News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to let him go forward with plans to end birthright citizenship, using a fringe theory rejected by several courts.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but the terms need to be worked out.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered multiple government agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Treasury and the USDA, to offer fired probationary federal workers their jobs back
— Axios (@axios.com) March 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
— NPR (@npr.org) March 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Ronald Johnson, Trump's pick for Mexican ambassador, said during a confirmation hearing that U.S. military strikes on cartels — even without Mexico's knowledge — are an option.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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BREAKING: The Trump administration and DOGE are proposing cutting the IRS workforce by nearly 20% starting a month after Tax Day
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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An hours-long outage Wednesday on , the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education, as President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the agency.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Exclusive: Trump family representatives have held talks to invest in Binance's U.S. arm, as the crypto exchange's founder seeks a pardon for his 2023 conviction.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) March 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The top spokeswoman for the Office of Personnel Management — the agency driving the layoffs of thousands of federal workers — filmed videos of herself modeling clothes in her office. Former agency officials and ethics watchdogs say the timing and content of the videos were unlawful and tone-deaf.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Columbine shooting survivor's 2025 death classified as homicide, partly attributed to wounds from massacre, coroner says.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Pope Francis marks the 12th anniversary of his papacy with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalization for double pneumonia.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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