Wednesday Executive News Summary

Top of the Fold

So much for property rights: Supreme Court leaves CDC eviction moratorium in place (AP¹) | California extends eviction moratorium while sitting on federal funds intended to cover people's rent (Daily Wire²)

Government & Politics

AOC is shoving a $70 billion “Civilian Climate Corps” bill through Congress (Daily Wire³)
House votes to remove ~~Confederate busts and statues~~ effigies of Democrats⁴ from the Capitol (Fox News⁵)
Celebrating Founding Fathers is “structural racism,” National Archives stupidly says (Daily Signal⁶)
Dumb and dumber: State Department to allow passport applicants to select gender without medical documentation (Washington Examiner⁷)
President Biden won’t (even though he should) be denied Communion at his DC church (Washington Examiner⁸)

Economy

Home prices rise at 14.6% — the fastest annual pace ever (Breitbart⁹)
Thanks, Biden: Gas prices hit seven-year high ahead of July 4 (NY Post¹⁰)
Only about 10% of job seekers say they’re actively and urgently looking for work (Axios¹¹) | Employers desperate for workers turning to signing bonuses (Washington Examiner¹²)

National Security

Venezuelans are crossing the U.S. border in record numbers (Axios¹³)
U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias (Reuters¹⁴)
Top U.S. general says security in Afghanistan deteriorating (Washington Times¹⁵)
Russia secretly launched a new ICBM around time of Biden-Putin summit (AMN¹⁶)
NSA says Tucker Carlson “has never been an intelligence target of the Agency,” which Carlson calls “infuriatingly dishonest” (PM¹⁷)

Around the Nation

We’re shocked — shocked! Board of Elections botched NYC mayoral primary results by including “test” run (NY Post¹⁸)
California adds five states to state-funded travel restriction list over social integrity legislation (Washington Examiner¹⁹) | “States should not penalize other states because of policy differences”: Republican-led states blast California travel ban (Fox News²⁰)
Oakland to divert $17.4 million from police budget (The Hill²¹) | “This will make it tougher”: Oakland police chief laments reallocation of police funding (Bay City News²²)
Pacific Northwest bakes under once-in-a-millennium heat wave (CBS News²³)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Using CARES Act funds for worker reemployment (AEI²⁴)
Policy: Positioning America’s public health system for the next pandemic (BPC²⁵)
Humor: Athlete so oppressed²⁶ by America that she’s representing America in the Olympics (Babylon Bee²⁷)

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