News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Five years after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the city is still reckoning with the calls for police reform that followed. https://cbsn.ws/4dAPIRx
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) May 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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US "silence" encouraging Putin, says Zelensky, after Russia launches record air assault: cnn.it/4mBeFAo
— CNN (@cnn.com) May 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Russia and Ukraine completed the exchange of 1,000 prisoners each, the largest such swap since the war began reut.rs/44O5l5D
— Reuters (@reuters.com) May 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including a mother and her two children sheltering in a tent, local health officials said Sunday
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) May 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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The new Syrian government has agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the war-ravaged country, the U.S. special envoy to Syria said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties between the two countries. https://cbsn.ws/4dwBxNj
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) May 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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U.S. citizen arrested after he allegedly planned to bomb office of U.S. Embassy in Israel
— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) May 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The Pentagon restrictions on media covering the military follow a series of moves by the Trump administration to curtail press access. The changes overhaul historic access for the press.
— NPR (@npr.org) May 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The firing of FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton was widely seen as punishment for congressional testimony where he told lawmakers he did not support the dismantling of the agency, but sources told Reuters that Trump's allies already wanted him out reut.rs/4mrdh2Z
— Reuters (@reuters.com) May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the home countries of some of Harvard's international students are "not at all friendly to the United States" and "pay NOTHING toward their student's education."
— NPR (@npr.org) May 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The U.S. Department of Treasury made its final order of blank pennies this month as its moves to end production of the one-cent coin.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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PBS is broadcasting the 36th annual National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C., this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. The concert features musical performances, documentary footage and stories in tribute to American veterans, servicemen and women and military families.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) May 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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