### Top of the Fold

  • State Department learned that several Wuhan lab researchers were sickened before COVID-19 outbreak (Fox News) | Flip-flopper Anthony Fauci suddenly "not convinced" COVID-19 developed naturally (Fox News)
  • "Very Catholic" President Joe Biden to skip Notre Dame commencement after backlash to his abortion policies (Fox News)

### National Security

  • Feds seize $90,000 from far-left rioter who sold January 6 footage to CNN and NBC (PM) | National Guardsmen who were exploited for security theater finally returning home from Capitol (NY Post)
  • Microsoft says it was hit by Chinese hackers, but Biden administration won't point finger (Washington Examiner)
  • Naturally, pro-Palestinian House Democrats reject measure to boost Israeli security aid (Free Beacon)
  • Iran says inspectors may no longer get nuclear sites images (CNBC)

### Around the Nation

  • Georgia judge unseals more than 145,000 absentee ballots for election fraud investigation (The Federalist)
  • St. Louis's murder rate, already highest in U.S., soared last year, but the new mayor vows to defund the police (Fox News)
  • Serial hypocrite Gretchen Whitmer apologizes after violating social distancing rules at bar (Detroit Free Press)

### Health

  • New COVID cases haven't been this low in the U.S. since last June (NPR)
  • Oregonians must show proof of vaccination to forgo masks indoors, authoritarian state says (The Oregonian)

### Other Notables

  • Judge rules Christian college must follow Biden rule opening dorms, showers to opposite sex (Washington Times)
  • Jeffrey Epstein guards who slept the night of his "suicide" strike deal to avoid time behind bars (Fox News)
  • More gun companies leaving anti-gun states in the rearview mirror (TTAG)
  • Buoyed by taxpayer COVID aid, big hospital chains buy up competitors (NY Times)

### Closing Arguments

  • Humor: Lori Lightfoot flees in terror after Thomas Sowell takes her up on offer for black people to interview her (Babylon Bee)

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