Friday Executive News Summary

Top of the Fold

Job creation roars back in October — perhaps only temporarily thanks to the OSHA vax mandate — as payrolls rise by 531,000 (CNBC)
Flip-flop: White House walks back Joe Biden’s “that’s not gonna happen” comment on migrant payments (The Hill)

Politics

Gee, what are the odds? Woman who testified against Donald Trump also introduced authors of fake Russian “dossier” to each other (PJ Media)
Arrest illustrates how the dossier was a political dirty trick orchestrated by Hillary Clinton (New York Post)
Belly laugh of the week: Nancy Pelosi touts deficit reduction ahead of Friday votes on spending and infrastructure bills (Washington Examiner)
“Nobody elected him to be FDR”: Abigail Spanberger and Joe Manchin hit leftists for massive reconciliation demands (Fox News)
Justice Department sues Texas to block portions of new voting integrity law (Austin American-Statesman)
Senate confirms Thomas Nides as ambassador to Israel (The Hill)

Security

Border Patrol released 283,000 migrants into the U.S. over the past year; a whopping 95,000 untracked (Washington Examiner)
Biden administration emulates Trump, approves $650 million in arms sales to Saudi Arabia (Axios)
“We’re going to stay until we get them all out,” eh? Staggering number of green-card holders (14,000) stranded in Afghanistan (National Review)
Undercutting U.S. strategy: China upholding Iranian regime with oil purchases (Washington Times)

Health

Thousands of Border Patrol agents at risk of being fired over vaccine mandates (Washington Times)
Missouri attorney general to sue Biden administration over vax mandate (Fox 4)
Florida will likewise sue (Washington Examiner)

Heartland

Republican Jack Ciattarelli refuses to concede New Jersey governor’s race “until every legal vote is counted” (Washington Examiner)
Newly elected Virginia attorney general vows to investigate sexual assaults at Loudoun schools (Washington Examiner)
Conflict of interest: Kenosha mayor has close family ties to lead detective, prosecuting DA in Kyle Rittenhouse case (PM)

Notables

Good: Supreme Court appears ready to strike down restrictive New York concealed carry law (PJ Media)
SCOTUS takes on EPA emissions regulation case, offering fossil fuels hope for relief (Washington Examiner)
Half of Americans burned out by screens, turn to podcasts (Washington Times)

Closing Arguments

Policy: Climate change is not an “existential threat” (Washington Post)
Policy: The inflation tax is not only real, it’s massive (The Hill)
Satire: Terry McAuliffe blames loss on low 3 a.m. ballot turnout (Babylon Bee)

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