@ABC) October 30, 2024
White House press sec. Jean-Pierre says Pres. Biden was not calling former Pres. Trump supporters "garbage," insists the president was directing comments to comedian who used "hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico" at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. https://t.co/1SdB0unbSZ pic.twitter.com/hIALOBTzsR
— ABC News (@ABC) October 30, 2024
Elon Musk appeared to acknowledge that his pledge to help Donald Trump slash federal spending could unleash severe, short-term economic turmoil, underscoring the fiscal stakes as voters weigh whether to send the Republican back to the White House. https://t.co/Ur2clfnidO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 29, 2024
A divided Supreme Court allows Virginia to implement a Republican program aimed at removing suspected noncitizens from voter registration rollshttps://t.co/YwPQ5OhgCK
— CNN (@CNN) October 30, 2024
Donald Trump and his allies are seizing on routine election processes as signs of fraud in Pennsylvania, amplifying allegations, videos and litigation around purported voting irregularities that have drawn pushback from local officials. https://t.co/7dOd33buRd
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 30, 2024
At least 51 people have died in flash floods in southeast Spain, rescuers sayhttps://t.co/Z4v9pBA5Xf
— CNN (@CNN) October 30, 2024
