Wednesday Executive News Summary

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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