News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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President Donald Trump's administration responded to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants as the judge considers whether officials violated his order temporarily blocking the expulsions reut.rs/4bM4Hae
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Hamas fires its first missiles at Israel since a ceasefire collapsed earlier this week as new Israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of people
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Sen. Schumer defended voting with the GOP to pass the government funding bill, saying a "shutdown had to be avoided." "They could furlough employees forever and just have the federal government shrink to half its size en masse," he said. "That would have been the worst, worst, worst alternative."
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) March 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low, according to the Labor Department. It’s not clear when job cuts ordered by DOGE will show up in the weekly layoffs report, though economists don’t expect an impact until March.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) March 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and used search terms like "gay," which led to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
— NPR (@npr.org) March 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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BREAKING: An American detained for more than two years by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to begin dismantling the Department of Education, two administration officials say.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Trump is serious about impeaching Judge James Boasberg, who sought to block the use of an 18th century law to whisk alleged Venezuelan gang members off to prison in El Salvador. But that doesn’t mean it will happen, his deputy chief of staff told us.
— Politico (@politico.com) March 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Tesla is recalling 46,096 Cybertruck vehicles because of a cosmetic issue that could turn into a road hazard. The automaker reported that a stainless-steel exterior trim panel, otherwise known as a "cant rail," can detach and fall off the vehicle, posing a risk to other drivers.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The U.S. hit a new record low on the annual World Happiness Report.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The first day of spring 2025 is today. Here's what to know about the vernal equinox.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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