News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A lawyer for former President Trump “offered no explanation as to why boxes of government records” were being kept at Mar-a-Lago, according to the DOJ.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2022
But Trump invoked something that advisers say rarely comes up: his library. https://t.co/KavUq2xPPw
Lindsey Graham defends predicting riots over Trump: “What I tried to do was state the obvious”https://t.co/kr1bDulene
— Axios (@axios) September 4, 2022
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Sunday that he would like to see former Vice President Mike Pence, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and conservative activist Ginni Thomas appear voluntarily before the Jan. 6 panel. https://t.co/gUWMK5EBFS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 4, 2022
“Where Russia cannot do it by force of conventional weapons, it does so by force of energy weapons,” President Zelenskyy says.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2022
“Russia is preparing for a decisive energy attack on all Europeans.” https://t.co/tJQBSDKMUa
US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will retire. The top US diplomat oversaw the embassy as it faced increasing restrictions imposed by Moscow. https://t.co/iVJlgP4vMn
— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2022
The campaign arm of Senate Republicans collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95% of it. Here's how the GOP group entered August with less than half of what the Senate Democratic committee had ahead of the final phase of the midterms. https://t.co/kLseE3Zp6n
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 4, 2022
Six days after a major failure at a water treatment plant, it is still too soon to say when all Jackson residents will have safe, running drinking water, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. https://t.co/xREhqQE5uA
— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2022
Former acting CDC director Dr. Richard Besser tells @MarthaRaddatz that Americans should get a flu shot in addition to a COVID-19 booster before the fall and winter.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 4, 2022
“I do expect it will be a severe flu season.” https://t.co/rqyCC2aX6e pic.twitter.com/o5qIuP1pbU
Mass shootings in Virginia and South Carolina leave at least 2 dead, 10 injuredhttps://t.co/VEr7Je4w76
— Axios (@axios) September 4, 2022
In the wake of tragedy, the reunion is "a ray of sunshine in the darkness." https://t.co/hqj0eFiicT
— ABC News (@ABC) September 4, 2022
Former President Barack Obama won the Best Narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, "Our Great National Parks." https://t.co/KkAC0wo2ol
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 4, 2022
