News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
— NPR (@npr.org) April 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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A video has emerged showing the final moments of more than a dozen Palestinian emergency workers shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza last month, casting doubt on Israeli claims that soldiers opened fire on vehicles "advancing suspiciously."
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A U.S. citizen awaiting trial in Moscow has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital, Russian state media reported Sunday. https://cbsn.ws/3RDHzRU
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) April 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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BREAKING: A second child has died from a measles-related illness in a growing Texas outbreak, a hospital spokesman says.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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A federal judge in Maryland said the Trump administration committed a “grievous error” that “shocks the conscience” by inadvertently deporting a Salvadoran migrant to a notorious prison last month and then declaring there was little it could do to bring him back.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The Justice Department suspended a veteran lawyer after he said in court that officials mistakenly deported a man to prison in his home country of El Salvador and conceded that he did not know the legal basis for the expulsion.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) April 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the African nation’s government of “taking advantage of the United States.”
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) April 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Around a thousand protesters marched outside White House border czar Tom Homan’s home in a small New York village, calling for the release of three children and their mother who were detained by immigration agents at a nearby dairy farm late last month.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is expected to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security in the coming days, seeking potentially major cuts to personnel across its agencies, including the US Secret Service, multiple sources tell CNN. cnn.it/3E6elrU
— CNN (@cnn.com) April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Jaguar Land Rover will pause shipments of its Britain-made cars to the United States for a month, it says, as it considers how to mitigate the cost of President Trump’s 25% tariff.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Lesotho's foreign minister told Reuters last month the country, which has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, was already feeling the impact of Trump's aid cuts. Now, it's been hit with Trump's highest tariff reut.rs/4joDEVb
— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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At least 16 people were confirmed dead early Sunday, as a storm system sweeping parts of the South and Midwest brought tornado and flash flood warnings overnight. The storm is set up for more severe weather in days to come. https://cbsn.ws/4clcnAt
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) April 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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