News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Trump used a press conference at the NATO summit to expand on his insistence that U.S. strikes heavily damaged Iran's nuclear operation, despite a preliminary U.S. intelligence report that said it was a more limited impact.
— NPR (@npr.org) June 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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President Trump compared U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to Hiroshima and Nagasaki during an appearance at the NATO summit.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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With the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran holding, President Trump says the U.S. will meet with Iran next week, but gave few details.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The Pentagon has launched a criminal investigation into the leak of a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report assessing that damage to Iranian nuclear facilities from US airstrikes didn’t significantly set back Tehran’s nuclear program. #NATOsummit #POLITICOnato
— Politico (@politico.com) June 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio today threw cold water on European calls for more sanctions on Russia. That came as a surprise to the foreign ministers Rubio met the night before the #NATOsummit.
— Politico (@politico.com) June 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Top Justice Department official Emil Bove, who has been nominated for the federal appeals bench, testified before the Senate Wednesday that he never told department attorneys to ignore court orders, denying the account of a whistleblower. https://cbsn.ws/40iu3I3
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the US and then make them immediately deportable, according to two sources familiar with the matter. cnn.it/4ehDs8C
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The Trump administration is preparing to test a 1974 budget law by refusing to spend congressionally mandated funds, senior federal officials say — an escalation that could change the balance of power between Congress and the White House.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) June 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Democratic voters rejected a scandal-plagued icon of the party’s past, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Instead, they backed a 33-year-old democratic socialist who energized young voters and progressives.
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet for the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel and named eight new members, half of whom have advocated against vaccines.
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) June 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Some former employees of the NOAA who were fired, rehired and fired again this spring say they have received debt notices from the federal government to pay it back for health care coverage. Those workers also say the notices are for coverage they never had.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A record-smashing heat wave broiled the U.S. East for another day Wednesday, even as thermometers were forecast to soon plunge by as many as 30 degrees in the same areas.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) June 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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