News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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"At long last, the Assad regime has fallen."
— ABC News (@ABC) December 8, 2024
Pres. Biden gives an update on the situation in Syria after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. https://t.co/0wauqSER4k pic.twitter.com/qQ0o4H8z1K
JUST IN: Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow and has been granted asylum, Russian state media says. Follow live updates: cnn.it/3Vt2UQz
— CNN (@cnn.com) December 8, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Israel captures Syrian territory after Assad regime collapse https://t.co/2zLqz6SMyk
— Axios (@axios) December 8, 2024
The week-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon appears to be holding — but the situation in Gaza remains dire.
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 8, 2024
CBS News cameras caught a massive Israeli strike as it ripped through a tented camp that was a designated humanitarian safe zone. Israel says it was… pic.twitter.com/3p3YszUkl2
President-elect Donald Trump plans to act on the "first day" of his presidency on the cases of some Jan. 6 defendants and said he believes the House members on the select Jan. 6 committee who investigated the 2021 Capitol riot "should go to jail." https://t.co/zVDfvnoodC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 8, 2024
Adam Kinzinger: I'm not afraid of Trump's jail threats https://t.co/xS7ZSGOplF
— POLITICO (@politico) December 8, 2024
President-elect Trump says he “probably” will not restrict the availability of medication abortions during his second term in the White House. nbcnews.to/41q93kb
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) December 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Trump says he will end birthright citizenship https://t.co/RBve9KuPHa
— POLITICO (@politico) December 8, 2024
South Korea prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week's martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defense minister was arrested reut.rs/3Bkjdbq
— Reuters (@reuters.com) December 8, 2024 at 6:01 AM
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The NYPD has released two new images of the man it believes fatally shot the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, including one showing him in the back seat of a taxi on the day of the shooting.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) December 8, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Fury, anger and resentment toward the health care industry have exploded in the public rhetoric in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing, with one activist saying that "volcanic" eruption of emotion has been boiling up for years. https://t.co/ToMvAgFq32
— ABC News (@ABC) December 8, 2024
Markwayne Mullin pushes back on Pete Hegseth having issue with drinking: "If he did have a drinking problem, that would be obvious" https://t.co/7CQj1wOC0Y
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2024
