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Top health officials warn about “aggressive” Delta variant; More hospitals are requiring staff to get covid vaccine; McCarthy balks after Pelosi vetoes two of his picks for 1/6 committee; Chicago mayor sits down with CNN Jul 22, 2021

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Biden health officials discussing changes to mask guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans; Growing number of towns reinstating mask mandates; Alabama Doctor: Seeing young people intubated due to covid “should be a gigantic wake up call”; Sources: Biden admin talking about revising mask guidance; White House insist guidance has not changed; CDC Director: Delta variant is more aggressive than previous covid strains; FL Gov: This state will not mandate masks in schools, children should not be “muzzled” by face masks; Biden admin give $100m to rural health clinics for vaccine outreach; Biden warns covid is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated; Sleepaway camp in New York says 31 campers under the age of 12 have tested positive for covid; Missouri, Florida & Texas make up 40% of new cases nationwide; 99% of covid patients are unvaccinated in Missouri; States lagging in vaccinations see spike in new covid cases; 90% of covid patients are unvaccinated in Missouri; Florida ranks #1 in nation for most ne daily covid cases; White House: One in five new covid cases in U.S. are in Florida; South FL doc frustrated by more unvaccinated patients in ICU; Pelosi: We won’t let GOP “antics” disrupt 1/6 committee; Sources: Pelosi considering GOP Rep. Kinzinger for 1/6 committee; Conservative group launches attack as likening Rep. Liz Cheney to Hillary Clinton; Nearly half of house republicans still refuse to divulge if they’re vaccinated; Chicago sees 3rd mass shooting in a 6-hour span; Chicago mayor on gun violence, police reform & critics; DOJ creates gun trafficking strike forces In 5 cities; New audio: Trump rambles about Jan. 6, says rioters were “loving”; New details about Trump’s disastrous last year in office; Opening ceremony director fired for past anti-Semitic remarks; At least 20 covid-positive athletes forced to drop out

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McCarthy pulls out of 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects two picks; Cases, hospitalizations, deaths all up double digits in recent weeks as highly contagious Delta variant spreads; Doctor: Patients “beg me for the vaccine” on their death beds Jul 21, 2021

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Sources: House GOP sees Pelosi move as “political gift”; McCarthy: 1/6 committee “has lost all legitimacy”; Pelosi rejects GOP Reps. Jordan & Banks from 1/6 committee; Cheney: McCarthy’s rhetoric on 1/6 commission” disgraceful”; CDC: 91m people live in a country with “high” covid spread; NYC Mayor: Health care workers must get vaccine or weekly covid tests; Slow in vaccination ignites debate over mandated masks & vaccines; CDC Study: Covid cut U.S. life expectancy by 1.5 years; Fauci: Vaccine data for kids 12 & under likely to come by winter; Doctor: Victims families say vaccine was a “hoax,” “political”; Some GOP & Right-Wing media changing their tune, encouraging vaccine; GOP Rep. Scalise finally gets vaccinated, says it’s “safe and effective”; Top general responds for first time since multiple books reported tensions with Trump, feared “coup”; Gen, Milley won’t comment on claims he feared a Trump “coup,” reiterates oath to constitution; Pentagon: U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan “on track to finish up by the end of August”; Senate GOP blocks opening debate on infrastructure plan; WH: Biden grateful for bipartisan efforts on infrastructure; White House: Biden supports Schumer’s strategy to hold votes on infrastructure plan before a final bill; Covid, border crisis, Afghanistan all urgent issues for Biden ahead of CNN Town Hall tonight

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CDC director: Delta variant now represents 83% of cases; Trump ally Tom Barrack arrested, accused of acting as foreign agent; Pelosi won’t say if she’ll veto GOP commission picks; Jul 20, 2021

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WH tries to tamp down on spread of vaccine misinformation; WH confirms discussions with Fox News over vaccine coverage; Delta variant fuels COVID spike, as vaccinations lag; Pediatric group: more than 23,000 kids got COVID last week; Fed judge rules Indiana University can require students to get vaccine; Psaki says there have been breakthrough cases at the WH;

Pelosi says how republicans voted on January 6th is “not a criterion for service” on the committee; Tom Brady jokes about election deniers at WH ceremony; Trump plans to meet with Cheney’s primary opponents;

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos & crew complete 10-minute flight to space; Bezos calls launch & landing of his spacecraft “best day ever”; Bezos becomes second billionaire in nine days to launch private rocket into space; Bezos: “road to space will help keep this gem of a planet”;

