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View in your browser     White House COVID-19 response coordinator says US is 'turning the corner' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   “I would say we are turning the corner," Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said.  "We now have, as of this morning, 58 percent of adult Americans with at least one shot. Over 110 million Americans fully vaccinated.”  Read the full story here     Fauci: 'Unlikely' US will see COVID-19 surge in fall, winter By JOHN BOWDEN   "Well, the fact that we have vaccines right now, Chuck, is really a game changer," Anthony Fauci told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I mean, if we get, which we will, to the goals that the president has established, namely if we get 70 percent of the people vaccinated by the 4th of July, namely one single dose, and even more thereafter, you may see blips. But if we handle them well, it is unlikely that you'll see the kind of surge that we saw in the late fall and the early winter." Read the full story here     'No doubt' US has undercounted COVID-19 deaths, Fauci says By JOHN BOWDEN   Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House COVID-19 response team and President Biden's chief medical adviser, said Sunday that he believes it is likely that the U.S. has undercounted the number of deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story here     Fauci: 'Other countries need to chip in' to help India By OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN    Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that other countries need to “chip in” amid India's struggle against a surge in COVID-19 cases that is crippling the country. Read the full story here     Commerce secretary: US has a 'long way to go to recover from the pandemic' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in the wake of an April jobs report that widely missed economists' projections that the U.S. has “a long way to go to recover from the pandemic." Read the full story here     Clyburn: GOP is 'losing its way on all fronts' By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (R-S.C.) on Sunday slammed the Republican Party, saying the GOP is “losing its way on all fronts” while pointing a finger at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Read the full story here     House Republican: Cheney has 'failed' GOP conference By JOHN BOWDEN   Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), the chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee, told "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the House Republican Conference chair, should not have a role in leadership if she continues to call out former President Trump. Read the full story here     GOP governor says Republican Party has to allow for differences By MYCHAEL SCHNELL   Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Sunday said that the Republican Party has to allow for differences when asked about the push to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership  position as House Republican Conference chair because of her anti-Trump stance. Read the full story here     Hogan: GOP devolving into 'circular firing squad' with Cheney ouster By JOHN BOWDEN   "Well, it's sort of a circular firing squad where we're just attacking members of our own party, instead of focusing on solving problems or standing up and having an argument that, that, that we can debate the Democrats on some of the things that the Biden administration is pushing through," Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) explained. Read the full story here     McCarthy slams Biden infrastructure plan By JORDAN WILLIAMS   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal for what he said were misplaced priorities. Read the full story here     Facebook oversight board member on Capitol rioters: Trump was 'egging them on' By JOHN BOWDEN   "President Trump issued those statements as a mob was ripping through the Capitol, as members of Congress were cowering in fear," Michael McConnell said. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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