News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: The first of former Pres. Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case has been booked into custody. https://t.co/pzTKXuKOry
— ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2023
Trump has written on his social media platform he intends to surrender in the election interference case in Georgia on Thursday. https://t.co/DuJFLahcNq
— ABC News (@ABC) August 22, 2023
Two Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Moscow region and a further two drones were brought down over the Bryansk region that borders Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said https://t.co/C2fRcIwqNp pic.twitter.com/YJ2h0wNfDO
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2023
The Biden administration has urged U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and has warned against travel there after bordering countries step up security along the border. https://t.co/V21nme0Xkn
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2023
Biden vows to help Hawai'i rebuild from fires for "as long as it takes" https://t.co/Af4ZVSsfXq
— Axios (@axios) August 22, 2023
Japan will start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China. https://t.co/yyu50DJ2gB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 22, 2023
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a briefing with reporters that "there are still ways to travel" to get a mega-deal with Riyhad that could include a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.https://t.co/nEhciWKz5L
— Axios (@axios) August 22, 2023
JUST IN: Fox News has announced that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be centerstage at the first Republican primary debate. https://t.co/GgmmlW4Cm0
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2023
Ramaswamy faces scrutiny over suggesting government involvement in 9/11 https://t.co/6sc5bKTDXL
— POLITICO (@politico) August 22, 2023
Crews are working to dig communities out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert, as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years heads north, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states. https://t.co/yLsCtxpPTG
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 22, 2023
A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into a tropical storm as it continues to churn towards South Texas, where residents were bracing for heavy rain, flooding, powerful winds and dangerous rip currents.https://t.co/MmYnXyvUSl
— CNN (@CNN) August 22, 2023
More than 100 million people from the Upper Midwest down to the Gulf Coast are under heat alerts Tuesday, as a heat wave grips a part of the central U.S. https://t.co/RSWbdUrJeq
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 22, 2023
