Top of the Fold

• Joe Biden assails voting integrity laws in fiery speech (Washington Times) | Fact-checking six big claims in the president’s partisan-tinged diatribe (Daily Signal)

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott says Democrats must stop spreading “misinformation” (Fox News)

• Lone Star State Republicans say enough and officially vote to arrest fleeing Democrats (RedState)

Government & Politics

• Senate Democrats announce $3.5 trillion go-it-alone reconciliation budget agreement (Washington Examiner)

• National Republican Congressional Committee boasts record haul in second quarter, outpaces DCCC (Washington Examiner)

National Security

• Communist Cuba cracking down on demonstrations; dissidents say police “arresting, beating, and killing" protesters (Daily Wire) | Double standards: Biden’s open-borders DHS chief tells Cubans hoping to make sea voyage, "You will not enter the United States” (Daily Wire) | Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart introduces resolution to support Cuban protests. Only Republicans sign on. (Daily Wire)

• Non compos mentis: Biden admin waives sanctions on Iranian oil trade … as DOJ announces charges against Iranian intel agents who sought to kidnap American journalist (Free Beacon)

• Russian ransomware group REvil’s websites down following Kaseya attack (ZDNet)

• Navy surface fleet unprepared to win future conflict, watchdog finds (Free Beacon)

Around the Nation

• Inflation spikes in June to fastest pace in 13 years (U.S. News & World Report) | Small business inflation metrics hit highest since 1981 (Breitbart)

• New York Democrat wokesters urge ban of Chick-fil-A from state rest stops (Washington Examiner)

Around the World

• Deadly rioting and looting in South Africa after ex-president Jacob Zuma jailed (CBS News)

• China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases (Washington Times)

• Is Kim Jong-un’s regime on the cusp of collapse? (Daily Signal)

Other Notables

• Almost two-thirds of Americans believe China should pay pandemic reparations (CSP)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: The Federal Reserve is playing with inflation fire (1945)

• Policy: Biden sets regulation and antitrust back 100 years (AEI)

• Humor: Other states look to Texas for advice on how to get Democrats to leave (Babylon Bee)

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