Top of the Fold

• Nancy Pelosi delays vote on infrastructure as Democrat infighters haggle over larger spending bill (NPR)

• Biden signs temporary funding bill to prevent government shutdown for two months (CNBC)

• To infinity — and beyond: Treasury secretary calls for “very destructive” debt limit to be abolished (The Hill)

• Democrats’ unfair bid to legalize millions shot down. Again. (PJ Media)

Politics

• Fully vaccinated Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID days before new term begins (CNBC)

• Senate confirms alleged eco-terrorist collaborator to lead Bureau of Land Management (Daily Caller)

• Senate also confirms Rohit Chopra as director of the noxious Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Politico)

• Special Counsel John Durham issues new subpoenas in probe of FBI Russia hoax, targets Clinton campaign law firm (National Review)

• Kristi Noem severs ties with Corey Lewandowski following affair allegations (Fox News) | Trump PAC fires Lewandowski over accusations (National Review)

Security

• Damning if true: ISIS bomber who killed 13 soldiers was released from U.S. base during Afghanistan withdrawal (Daily Wire)

• Following the southern border playbook: Hundreds of Afghans are leaving U.S. military bases before resettlement (Reuters) | We’re shocked — shocked! Multiple reports of assault, robbery among Afghan evacuees (Military Times)

• U.S. kills senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria drone strike (New York Post)

• Military suicide rates increasing, new Pentagon survey finds (Washington Times)

Heartland

• Counterproductive ban on plastic bags begins in the nanny state of Washington (Washington Examiner)

• What could possibly go wrong? Austin police to stop responding to non-emergencies like theft and burglary beginning today (Fox News)

• California governor signs sweeping police reform bills (Fox News)

• “Tennessee is the ideal location”: Smith & Wesson moving to the gun-friendly Volunteer State (WRCB)

Notables

• Biden got a booster shot in a really elegant office … that turned out to be a prop on a stage like everything else in his presidency (Not the Bee)

• Samuel Alito rebuffs Dem claims that Supreme Court abuses emergency appeals (Free Beacon)

• Reporter rats out maskless Gold Star family but was mum on maskless Pelosi (Fox News)

• Inflation confirmed at highest level in 40 years (Breitbart)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Biden’s proposal to allow IRS to track your bank transactions is dangerous for all Americans (Daily Signal)

• Policy: Amnesty is unfair to legal immigrants (National Review)

• Humor: Nation in mourning as government shutdown averted (Babylon Bee)

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