News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote for the legislation, which now has to pass the House, where many members have balked at the Senate’s changes. Trump has ordered lawmakers to have the bill on his desk by Friday. wapo.st/4esoFbg
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) July 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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After voting in favor of the GOP domestic policy bill, Sen. Lisa Murkowski tells NBC News she still has issues with it. "Do I like this bill? No. But I tried to take care of Alaska’s interests."
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Israel's military said Tuesday that it had expanded its operations in Gaza, where residents reported fierce gunfire and shelling days ahead of a planned trip to Washington by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Homeland Security Secretary Noem threatened legal action against CNN for reporting on an app that helps users track the activities of ICE agents — the latest broadside from an administration which has routinely looked to exert pressure on media outlets.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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DeSantis and Trump reunite at 'Alligator Alcatraz': The president came to Florida to tour a pop-up tent and trailer immigration detention center that’s expected to house thousands of detainees in the middle of the Everglades.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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JUST IN: Trump threatens to arrest Zohran Mamdani if he doesn't cooperate with ICE
— Axios (@axios.com) July 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years.
— CNN (@cnn.com) July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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President Trump responds to Elon Musk's criticism of his "big, beautiful bill," saying DOGE "might have to go back and eat" Musk.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Tesla shares dipped Tuesday following a renewed spat between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Trump over the massive spending bill currently up for a final vote in the Senate.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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The Associated Press spoke with lawyers and law enforcement officials in criminal cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who said they hadn’t seen and didn’t know of a trove of recordings like what Attorney General Pam Bondi described.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty in the slayings of 4 University of Idaho students — Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves – in Nov. 2022, according to a letter prosecutors sent the victims’ families. https://cbsn.ws/4lxViGQ
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 2 cyclone Tuesday morning off the Pacific coast of Mexico, forecasters said.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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