30 dead in Baghdad market attack, ISIS Claims responsibility; Suicide bomber attacks Baghdad market ahead of religious holiday;

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DOW drops on fears Delta variant will hurt economic recovery; Infrastructure deal faces make-or-break week on Capitol Hill; 150+ killed, 380+ wounded in weekend shootings across U.S.; Jul 19, 2021

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DOW closes down nearly 725 points as Delta variant drives fears about economic recovery; Hospitalizations & deaths rising, nearly all unvaccinated; American Academy of Pediatrics: everyone should wear mask in schools; CDC: 48.6% of U.S. population is fully vaccinated; Biden backs away from his claim that Facebook is “killing people”; NYC mayor: no plans to reinstitute mask mandate; Growing number of athletes test positive for COVID-19; Number of COVID cases linked to Olympics rises to 61; U.S. gymnast test positive four days before games;

Biden rejects his agenda would accelerate inflation; Biden assures Americans that rising prices are “temporary”; U.S. & allies call on Taliban to stop committing violence; Biden plans to relocate some Afghans who worked for the U.S. to an army post in Virginia; U.S. & allies blame China for hacks, opening new front in cyber war;

DC mayor: shooters didn’t target fans, game at stadium shooting; Chicago police target gun traffickers after weekend shootings leave 11 dead, 56 wounded; Philadelphia reaches 300 homicides in 2021; Earliest point in decades;

Almost 200 dead in Western Europe flooding, hundreds still missing; German official on flooding: “worst natural disaster in a century”;

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COVID-19 cases rising in all 50 states & DC; Biden’s Hill agenda in trouble as bipartisan talks fray; CDC: 2020 saw highest overdose deaths ever recorded; Utah’s Great Salt Lake is disappearing; Jul 16, 2021

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L.A. county reinstates indoor mask mandate amid surge; Cases rising in all states; vaccinations slow to 300K per day; Baseball game postponed after 6 Yankees test positive; CNN looks into unvaccinated Americans and big lie believers; Census survey: 48% “probably” or “definitely” won’t get vaccine; Biden says Facebook is “killing people” with COVID misinformation; Schumer calls rushed test vote for bipartisan infrastructure deal; Biden & Dems try to push through 2 massive pieces of budget spending; CDC: 93K people died from overdoses in 2020, a 30% increase; New CNN reporting: U.S. intel warning Taliban are advancing at accelerated pace in Afghanistan; George W. Bush: Afghanistan withdrawal is a “mistake”; Fears future for Afghan women & girls under Taliban; Pulitzer-winning photojournalist killed in Afghanistan; Shrinking of Utah’s Great Salt Lake disrupts ecosystems, threatens wildlife; May become dangerous source of dust;

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Biden meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at White House; One-on-One with U.S. Surgeon General; House Minority Leader McCarthy meets with Trump allegedly to discuss 2022; CNN visits Louisiana hospital with most covid patients in the state Jul 15, 2021

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WH takes on misinformation as vaccinations drop & cases rise; Surgeon General: Misinformation a serious public health threat; Millions of families receive first child tax credit payments; CNN: WH to fight back aggressively in vaccine disinformation war; House Minority Leader McCarthy meets with Trump at his golf course before attending White House dinner; Gen. Milley called Trump "The classic authoritarian leader with nothin to lose,' new book claims; Gen. Milley accused Trump of spreading rhetoric similar to Hitler, new book alleges; Trump: "If I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley"; Surgeon General: kids are depending on us to get vaccinated; Louisiana sees 4th covid surge, almost 2k cases recorded in one day; Delta variant surges through Louisiana, where only 36% of residents are fully vaccinated; Louisiana doctor: 99% of covid patients coming in are unvaccinated; In rare interview, Justice Breyer talks possible retirement; Breyer says he's gratfied with new seniority status on bench; Justice Breyer tells CNN he hasn't decided when he'll retire; "Jerusalem: City of faith and fury" debuts Sunday 10pm ET/PT

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Vaccination rates down 41% from last week; Biden makes his case for $3.5 trillion in new spending; Admin: Afghans to be flown out by end of July, not clear where; New book reveals how much Facebook knew about Russian election interference & how little the company did to stop it Jul 14, 2021

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Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated; Tennessee fires vaccine manager after she says it’s ok to vaccinate children; Report: Michigan GOP leader resigns after saying election not stolen; Jan. 6 select committee eyes July 27 for first hearing; Biden admin launches plan to evacuate Afghan allies; Federal Reserve chair: prices will keep rising before cooling off

