News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he will not support a bipartisan deal to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
— NPR (@NPR) May 18, 2021
The announcement comes a day before the House is slated to vote on it.https://t.co/JNhoZup6wO
India’s total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the last 24 hours. https://t.co/LOgXrTLiPi
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2021
600,000 kids ages 12-15 have received a dose of the Pfizer vaccine since the FDA granted emergency authorization for the age group last Monday, the CDC says. https://t.co/QMpafioLPm
— Axios (@axios) May 18, 2021
Republicans are furious that mask mandates are still in place for both the House floor and committee meeting spaces, despite CDC guidance. https://t.co/CjKTvYXtDK
— POLITICO (@politico) May 18, 2021
Ohio may have hit the jackpot with its $5 million "Vax-a-Million" lottery as the state reports a surge in COVID-19 vaccinations since the incentive was announced. https://t.co/qX05CgUJol
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2021
President Biden says tells workers in Ford electric vehicle plant that the rest of the world is "not waiting for the United States" to catch up on infrastructure plans.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 18, 2021
"Our infrastructure is ranked like 38th in the world. This is the United States of America, for God's sake." pic.twitter.com/rPWTU0tlqD
Federal investigators are looking for information beyond Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine work, which means the probe has taken a wider lens than previously known. https://t.co/tRUlhyGw04
— POLITICO (@politico) May 18, 2021
JUST IN: A North Carolina district attorney says the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. while serving an arrest warrant were justified in their actions https://t.co/nYU6EXG80j
— CNN (@CNN) May 18, 2021
The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade ago are expected to reach $202M by summer 2022. https://t.co/efXNKnhuaX
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 18, 2021
Colorectal cancer screening should now start at age 45, the US health task force says. Previously, it recommended screening start at age 50. https://t.co/Eo687xo8O8
— CNN (@CNN) May 18, 2021
For some Navy pilots, UFO sightings were an ordinary event: "Every day for at least a couple years" https://t.co/HHZ8zXaqmv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 18, 2021
