News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/41ryrEq
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Top Trump Cabinet secretaries and national security officials are holding meetings this week to discuss the administration’s next steps on Ukraine – including the prospect of suspending military aid – following the spectacular collapse of Friday’s Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zelensky.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Vladimir Putin has for years unsuccessfully tried to oust Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. Now, those efforts are being entertained by senior officials in Ukraine’s single most important backer, the United States.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Drones have made the war in Ukraine deadlier than ever, a shift that will alter how future wars are fought.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Tuesday’s speech will be a high-profile opportunity for President Donald Trump to explain his vision for the war and his approach to foreign policy.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) March 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, is voicing support for the measles vaccine amid a deadly outbreak, mainly in Texas.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Amid the tumult of mass firings, the Trump administration’s dismissal of workers who maintain America’s nuclear weapons delivered perhaps the greatest shock. These are people with highly sensitive jobs, the Energy Department would later acknowledge, who should have never been fired.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is reinstating dozens of probationary employees that the Trump administration fired last month.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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BREAKING: Man accused in 2022 July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois changes plea to guilty on the first day of his trial.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A vehicle drove into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday, killing at least one person and leaving others seriously wounded, according to police.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very low relative humidity.
— NPR (@npr.org) March 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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A fast-moving dust storm shrouded southwestern New Mexico and parts of northern Mexico in darkness Monday morning, prompting an emergency alert for drivers to “shelter in place” as officials tried to get cars off the interstate.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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