News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Trump won’t recommend appointing a special prosecutor to oversee the Epstein case. Karoline Leavitt said that Trump has called for Pam Bondi, the DOJ and the FBI to “put forward” any “credible evidence” related to Epstein’s crimes.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new government plans to boost domestic arms production to meet half its military's needs within six months.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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JUST IN: Gaza mediators present updated offer, hope for ceasefire and hostage deal soon
— Axios (@axios.com) July 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, said Thursday that three people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike on the church.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Trump diagnosed with vein condition causing leg swelling, White House says reut.rs/3IyVHKY
— Reuters (@reuters.com) July 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Democrats walk out of a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to advance senior Justice Dept. official Emil Bove's nomination for a federal judgeship, alleging Republicans improperly rushed the process. "This is out of order," Sen. Cory Booker says. "This is absolutely insane. What is the rush?"
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreement obtained by the AP.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Retail sales jumped more than expected last month, with Americans spending even as tariffs started to bite cnn.it/4kOt6im
— CNN (@cnn.com) July 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television — a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. https://n.pr/44QnXjT
— NPR (@npr.org) July 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Senate Republicans bypass Trump's rebuke to salvage the FBI funding bill. The hangup was the first test of the Senate GOP’s willingness to buck Trump in the funding bills Congress needs to clear by Sept. 30 to avert a government shutdown.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Justice Department is seeking no prison time for a former officer who blindly shot into Breonna Taylor’s home during a botched 2020 raid that sparked a federal inquiry into policing in Louisville, Kentucky.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor and the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, told her former colleagues in an email that her sudden firing should “fuel the fire” of their work fighting abuses of power. cnn.it/44C7i4L
— CNN (@cnn.com) July 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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