News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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UPDATE: Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who immigration officials say was deported by error, in El Salvador on Thursday. https://cbsn.ws/444kqzL
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) April 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Court rejects Trump bid to end Venezuelan migrants' legal status reut.rs/3RTKDJQ
— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Hamas has rejected the Israeli ceasefire offer presented earlier this week, according to a senior Hamas official, instead calling for a “comprehensive” proposal to end the war.
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Breaking News: The U.S. will abandon efforts to end the Ukraine war without meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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JUST IN: The acting commissioner of the IRS is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Bessent approached President Trump to say that the head was placed into the agency without his knowledge and at Elon Musk’s direction, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge says she'll pause the Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says reut.rs/3EB0lq8
— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A federal grand jury has indicted Luigi Mangione on four charges in the December ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in New York City.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The suspect in the Florida State University shooting that left two people dead and injured at least six others is the son of a longtime sheriff’s deputy who allegedly opened fire with his mother’s former service weapon. Here's what to know.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) April 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Police in Idaho released bodycam footage Thursday showing officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding, intellectually disabled teenage boy from the other side of a chain link fence, confirming that they made no effort to de-escalate the situation before opening fire.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) April 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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BREAKING: The Wisconsin governor can lock in a school funding increase for 400 years using his veto power, the state Supreme Court ruled.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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When a new comet appears in the sky, there is often excitement. But things don’t always end well for the ancient celestial objects, made of ice, frozen gases and rock, as they near the sun — and an untimely demise appears to hold true for Comet C/2025 F2. Read more: cnn.it/42lJu3Y
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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