News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Trump is seriously considering joining the war on Iran and launching a strike against its nuclear facilities, U.S. officials tell Axios.
— Axios (@axios.com) June 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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BREAKING: The US military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending deployment of other warplanes, bolstering US military forces in the region as the war between Israel and Iran rages, three US officials said. Follow live updates: reut.rs/442Mku7
— Reuters (@reuters.com) June 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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JUST IN: In a series of warnings, President Trump says the US knows where Iran's supreme leader is and calls him "an easy target," but says he is safe "for now" cnn.it/3HZjMdy
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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At least 224 people, including many civilians, have been killed in Iran since Israel launched its attacks, according to state media. Retaliatory strikes have killed at least 24 people in Israel.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The attacks was one of the largest on Ukraine's capital in months. It came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for the G7 summit in Canada, where he is pushing for stronger sanctions on Russia.
— NPR (@npr.org) June 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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BREAKING: New York City's comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) June 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The Department of Homeland Security reversed course on guidance limiting immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, according to a source familiar with the discussions — the latest example of whiplash for an agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
— CNN (@cnn.com) June 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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ICE arrested more than 100,000 people suspected of violating immigration law from the beginning of Trump's term to the first week of June, according to the White House. That amounts to an average 750 arrests a day — double the average over the past decade reut.rs/4jPVEHD
— Reuters (@reuters.com) June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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JUST IN: Two toy companies ask the Supreme Court to quickly take up their challenge to tariffs imposed by President Trump.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) June 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota confronted GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah at the Capitol on Monday over a social media post about the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, telling reporters, "I wanted him to know how much pain that caused me."
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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President Trump said Tuesday that he won't call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would "waste time."
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) June 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Former Sen. Bob Menendez — the onetime powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — reports to prison for 11-year sentence.
— Politico (@politico.com) June 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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