News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
JUST IN: President Donald Trump says he’s issuing 25% tariffs against Colombia after two repatriation flights of undocumented migrants were not allowed to land in the country.
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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President Donald Trump said Saturday he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting to “just clean out” the war-torn area.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Israel’s military Saturday set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon, a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from the area under an agreement that halted its war with the Hezbollah militant group.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.bsky.social) January 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Russia is trying to clean up the country’s largest oil spill in years after aging tankers were damaged during a storm last month, spewing what officials said was at least 2,400 metric tons of oil into the sea.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website.
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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ICE said in a statement that federal agencies have started immigration enforcement operations in Chicago, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up arrests and deportations.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Greeted with loud cheers, Elon Musk virtually delivered a short speech Saturday at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, where he urged the crowd to not be ashamed of their country’s history.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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“This is the most politically saturated security action since the Oppenheimer case in the 1950s,” Dan Meyer, a Washington-based lawyer who specializes in security clearance cases, says.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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House Republicans are trying to resolve disagreements on funding Donald Trump’s tax cuts as hardline conservatives seek to reduce the nearly $2 trillion annual federal deficit reut.rs/3PV6108
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Prosecutors indicted impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law last December reut.rs/4hrEFuv
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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NPR EXCLUSIVE: The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Exclusive: Rent spiked by 20 percent in Los Angeles County after wildfires ravaged the area, according to a Washington Post analysis of listings data from RentCast, a property analytics service, raising alarms of price gouging in the midst of a housing crisis.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) January 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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