News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The White House will announce Wednesday that the nation’s supply of at-home Covid-19 tests is on track to triple by early November, driven by recent government investments and the FDA’s emergency authorization of a test from ACON Laboratories https://t.co/9wNBv1n26q
— POLITICO (@politico) October 6, 2021
Congress this year sent $123 billion to schools across the U.S. to help them recover from the pandemic. The AP has found that some have spent part of their windfall on new stadium turf, weight rooms and other athletic facilities. @cbinkley. https://t.co/Yq1X3pzIex
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 6, 2021
FLU SEASON: CDC dir. Dr. Walensky encourages Americans to get the flu vaccine, saying "CDC flu experts are concerned that reduced population-level immunity to the seasonal flu could place us at risk for a potentially severe flu season this year." pic.twitter.com/euFZ6JKZzG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 6, 2021
Defense Sec. Austin warns that defaulting on the nation’s debt would pose catastrophic consequences for the military: "I would have no authority or ability to ensure that our service members, civilians, or contractors would be paid in full or on time." https://t.co/TUH4gRpOMa
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 6, 2021
McConnell says he'll allow short-term extension of debt limit https://t.co/m6gx0F2yPn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 6, 2021
House committee investigating January 6 can't find a former Trump aide in order to physically serve him with a subpoena, sources say https://t.co/qj1YbtO0qA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 6, 2021
A New York mother and son have been charged with theft in aiding the disappearance of a laptop belonging to the staff of Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Jan. 6 insurrection. https://t.co/WypD1eQjCk
— ABC News (@ABC) October 6, 2021
Grisham: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump saw themselves as "shadow president and first lady" https://t.co/HUOzHh76C3 pic.twitter.com/9ZW3zUzyBP
— The Hill (@thehill) October 6, 2021
The CIA opened a secret back door to the Kabul airport, known by the code names Glory Gate and Liberty Gate, to evacuate Afghans working at the U.S. Embassy and others who could not make it through Taliban checkpoints while trying to escape the country https://t.co/gFCVAFsX7L
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 6, 2021
NEW: Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to hold a virtual summit before the end of the year. https://t.co/RPwh34UYNd
— Axios (@axios) October 6, 2021
Police say a suspect is in custody after a high school shooting in Texas that injured four victims https://t.co/GJ2jmJ1R6t
— CNN (@CNN) October 6, 2021
The photographer Stephen Wilkes took 4,882 photos over 30 hours to create his composite image of the National Mall covered in 670,000 flags commemorating the Americans lost to COVID. Here's how he did it.https://t.co/YcMiVy97Vt
— NPR (@NPR) October 6, 2021
