### Government & Politics
- Biden speech draws 26.9 million viewers, down 43.6% from Trump (The Hill) | CBS’s “85% Biden speech approval” poll quizzed just 169 Republicans out of 1,000 viewers (National Pulse)
- Mike Pence’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, refuses to cancel memoir after staff protest (The Guardian)
- FDA announces plans to ban menthol cigarettes (NY Post)
- Senate confirms former Bill Nelson to head NASA (Fox News)
### National Security
- Feds investigating “directed energy” attack near White House in November (AMN)
- Navy will fall far below mandated 355 ships as China churns out war vessels (Washington Examiner)
- China nuclear buildup faster than expected, U.S. now believes (Washington Times)
### Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
- Rioter fined $12 million for helping set fire to Minneapolis police station during “mostly peaceful” BLM riots (Daily Wire)
- In chilling video, antifa doxes and threatens to kill Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (PJ Media)
### Other Notables
- Consumer-fueled economy pushes GDP to annualized 6.4% first-quarter gain (CNBC)
- DOJ was going to arrest Derek Chauvin in court if jury found him innocent (Daily Wire)
- Illinois judge finds Firearm Owner Identification Card unconstitutional (Center Square)
### Closing Arguments
- Policy: Qualifying the debate over qualified immunity (Newsweek)
- Policy: The ideal capital gains tax rate: zero (Forbes)
- Satire: Washington Post calls Biden a “very Catholic president who worships Satan” (Babylon Bee)
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