Profiles of Valor

• Bob Dole, war hero, senator, Republican mainstay, dies at 98 (Yahoo) | “Exemplified statesmanship”: Tributes pour in (Washington Examiner)

• The last remaining officer from World War II’s “Band of Brothers” dies at 99 (Washington Examiner)

Politics

• New Chris Cuomo sexual misconduct allegation emerged days before CNN firing (Fox News)

• House’s Big Brother Democrats block GOP effort to codify parents’ bill of rights (Townhall)

• Friendly fire: Joe Manchin backs GOP-led effort to overturn Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers (Washington Times)

Security

• What could possibly go wrong? Biden admin waives sanctions on Iran as nuclear talks restart (Free Beacon)

• Russia planning massive military offensive against Ukraine involving 175,000 troops, U.S. intelligence warns (Washington Post)

• China warns of “firm countermeasures” if U.S. stages diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics (The Hill)

• Who’d a thunk it? Trust in U.S. military declines as worry over China rises (Breaking Defense)

• State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware (Reuters)

• Declassified CIA inspector general reports show a pattern of child sexual abuse and a repeated decision by federal prosecutors not to hold agency personnel accountable (BuzzFeed)

Heartland

• Dumb and dumber: Oregon working to put indoor mask rule in place indefinitely (KATU 2)

• GOP candidate declared winner in Virginia state House race; Republicans will gain control of chamber (Just the News)

• Wisconsin’s anarchy-enabling Democrat governor vetoes five pro-life bills (Daily Wire)

• Richmond iconoclasts removing Robert E. Lee statue (Fox News)

Notables

• But panic, rubes! WHO says no one has yet died from Omicron variant despite the new COVID strain being spotted in 38 countries (Daily Mail)

• NASA looking to build nuclear power generators on moon by 2030 (Washington Examiner)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: America’s fentanyl crisis begins at the southern border (National Review)

• Humor: Unemployment rate among Cuomo brothers rises to 100% (Babylon Bee)

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