Top of the Fold

• White House to work with states on reimposing work-search requirements following GOP outcry (Washington Post) | Biden denies workers are turning down jobs to collect unemployment — then announces push to make them stop (National Review) | Jen Psaki wrongly says there’s “not much” evidence that paying people to stay home leads to low jobs numbers (PM)

Government & Politics

• AOC berated, falsely accused Border Patrol agent, government memos say (Daily Signal)

• HHS restores “transgender health” protections — doctors’ convictions be damned (AP)

• Senator Dianne Feinstein’s former staffer helped funnel millions to Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS after 2016 (Washington Examiner)

• FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in adolescents (FDA.gov)

National Security

• Parts of Colonial Pipeline system back online, aims to restore service by end of the week (CNBC) | FBI confirms DarkSide ransomware group behind hack (The Hill) | What to know about the hacking group DarkSide (Washington Examiner)

• Thirteen Iranian gunboats swarm U.S. warships, dozens of warning shots fired (Daily Wire)

Around the Nation

• Glenn Youngkin wins Virginia GOP gubernatorial nomination (Fox News)

• More than 40 attorneys general call on Facebook to abandon plans for children’s Instagram (Washington Examiner)

• Gavin Newsom wants to hand out cash … before California recall election (Politico)

• Alabama to end federally funded unemployment programs (AL.com)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• NBC pulls plug on Golden Globes for lack of diversity (Washington Examiner) | Tom Cruise returns Golden Globes trophies (Washington Examiner)

• Starbucks threatens to abandon Facebook (Power Line)

Odds & Ends

• Bill and Melinda Gates divorce partially motivated by dealings with Jeffrey Epstein (Washington Examiner)

• Consumer spending is surging — but so is inflation (MarketWatch)

• UK announces voter ID law to avoid U.S.-style election fraud (National Pulse)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: How the Federal Reserve could wreck the economy (1945)

• Policy: A welcome backlash against Critical Race Theory (National Review)

• Humor: With Birthing Person’s Day over, families prepare for Lawnmowing Person’s Day (Babylon Bee)

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