### 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)

### 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)

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

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