News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
— CNN (@cnn.com) Feb 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) February 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Elon Musk told federal workers Monday evening that they had “another chance” to justify their work or lose their jobs.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) February 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Twenty-one federal workers have resigned in protest over DOGE efforts. The technology staffers were part of the US Digital Service, which later became DOGE.
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The U.S. broke with European allies and voted alongside Russia on Monday to try to block a U.N. resolution condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine. Regardless, the resolution passed with 93 votes. The U.S. had supported a competing resolution that did not hold Russia accountable for the conflict.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) February 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that a group of European leaders will head to London this coming Sunday to discuss joint plans on defense and security.
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Conservatives threaten to tank House budget vote needed to advance Trump agenda www.nbcnews.com/politics/con…
— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) February 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Arizona’s legislature is set to vote on legislation to pay police $2,500 for every illegal immigrant they help deport, marking it the latest US state to consider bounties to support President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies reut.rs/4bdszmI
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) February 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to make a closing statement in a Constitutional Court trial reviewing his impeachment, as public hearings wrap up and his political fate is placed in the hands of eight judges reut.rs/3Qzsn7Q
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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BREAKING: Supreme Court orders new trial for an Oklahoma death row inmate whose conviction was called into question by the state’s attorney general
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Rudy Giuliani has “fully satisfied” a judgment against him after defaming two former Georgia election workers by falsely accusing them of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential contest, according to a federal court filing Monday.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw said he’d kill Tucker Carlson if he ever met him, in an apparent hot mic moment captured yesterday.
— Axios (@axios.com) February 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Eleven days after Pope Francis was hospitalized, Vatican City is an anxious place. As speculation mounts, several thousand took part in a rosary prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Monday evening for the pope’s health. nyti.ms/4bdfxpr
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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