News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Matt Gaetz says he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.
— ABC News (@ABC) November 22, 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump has named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his pick to serve as the next US attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration earlier in the day. https://t.co/VbouocgTaT pic.twitter.com/lBGVLNGFNl
— CNN (@CNN) November 22, 2024
Once called “America’s Doctor,” Donald Trump’s pick to head Medicare is now more known for dubious promotion of supplements and hormones unsupported by scientific evidence. https://t.co/1bjMuCWhEz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 22, 2024
The Kremlin says its attack using a new ballistic missile was a warning to Ukraine's "reckless" Western allies, the culmination of a week of escalating threats from President Vladimir Putin. https://t.co/vBP26wLkro
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 22, 2024
Four Italian soldiers were lightly wounded amid clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. https://t.co/1tpI51KEAk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 22, 2024
Hungary's Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu https://t.co/jjQbBZeiL7
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 22, 2024
A New York judge on Friday postponed President-elect Trump’s sentencing in his Manhattan criminal case, confirming that Trump would not receive his punishment next week. So far, the judge has not ruled on whether to freeze the case or dismiss it.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) November 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Texas' school board has voted in favor of a proposed public elementary school curriculum that incorporates stories from the Bible https://t.co/SKQYNlvVcH
— CNN (@CNN) November 22, 2024
The Supreme Court dismissed Facebook's appeal of a lower court order reviving a shareholder lawsuit in light of consulting firm Cambridge Analytica's 2015 misuse of millions of Facebook users' data.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 22, 2024
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Rental home investors poised to benefit as mortgage rates, high home prices sideline buyers in 2025 https://t.co/bKyPZbEra6
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 22, 2024
A typical Thanksgiving dinner for 10 will cost about $58 this year, a new report finds — down around 5% from last year but up nearly 20% in unadjusted dollars from 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/OvcN9J68Tx pic.twitter.com/y3wpx5zKSn
— Axios (@axios) November 22, 2024
After knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in Washington state, killing two people, a powerful storm system is funneling a firehose of rain into Northern California, flooding homes and fields, and swamping roads.@mattgutmanabc reports from Sonoma County, California. pic.twitter.com/k2s3PRVQAd
— ABC News (@ABC) November 22, 2024