News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Billionaire Elon Musk handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's top court in a closely watched election reut.rs/41T85Nk
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Venezuelan men wearing Michael Jordan jerseys and sporting tattoos have been unfairly branded as "alien enemy" gang members worthy of deportation, according to lawyers challenging the Trump administration
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) March 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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NEW: The Israeli military will expand its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks, a senior Israeli official said in a briefing with reporters.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Trump continued his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy but turned the tables and also criticized Russia's Vladimir Putin as he pressed for a Ukraine war ceasefire.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Trump is now planning a splashy 'Liberation Day' announcement. What he'll say is still up in the air
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Goldman Sachs expects aggressive duties from the White House to raise inflation and unemployment and drag economic growth to a near-standstill.
— CNBC (@cnbc.com) March 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting DOGE gained access over the weekend to a payroll system that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across dozens of agencies, despite security concerns raised by IT officials, according to two people familiar with the matter.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) March 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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BREAKING: The Trump administration will review Harvard University’s federal contracts and grants as part of an investigation into alleged antisemitism
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) March 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The White House Correspondents' Association says the Trump administration should abandon its "wrong-headed effort" to take control of the press briefing room seating chart. In a memo to its nearly 900 members, the association charged the White House with trying to "exert pressure" on journalists
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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NEW: Three of the four U.S. soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week were found dead today, with the search for the fourth solider ongoing, the U.S. Army said.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand reut.rs/4laaGKf
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 31, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000 as Thailand building collapse prompts probe.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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A vegetation fire erupted in central California over the weekend, quickly spreading to 1,000 acres and prompting evacuations in multiple counties.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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