MTA Installs Digital Zoetropes at Union Square Subway Station

Centrist Democratic complaints about size of a budget bill signal trouble down the road, but the bipartisan bill Biden wanted should proceed.

5:32 p.m.

Why Republicans Want to Keep Punishing Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger

The pair are already pariahs, and ignoring Pelosi’s January 6 panel would be easier. But Republicans still want payback, and leverage over McCarthy.

4:46 p.m.

What About a Booster Shot Now?

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

With Delta circulating, the question of whether more shots are needed has taken on new urgency. Here’s what we know.

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Universal Face-Mask Mandates Are Back. Here’s What to Know.

By Chas Danner

Amid the Delta wave, the CDC is once again recommending indoor mask mandates, including in all schools. But the debate remains politically fraught.

2:51 p.m.

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The Best Things We’ve Seen at the Olympics So Far

By Claire Lampen

A swim coach horny for gold, teens shredding the skateboarding category, and more.

12:46 p.m.

Cuomo: “new variants are cause for concern.” But also:

Gov. Cuomo says “everyone has to be back to the office,” sets Labor Day goal:

“Remote working for a short period of time, fine, but that’s not how the entrepreneurial economy works… Say to your workforce, ‘By Labor Day, everyone is back in the office.’”

—@dahvnyc

12:34 p.m.

Gavin Newsom Needs Democrats to Get Worried About the Recall

With the California governor’s prospects suddenly looking much iffier, he must find a way to turn out complacent Democrats.

12:01 p.m.

Republican Stands By 1/6 ‘Tourist Visit’ Comparison After Police Testify

By Nia Prater

“If you didn’t know the TV footage was a video from January 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”

10:50 a.m.

Donald Trump’s Low-Energy Night in Texas

By Ben Jacobs

The leader of the Republican Party couldn’t elect his handpicked candidate in a congressional special election.

8:27 a.m.

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Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Final at Tokyo Olympics

By Margaret Hartmann

The star gymnast will not compete on Thursday as she continues to focus on her mental health. She’s yet to make a decision about next week’s events.

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The Singular Beauty of the 400-Meter Hurdles

By David Gendelman

Why both the men’s and women’s races are the most highly anticipated track-and-field events of the Olympics.

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What If Vaccines Don’t Really Stop the Virus From Spreading?

By Justin Miller and David Wallace-Wells

Unpacking the CDC’s head-snapping new guidance on the vaccinated and masks.

Vaccine Mandates Finally Have Some Momentum

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By Matt Stieb

NYC, California, and the VA announced policies to compel unvaccinated employees to get the shot. Biden is reportedly considering a similar mandate.

Why 2022 Won’t Be Another 1994 Republican Tidal Wave

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Lindsey Graham’s prediction of an impending red wave ignores several key factors behind the GOP’s historic gains in Bill Clinton’s first midterm.

DOJ Seizes Stolen Piece of the Epic of Gilgamesh From Hobby Lobby

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By Matt Stieb

The company must forfeit a 3,500-year-old clay tablet purchased for over $1.6 million after prosecutors found it was illegally smuggled out of Iraq.

George P. Is Trump’s Favorite Bush, but Not His Favorite Texas AG Candidate

George P. brags that he’s the only Bush the 45th president enjoys. Trump still backed his rival, MAGA loyalist Ken Paxton, in the Texas AG race.

Cash Rules Everything Around Martin Shkreli’s Wu-Tang Clan Album Sale

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By Devon Ivie

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CDC Throws Cold Water on Hot Vax Summer

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Officials recommend the fully vaccinated mask up where the virus is surging, as new science shows they can transmit the Delta variant.

‘This Is How I’m Going to Die’: January 6 Panel Hears Emotional Police Testimony

By Nia Prater

Four U.S. Capitol and D.C. police officers described the violence and slurs they endured in the Capitol riot during the committee’s first hearing.

The Superhumanity of Simone Biles

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By Will Leitch

No one has been under more pressure at these Olympic Games, and no one could have handled it better than she did.

Should Unvaccinated People Avoid Restaurants Completely?

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By Chris Crowley

The available evidence suggests it would be a good idea.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares COVID Vaccine Requirements to ‘Segregation’

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The good news is that MTG has stopped using Holocaust analogies to attack anti-COVID measures. The bad news: She’s found another offensive analogy.

7/27/2021

Mike Enzi, the former senator from Wyoming, has died following a bicycle accident

Former senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), the onetime chairman of two Senate panels crucial to domestic policy, died Monday after suffering serious injuries in a bicycle accident. He was 77.

Enzi was riding his bicycle near his home in Gillette, Wyo., when he was injured Friday and flown to UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo.

Enzi “passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family,” a statement posted to his Twitter account late Monday said. His family said they plan to share details about a “celebration of a life well-lived” at a later time.

The genial, low-key conservative was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996 after serving as mayor of Gillette and a member of the Wyoming legislature. He decided not to seek a fifth term in 2020.

Former senator Mike Enzi dies after being injured in bike accident

—Washington Post

Kathryn Garcia’s Wide-Open Future

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By Clare Malone

She’s out of a job and lost the primary, but the almost-next-mayor of New York is now a political celebrity.

7/26/2021

What to Know About COVID Breakthrough Infections

By Chas Danner

There have been isolated reports of new cases among fully vaccinated people, prompting confusion and alarm. Here’s what’s going on.

7/26/2021

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deploys Big Lie to Boost Vaccinations

The gubernatorial candidate is encouraging Arkansans to get their “Trump vaccine” and blaming the left for sowing distrust of the COVID jab.

7/26/2021

Final missing Surfside victim identified

The identification of a 98th victim in the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, brought the painstaking process of searching for missing people to a close Monday. The remains of Estelle Hedaya, 54, were at last identified, her brother, Ikey Hedaya, told The Associated Press. Hedaya was the only victim left unrecovered when firefighters concluded their search for bodies Friday as, nearly a month after the collapse, the stories-high debris pile was cleared so that the building’s entire foundation was exposed.

98th and final missing person reportedly recovered, identified in Florida partial building collapse

—NBC News

7/26/2021