News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING:Mexico's president says tariffs will be delayed for one month. Claudia Sheinbaum posted she had a "good conversation" with President Trump. He will delay implementing tariffs on Mexico for a month after Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to the U.S. border to prevent drug trafficking.
— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) February 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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New: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that new US tariffs would be paused 30 days after a call with President Donald Trump
— Bloomberg (@bloomberg.com) February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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NEW: Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz says he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Trump’s nominees for the State Department, in protest of Elon Musk and Trump’s move to shut down USAID.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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JUST IN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is acting USAID administrator as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump work to dismantle the longtime international aid agency
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is being gutted by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation in a shocking operation that launched over the weekend. “We are terrified,” said one USAID employee, who was granted anonymity for fear of retribution.
— The Hill (@thehill.com) February 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
— CNN (@cnn.com) February 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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US President Donald Trump said, without citing evidence, that ‘certain classes of people’ in South Africa were being treated ‘very badly’ and that he would cut off funding for the country until the matter is investigated reut.rs/4hCbsNx
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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A bomb tore through the lobby of a luxury apartment block in Moscow on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring four others in an attack targeting a pro-Russian paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine, the state TASS news agency reported.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since President Trump's return to office, in a crucial meeting for the future of the Middle East.
— NPR (@npr.org) February 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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FBI officials sent out a questionnaire over the weekend to determine the involvement of thousands of FBI personnel in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple people who reviewed the document.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) February 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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The top agent at the FBI’s New York field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to "dig in" after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders for defending its independence.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the US Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and said it may purchase TikTok reut.rs/4jKtpLw
— Reuters (@reuters.com) February 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Crews using a crane lifted the first pieces of wreckage from the downed American Airlines regional jet from the Potomac River on Monday morning as rescue workers sought to recover the last of the 67 bodies from the crash site near Ronald Reagan National Airport. wapo.st/3WMfSt4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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