The Patriot Post® · Friday Executive News Summary
Government & Politics
Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to coerce vaccinations (Washington Post) | Federal workers could face five years in prison if they lie about being vaccinated (Insider)
Funding for Biden’s $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” plan comes up hundreds of billions short (Washington Times)
Authoritarianism: Infrastructure bill includes test program to track travel data (The Intercept) | Vehicle mileage tax could be on the table in infrastructure talks, Pete Buttigieg says (CNBC)
“No turning back” from electric vehicles, Biden says while signing executive order on carbon-free automobiles (Washington Examiner)
National Security
“We know MS-13 is still trying to sneak into the country. They’re just more successful now”: MS-13 arrests plummet amid border surge (Washington Times)
Hong Kong residents granted deportation amnesty to protect them from Chinese crackdown (Washington Times)
Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate
We’re shocked — shocked! Female prisoner pregnant after California allows biological men to be housed with women under new trans policy (PM)
Virginia school shares “Woke Kindergarten” video: “I feel safe when there are no police” (Fox News)
Annals of Integrity
- Taking a stand: U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd opts not to join teammates in pre-match kneeling (Fox News)
Other Notables
Payrolls increase 943,000 in July as unemployment rate slides to 5.4% (CNBC)
12.5 million-member AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dies at 72 (National Review)
Moderna says its COVID-19 shot 93% effective six months after second dose (Reuters) | CNN terminates three employees who came to office unvaccinated (The Hill)
What could possibly go wrong? Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse (AP)
Iran’s hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as president (CNBC)
Closing Arguments
Policy: Getting a better return on education: The right incentives can encourage colleges to help low-income students succeed (City Journal)
Satire: Biden calls on Cuomo to resign: “Leave some women for the rest of us” (Babylon Bee)
For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit Headline Report.
The Patriot Post is a certified ad-free news service, unlike third-party commercial news sites linked on this page, which may also require a paid subscription.