Friday Executive News Summary

Government & Politics

Census shows U.S. growth driven by minorities; white pop falls under 60% (The Hill) | Five takeaways from the report (The Hill)
“This scheme violates the Court’s longstanding teaching”: Supreme Court blocks part of New York’s pandemic eviction ban (Politico)
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett won’t block Indiana University vaccine mandate (AP)
“Defund the police” politically unpopular in Senate: Spending to hire 100,000 cops wins huge bipartisan support (Washington Times)

National Security

Homeland Security announces 212,672 migrant encounters in July — a 13% increase over June (Fox News) | DHS chief acknowledges “unprecedented” border surge (Washington Times)
The intelligence community prepares to punt on COVID’s origin (National Review) | WHO scientist: China pressured us not to mention lab leak in the report (Hot Air)
Taliban insurgents take Afghanistan’s second- and third-largest cities (Fox News) | U.S. sending 3,000 troops back into the country amid rapidly deteriorating situation (Daily Wire)

Health

FDA authorizes additional vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised individuals (FDA.gov)
Do masks work? A review of the evidence (City Journal)
How the pandemic laid bare America’s diabetes crisis (Reuters)

Around the Nation

Texas Senate passes election integrity bill despite protests from Democrats (PM)
San Francisco mandates proof of vaccination when indoors (AP)
Texas Tribune erroneously reports 5,800 children were hospitalized due to COVID in first week of August (Fox News)
Face-palm: New Jersey inmate freed early due to COVID is charged with murder two days later (Fox News)

Non Compos Mentis Award

American Express tells its workers capitalism is racist (NY Post)

Other Notables

Home prices soar 23% year-over-year, the fastest rate on record (Bloomberg)
Nearly 80% of voters say Biden responsible for inflation spike (Free Beacon)
Majority of registered Democratic voters now prefer socialism to capitalism (Fox Business)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Is inflation here to stay? Some conditions are right for a repeat of the persistent rising prices of the 1970s (City Journal)
Policy: Partitioning Afghanistan would be a historic mistake (1945)
Humor: Dozens of dead baseball players ruin “Field of Dreams” game (Velvet Hamster)

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