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Biden: “the big lie is just that, a big lie”; Gov: Texas Dems could face arrest upon returning to state; 45 states see rise in new COVID cases over past week; American hostage spending his 59th birthday in captivity; Jul 13, 2021

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Pressured by allies, Biden makes the case for election reform; Biden: election was “most scrutinized” in history; “Don’t bring down the American experiment just because you’re unhappy” with results; “That’s not democracy”; Passing voting rights act “is an imperative”;

Texas Dems pressure congress to pass voting rights legislation; Texas Republicans slam Dems: “you don’t run from a fight”; Texas Dems meet with Schumer to “plot out strategy”;

Doctor: “this is primarily a pandemic of the unvaccinated”; CNN: 7 states ban COVID vaccine requirements in public schools; Top Tennessee vaccine official fired for memo about law, which says some teens don’t need parental consent for COVID vaccine; 25% of kids 12-15 are fully vaccinated, less than any other eligible age group; New CNN reporting: Biden in standoff with Dem senators over next FDA chief;

Bipartisan fight heats up over funding capitol police; Senate Dems’ proposal would give money to other projects, sparking funding fight with GOP;

Pentagon: U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan more than 95% compete; Sister of American kidnapped in Afghanistan begs Biden admin to bring her brother home; U.S. offers $5M reward for info leading to return of kidnapped American Mark Frerichs; U.S. Navy veteran is last-known American hostage in Afghanistan as troops leave;

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Fauci: 99.5% of COVID deaths are among those unvaccinated; Democrats push infrastructure talks into high gear; White House doesn’t rule out sending U.S. troops to Haiti; Some CA residents without water as wells dry up; Jul 12, 2021

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Avg COVID cases jump 47% in one week, up in 36 states; CDC: pace of vaccinations down more than 80% since April; Dr. Fauci: cheers against trying to save lives is “horrifying”; Pfizer to brief Biden admin today on need for booster shot; CDC & FDA investigating if Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine may slightly raise risk of rare nerve condition;

Budget committee Dems to meet tonight, consider $3.5T budget; Biden meets with AG, local leaders to talk reducing gun violence; Clyburn urges Biden to back filibuster changes for election reform;

Texas house democrats leaving state for DC in an effort to block GOP voting restrictions bill; Haitian police arrest Haitian man accused of recruiting president’s assassins, wanted to become president himself;

Ethics experts raise concerns about Hunter Biden’s art deal; WH defends plans for Hunter Biden’s private art sales;

CA drought leaves some residents without access to water; More than 18 million Americans under excessive heat alert

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White House rebuts Pfizer on need for booster shots soon ; Pfizer says booster shots are needed soon; CDC & FDA disagree; Covid Cases up in 29 states, 11% spike across U.S. in one week; Los Angeles County; ”Exponential Growth” in covid cases, up a staggering 165% in one week; Jul 09, 2021

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New CDC schools guidance prioritizes in-person classes, masks and physical distancing; States closing more mass vaccination sites, focus shifts to virus hot spots; Ex-Surgeon General: Lack of coordination between Pfizer & Biden Admin on booster shot is “troubling”; Two studies show low risk of severe illness or deaths for children; WH: Biden, Putin spoke for an hour on hacks by Russian criminals; Biden on Russia cyberattacks: There will be consequences; Biden on Putin Call: We’ve created a “Regular basis” of communication; Biden says “Yes” them smiles when asked if attacking Russian hackers’ servers directly is a possibility; Moments ago: Capitol fencing started coming down; Officials: Capitol Police Force running out of money, officers; Police: Foreign hit squad assassinated Haiti’s President; WH: FBI, DHS officials to travel to Haiti, Assist investigation; Manhunt underway for final 8 assassins; Power struggle in Haiti could fuel humanitarian catastrophe; Police: Suspected assassins from Colombia entered Haiti through the Dominican Republic over the past few months; 78 people confirmed dead in Surfside, 62 unaccounted for; CNN goes underground with team inspecting neighboring building; 13 million pounds of concrete removed during search; Residents get 15 minutes to grab essentials from evacuated building, some living in cars; “Binx” the cat found near rubble, reunited with family; Officials say evacuated North Miami Beach condos must stay closed; Americans struggle to afford rising cost of child care; Study: Child care costs nearly double during pandemic; “History of the Sitcom” premieres Sunday at 9p

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