The Patriot Post® · Monday Executive News Summary
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)
DHS grants protected status to 150,000 Haitian migrants (Washington Post)
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)
California to remove pandemic restrictions on June 15 (Washington Examiner)
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
Policy: Fiction vs. reality on fossil fuel subsidies (National Review)
Policy: Combatting Critical Race Theory (Heritage Foundation)
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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