News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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European leaders hold an emergency working meeting in Paris to align their position after the Trump administration said Europe would be excluded from talks with Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed frustration at the discussion around sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine shortly after leaving a crucial meeting with European leaders today.
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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After meetings in Israel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia to push President Trump's plan for Gaza and to meet with Russian counterparts on steps to ending the war in Ukraine.
— NPR (@npr.org) February 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Families of some Israeli hostages in Gaza have received signs of life from their loved ones for the first time in more than a year via captives who have been freed over the past weeks in the ceasefire deal with Hamas www.reuters.com/world/middle…
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union. cnn.it/42Ymbxy
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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BREAKING: Crews are responding to an incident involving a Delta plane that flipped after landing at the Toronto airport.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) February 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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BREAKING: An IRS employee who is affiliated with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has accessed an IRS system that holds sensitive taxpayer information, according to a Trump administration official.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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President Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to allow him to remove the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistleblower reports.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) February 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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House Republicans are preparing to adopt a plan that puts a $4.5 trillion limit on the size of their tax cut plans. But even that will not be enough for some of President Trump’s promises.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She argued Trump's order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Exclusive: Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new Trump administration as China continues to apply military pressure on the island reut.rs/3Xti6OH
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A 27-year-old Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after arrest documents say he shot 17 times, unprovoked at another vehicle in Miami Beach because he said he saw “two Palestinians.”
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) February 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A high-pressure system is pushing Arctic air into the central U.S. this week. Much of the country will experience plunging temperatures, while states such as Kansas and Missouri could see heavy snow.
— NPR (@npr.org) February 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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