Health

• FDA lifts Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause that never should have happened (Fox News)

• New CDC guidance recommends pregnant people women get the COVID vaccine (CBS News)

• India hits new COVID record with 352,991 infections (Fox News)

• Malaria vaccine has striking early success after decades of disappointment (Science)

National Security

• State Department social justice warriors allow embassies to fly pride flag on same pole as U.S. flag (Fox News)

• DHS stops fines for illegal immigrants who fail to leave the U.S., cancels their debt (Daily Caller)

• Biden declares slaughter of Armenians a genocide, posing test for U.S. ties with Turkey (NPR)

• Military begins final withdrawal from Afghanistan (NY Times) | Exit creates new hurdles for counterterrorism operations (Washington Times)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• Hollywood elite turn Oscars into far-left hate speech targeting cops — and it doesn’t stop there (Fox News)

• Portland’s incompetent Democrat mayor now begs public to help “unmask” members of “self-described anarchist mob” (Fox News)

Around the Nation

• Reckless Gavin Newsom to phase out fracking in 2024, end oil extraction in California by 2045 (Breitbart)

• Indiana declares houses of worship essential services (Disrn)

• Montana passes law that prohibits federal gun restrictions (Disrn)

Other Notables

• “Recruiting crisis”: Cops are retiring in droves (Blaze Media) | NYPD experiences 75% spike in departures and retirements (Washington Examiner)

• The worst examples of critical race theory in schools (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Biden’s business tax hikes would be a self-inflicted mistake for America (Daily Signal)

• Policy: Why wind and solar energy are doomed to failure (Power Line)

• Satire: John Kerry gets China to agree to carbon-neutral invasion of Taiwan (White House Dossier)

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