News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the latest strike on a boat near Venezuela that he says was trafficking drugs. The strike comes after President Donald Trump declared the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Thune doubles down against Democratic shutdown demands: “There is nothing to negotiate.”
— Politico (@politico.com) October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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BREAKING: President Trump says he’s issuing a Sunday evening deadline for Hamas to agree to a U.S. peace proposal, backed by the Israeli government, to end the war in Gaza.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Russian President Putin warns the U.S. that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Multiple law enforcement agencies are seemingly in a standoff with dozens of protesters outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was spotted today. https://cnn.it/4o2aOvN
— CNN (@cnn.com) October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Apple says it is removing an app that allows users to share information about sightings of ICE agents, which the head of the agency had criticized.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case that could allow more guns on private property. https://cnn.it/4nXXXe7
— CNN (@cnn.com) October 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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It’s the first Friday of the month, and economists are missing the monthly jobs report because of the government shutdown.
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) October 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.
— NPR (@npr.org) October 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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More unidentified drones were spotted in Europe on Thursday night, disrupting flight services at Germany’s second largest airport, in Munich.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A statue depicting President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein reappears on the National Mall amid the government shutdown.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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