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 denies that there was a tariff “exception” for certain electronics announced Friday
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) April 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on 'wartime footing' and launched a diplomatic offensive to rally other countries against Donald Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4cs24uu
— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the tariff exemption on a wide range of electronics, including semiconductors and smartphones, will be temporary: cnn.it/3XZQRLH
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed 31 people and injured dozens more on Sunday, Ukraine’s emergency service said. The attack occurred on Palm Sunday, when many families flock to church for Mass to mark the beginning of Holy Week ahead of Easter.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) April 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to quickly evacuate after staff said they had received a warning only 20 minutes before the attack.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. buff.ly/gnFJ84m
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) April 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance. The preventable disease ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated overnight from the official governor’s residence after someone set fire to the building, police said Sunday.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) April 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the rare opportunity to retry her defamation case against The New York Times even though she lost it — twice in a 24-hour-period — in early 2022. From @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
— NPR (@npr.org) April 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River "was not equipped with any flight recorders. No onboard video recorders or camera recorders have been recovered and none of the helicopter avionics onboard recorded information that could be used for the investigation,” The NTSB says.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Pope Francis made a brief appearance in St. Peter's Square after Palm Sunday Mass, greeting the crowd from his wheelchair as he recovers from double pneumonia reut.rs/3RKTnSn
— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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White House physician Sean Barbabella releases a memo detailing the results of President Trump's annual physical on Friday, writing that the president is in "excellent health."
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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