News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell offers to testify to Congress if major conditions are met. A House committee rejected the idea of immunity cnn.it/3U3zZS0
— CNN (@cnn.com) July 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The "missing minute" from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Trump elaborates on Mar-a-Lago spa workers he accused Epstein of poaching, including Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide this year: "He stole her"
— Axios (@axios.com) July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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President Trump on Tuesday set a 10-day deadline for Russia to reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, or else it risks secondary sanctions, which would mean the Kremlin would have to make a deal with Ukraine by Friday, Aug. 8.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) July 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A Russian strike on a correctional facility in southern Ukraine killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more on Monday night, Ukrainian officials said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack on a Ukrainian prison since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than three years ago.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) July 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Two prominent Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such accusations against Israel during nearly 22 months of war.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The U.K. is going to recognize Palestinian statehood in September — unless Israel backs off in Gaza.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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US-China trade talks end without a new deal. They now have two weeks to extend a deadline or resume historically high tariffs on each other's imports. cnn.it/40HgBOt
— CNN (@cnn.com) July 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A gunman opened fire Monday in a Midtown Manhattan tower that has offices of the NFL and the investment firm Blackstone, fatally shooting four people and critically wounding another before killing himself. Follow live updates.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) July 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) July 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
— Politico (@politico.com) July 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Extreme heat will continue across much of the southern Plains to New England on Tuesday, with more than 150 million people under heat alerts.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) July 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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