News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: In a stunning intervention in Israel’s domestic politics, President Trump went off script during his address to the Israeli parliament and urged President Issac Herzog to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who is standing trial on three corruption charges.
— Axios (@axios.com) October 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Israel said the 20 surviving hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been released, more than two years after they were kidnapped.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) October 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Thousands gathered in Khan Younis in Gaza, awaiting the arrival of Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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President Trump hailed a "historic dawn of a new Middle East” after the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) October 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin’s government using a key weapons system. https://to.pbs.org/4923Frd
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) October 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Exclusive: The senior prosecutor in Virginia's Eastern District was removed, sources say, as Trump ally Lindsey Halligan reshapes the key US attorney's office. https://cnn.it/3W40rf9
— CNN (@cnn.com) October 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers on Friday amid mass firings across the government meant to pressure Democratic lawmakers over the federal shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/48yt7od
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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U.S. consumers are already shouldering as much as 55% of costs due to Trump’s unprecedented gambit to impose sizable tariffs on imports, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs analysts.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A federal judge in Boston had some pointed words for Donald Trump as he issued one of the dozens of decisions by courts in four New England states against the Republican president in challenges to the legality of his policies.
— Reuters (@reuters.com) October 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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President Xi Jinping has made it clear he’s happy to fight fire with fire in China’s trade spat with the US.
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Madagascar’s president has fled the African nation, the head of the opposition and other officials said on Monday, the second time that young protesters have toppled a government in weeks of worldwide Gen Z unrest. https://cnn.it/4ohtPuj
— CNN (@cnn.com) October 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve it. Some experts say it's a way to erase the heritage of Native Americans.
— NPR (@npr.org) October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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