Top of the Fold

• A defiant Andrew Cuomo resigns, bowing to political pressures after sexual harassment report (Just the News)

• Senate approves $1 trillion infrastructure plan (Fox Business) | Six troubling leftist wins in the legislation (Daily Signal)

• Senate passes framework of $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package in party-line vote (Fox Business) | Most GOP senators sign pledge to force Dems to raise debt ceiling without Republican votes (National Review)

• Consumer prices continued to rise in July; inflation surged 5.4% from previous year (National Review)

Government & Politics

• CDC corrects data on Florida COVID outbreak after media blithely reported bad numbers (Fox News)

• President Biden “checking” if he can overrule states and order universal masks in schools (NY Post) | Pediatricians: Masking and social distancing impacting child development (Hot Air)

• Senator Rand Paul suspended from Youtube for stating the truth about cloth masks (Daily Caller)

• Congressman Ron Kind retiring, damaging Democrat Party’s hopes of controlling the House in 2022 (Fox News)

National Security

• NSA inspector general opens investigation into allegations of illegal spying on Tucker Carlson (Glenn Greenwald)

• Biden nominee for assistant secretary for defense nuclear proliferation claims Iran not pursuing nuclear weapons, contrary to evidence (Free Beacon)

• Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as three more provincial capitals fall (AP)

Around the Nation

• Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats (Dallas Morning News) | Texas Supreme Court allows arrest of runaway lawmakers (Free Beacon)

• “I quit your policies, I quit your training, and I quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly politicized agendas”: Loudoun County teacher resigns at school board meeting (Fox News)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• Man shouts “N-word” at Colorado Rockies game. No, wait, it’s just more leftist hysteria. (PJ Media)

• Batman’s sidekick, Robin, comes out as bisexual in upcoming comic (Fox News)

Annals of Integrity

• Proud American Olympic athlete Tamyra Mensah-Stock used her prize money to buy her widowed mom a food truck she’s wanted forever (Not the Bee)

• Fiji men’s rugby team sings worship song on the field (Not the Bee)

Other Notables

• Ivy League analysis just destroyed Biden’s biggest argument — job creation — for the infrastructure bill (FEE)

• Dominion Voting Systems sues Newsmax and OAN for defamation (The Wrap)

• DOJ to review 9/11 files regarding Saudi Arabia following families’ criticism (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Electric vehicle mandates are costly and counterproductive (City Journal)

• Humor: After resigning for sexual harassment, Andrew Cuomo immediately hired by CNN (Babylon Bee)

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