News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz says he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.
— ABC News (@ABC) November 21, 2024
Gaetz informed Trump late Thursday morning that he’d be withdrawing, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. https://t.co/qitECCE8Vp pic.twitter.com/wP3z4h9BGI
House Dems aren't giving up on their push to release the Gaetz Ethics report, even after he withdrew from consideration to be Trump’s AG.
— POLITICO (@politico) November 21, 2024
But there are early signs that House Republicans are no longer on board. https://t.co/LHLGresoik
Documents offer the most detailed account yet of the steps police took to investigate Pete Hegseth as part of an incident that has been roiling Trump’s team since the former president announced the former Fox host was his pick to run the military.https://t.co/snUTArxNQo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 21, 2024
CBS News' @NikolenDC asked Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, on Thursday if he sexually assaulted a woman in California in 2017.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 21, 2024
The woman's accusation was detailed in an investigative report released late Wednesday. Hegseth was not charged… pic.twitter.com/9oW57djd6w
The House Oversight Committee says Republicans plan to create a subcommittee that would work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on President-elect Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency."
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) November 21, 2024
It would be chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. https://t.co/Hz9KY9Utzo
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, in remarks following a missile launch on Ukraine, said Russia has the right to use its weapons against the military facilities of countries employing their weapons against Russia. https://t.co/XN2oaNat6c
— ABC News (@ABC) November 21, 2024
Russia's central banker in charge of digital payments system resigns https://t.co/dCkSGJrMsR pic.twitter.com/KEkYV7oQJ0
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2024
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes https://t.co/tLCxS1Q90X
— CNN (@CNN) November 21, 2024
BREAKING: Brazil’s federal police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his electoral defeat in the 2022 elections. https://t.co/TRvr1495Z3
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 21, 2024
The father of the Georgia teen accused in a deadly school mass shooting pleads not guilty to charges that he shares responsibility for the killingshttps://t.co/4ZvbAx8lqw
— CNN (@CNN) November 21, 2024
BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court overturns conviction for actor Jussie Smollett.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 21, 2024
Smollett was previously sentenced for falsely reporting to police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019. He has repeatedly denied the charges. https://t.co/s7gwk4ApA7
A new potential case of bird flu in a California child without known contact with infected animals is raising concerns about a potential pandemic. https://t.co/NRUBurkxf8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 21, 2024
