News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will sign an executive order Saturday laying out initial plans for how the city will try to resist President Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown in the coming days. https://cnn.it/41r6v4z
— CNN (@cnn.com) August 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The United States must team up with Europe now to raise pressure on Vladimir Putin and force him to negotiate an end to his war against Ukraine before the expiration of a Donald Trump-imposed deadline, EU foreign ministers said today.
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) August 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Russia unleashed a barrage of nearly 600 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. It was the second large-scale aerial attack in three days.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) August 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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BREAKING: Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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White House moves forward on plans for a Department of War, WSJ Reports reut.rs/4nbuv4b
— Reuters (@reuters.com) August 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio rescinded the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month's high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, the State Department said Friday. Palestinian representatives assigned to the U.N. mission were granted exceptions.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) August 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A federal appellate court ruled today that Trump's global tariffs were implemented illegally, which Trump said could "literally destroy the United States." Here's what to know.
— Axios (@axios.com) August 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A U.S. guided-missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean on Friday night, after the Trump administration deployed warships near the coast of Venezuela.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) August 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Senator Sanders says U.S. Health Secretary Kennedy must resign reut.rs/45Ro3JT
— Reuters (@reuters.com) August 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Exclusive: The Justice Department gave some senior career attorneys a choice: They could either quit or go to a new Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group. Six months later, all of those attorneys have left DOJ. “The assignment was a sham,” one said.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) August 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired a Justice Department employee accused of flipping off National Guard members deployed to D.C., a Justice Department official confirmed.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Although federal officials have emphasized that people who want a Covid-19 vaccine can get one after consulting with a doctor, narrower approval may limit access to shots for some people who were routinely able to get them in the past: https://cnn.it/45ZmZCq
— CNN (@cnn.com) August 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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