News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigations into the retention of national defense information at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and parts of the January 6, 2021, insurrection https://t.co/nQc8skpC9u
— CNN (@CNN) November 18, 2022
Here’s what we know about Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed by AG Garland to investigate former President Trump. https://t.co/8dCslmIMiN
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2022
NEW: Twitter CEO Elon Musk says no decision has been made on bringing back former President Trump's account, but Musk says three other high-profile accounts, that have previously been suspended for breaking the service's rules, have been brought back. https://t.co/mENyOEe0gj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2022
JUST IN: Democrat Adam Frisch concedes to Republican Lauren Boebert in close US House race in Colorado's 3rd District https://t.co/1ReowavRx9
— CNN (@CNN) November 18, 2022
With the House Judiciary Committee's gavel and subpoena power close at hand, Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, is getting ready to launch his first investigations of the Biden administration. https://t.co/NfTRGDKKfg
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 18, 2022
House Democrats are increasingly likely to elect their troika of top leaders for the next Congress without any major confrontation, ensuring a show of unity as they enter the minorityhttps://t.co/Hdm2snkMeK
— POLITICO (@politico) November 18, 2022
A federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking the law from being enforced in higher education, calling it "positively dystopian." https://t.co/7MUnJ67bWu
— Axios (@axios) November 18, 2022
Los Angeles County is advising residents to wear masks indoors amid an increase in COVID-19 transmission. https://t.co/0YsrNbpDUG
— ABC News (@ABC) November 18, 2022
A wave of fresh protests erupted in Iran on Friday as the regime cut off internet access to multiple cities across the country.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 18, 2022
The protests were reportedly sparked by the funerals of Iranian children killed by security forces. https://t.co/pIznqkiZyb
Congress held its first hearing about establishing a non-voting delegate seat for the Cherokee Nation.
— NPR (@NPR) November 18, 2022
The historic move is the closest the federal government has gotten toward satisfying a promise it made to the Cherokee Nation nearly 200 years ago. https://t.co/xTiyn3iNzR
For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a treatment that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes. https://t.co/VpGDBuOZjy
— ABC News (@ABC) November 18, 2022
None of them had to keep dancing after tragedy hit last year at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 18, 2022
“We chose to do it because it’s the joy it brings that trumps the sorrow,” said one member of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies. https://t.co/1cXy0aYENu
