News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claims that the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities had no major effect
— Axios (@axios.com) June 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Thursday he had a "suspicion" that the leak of an initial intelligence report on the Iran strikes came from Congress, following reports that the Trump administration might now be holding back intelligence information from Congress.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Lavrov says NATO spending increase won't significantly affect Russia's security reut.rs/4eidemm
— Reuters (@reuters.com) June 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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BREAKING: A key Medicaid provision in Trump's tax cut and spending bill is found to violate Senate rules.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The White House is not budging on its July 4 deadline for the megabill.
— Politico (@politico.com) June 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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US economy shrank much faster in the first quarter than previously reported as consumers reined in their spending
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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BREAKING: Prosecutors tell a judge that the U.S. plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country other than El Salvador after his release from a Tennessee jail.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court orders the government to release Asian migrants deported by the Trump administration who have been held in a temporary shelter in the south of the Central American country since February.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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The State Department may begin laying off hundreds of Washington, D.C.,-based employees as soon as this Friday, according to internal correspondence among staff that was shared with CBS News.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The man who used a "makeshift flamethrower" on demonstrators marching in Boulder, Colorado in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas is charged with 12 federal hate crimes.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Retired US Supreme Court Justice Kennedy warns 'freedom is at risk' reut.rs/4kcOz4i
— Reuters (@reuters.com) June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The American Meteor Society has received numerous reports of a fireball over the US Southeast on Thursday afternoon, according to reports from around the region posted on their website. cnn.it/3TJ0hsl
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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