News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Lindsey Halligan, Trump's handpicked US attorney, admits full grand jury never saw final indictment handed up against former FBI Director James Comey. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4phX4hb
— CNN (@cnn.com) November 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The US signaled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a US-drafted framework to end the war with Russia that proposes Kyiv giving up territory and some weapons, two people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/3X5jBBS
— Reuters (@reuters.com) November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The mystery surrounding a plane that arrived in South Africa carrying more than 150 Palestinians deepened Wednesday following inconsistencies involving the public profile of the company at the center of the saga.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The Trump administration is hopeful Americans won't necessarily spend the promised $2,000 tariff checks, instead pumping them into "Trump accounts" for kids, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says.
— Axios (@axios.com) November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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BLS says full October jobs data won't be released, available figures to be included in next report
— CNBC (@cnbc.com) November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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JUST IN: Trump says on Fed Chair Powell that "I'd love to fire his ass"
— Axios (@axios.com) November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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NEW: Former U.N. investigator who wrote the report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tells NBC News that she's “shocked and angry” at President Trump’s dismissal of intel saying Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The U.S. Department of Energy says it's loaning $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Screenshots of text messages obtained by The Associated Press offer a rare look at how the nation's 75 immigration courts are churning out rulings in an assembly-line like fashion and how, for many people, the courtrooms have become deportation traps.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he's resigning from the board of OpenAI after last week's release of emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein .
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective but doctors still urge getting one ASAP. n.pr/3X18OZx
— NPR (@npr.org) November 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, snowy December across parts of the Northern Hemisphere. https://cnn.it/4o0fcen
— CNN (@cnn.com) November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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