News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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US Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an 'unprecedented criminal effort' to hold on to power after losing the 2020 election, but was thwarted in bringing the case to trial by the president-elect's 2024 election victory reut.rs/4hefOKm 1/9
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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The Palisades Fire remains at 23,713 acres and is 17% contained, Cal Fire says. The Eaton Fire is at 14,117 acres and 35% contained. The Hurst Fire is at 799 acres and is 97% contained. The Auto Fire has burned through 56 acres and is 0% contained.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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WILDFIRE LATEST: The super scooper firefighting plane that was damaged by a drone last week has been repaired and will be available to respond to fires as of 11 a.m. local time Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. https://t.co/dEnSCAUmBQ
— ABC News (@ABC) January 14, 2025
Lawsuits allege the Eaton Fire was sparked by a SoCal Edison transmission tower. The company says they have not had a chance to inspect the scene yet. The ATF has only just begun the federal investigation into the fire's cause.
— NPR (@npr.org) January 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Israel and Hamas have agreed in principle to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, sources say. https://t.co/PknpyK8Etx
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 14, 2025
Moscow says that Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 146 drones into Russia in an attack that it says will not go unanswered.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) January 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Slovakia’s opposition parties plan to call a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government due to his pro-Moscow leanings, they announced in a press conference today.
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Sen. Tim Kaine presses Defense nominee Pete Hegseth on allegations of infidelity: "You have admitted that you had sex while you were married to wife two after you had just had fathered a child by wife three." https://t.co/EbC4BkkzSD pic.twitter.com/5wC7QQznM9
— ABC News (@ABC) January 14, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump says he'll create "External Revenue Service" to collect tariffs, duties and all other foreign revenue. https://t.co/ybsfUXUHyo
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 14, 2025
With 30 miles of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to process hundreds of thousands of spectators, Washington is braced for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week reut.rs/3PzE3qU
— Reuters (@reuters.com) January 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend Donald Trump's inauguration next week, her office said, without providing an explanation for her decision. cnn.it/40f2sH8
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Johnson announces flags will fly full-staff during Trump’s inauguration https://t.co/HGBOz7gGDi
— POLITICO (@politico) January 14, 2025
The Christmas Eve stowaway who boarded a Delta flight from Seattle to Hawaii slipped past both a TSA ID check and a gate agent with no ticket, public records show
— CNN (@cnn.com) January 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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