Tipsheet: Republicans attack Biden agenda after disappointing jobs report

View in your browser     Republicans attack Biden agenda after disappointing jobs report BY NAOMI JAGODA   Republicans are seizing on disappointing jobs data to argue that President Biden’s spending and tax plans are already causing a slowdown in the economy. Friday’s jobs report — which showed U.S. employers added 266,000 jobs in April, far below expectations — could pose a challenge for Biden as he seeks to enact his proposals for $4.1 trillion in new spending financed by tax increases on wealthy individuals and corporations. Read the full story here     Five takeaways on a surprisingly poor jobs report BY NIV ELIS   Economists and politicians alike were shocked by the unexpectedly tepid April jobs report released Friday, which showed that the economy only added about a quarter the number of jobs most were expecting. Read the full story here     Biden defends rescue package after disappointing jobs report BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Biden on Friday defended his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan after a disappointing jobs report, arguing that the new data prove the necessity of the legislation and that it would take more time for the economy to recover.  Read the full story here     DOJ proposes crackdown on 'ghost guns' following Biden pledge BY REBECCA BEITSCH   The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday took aim at “ghost guns,” proposing to close a loophole that allows people to avoid background checks as they purchase guns without serial numbers. Read the full story here       California records first annual population decrease in state history BY REID WILSON   California’s population declined last year, marking the first time the nation’s largest state has registered a drop since it joined the Union in 1850. Read the full story here     Grand jury indicts 4 ex-police officers in George Floyd's death BY MARTY JOHNSON   A federal grand jury has indicted all four former Minneapolis police officers involved with the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, including Derek Chauvin, who was convicted on murder and manslaughter charges last month. Read the full story here     Virginia GOP set for wild, unpredictable convention BY REID WILSON    Tens of thousands of Virginia Republicans will head to community colleges, church parking lots and county fairgrounds on Saturday to choose nominees in what activists and officials say remains an unpredictable battle for the near-term future of a party that has not won a statewide election in a dozen years. Read the full story here     Lindsey Graham: GOP can't 'move forward without President Trump' BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said the Republican Party can’t “move forward” without former President Trump. Read the full story here     Biden 'confident' meeting with Putin will take place soon BY TAL AXELROD   President Biden said Friday that he’s “confident” he and Russian President Vladimir Putin can meet in June, though the details of any face-to-face have yet to be agreed upon. Read the full story here     CDC warns virus can spread more than 6 feet under certain conditions BY PETER SULLIVAN   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned in a document published Friday of "repeatedly documented" instances of coronavirus spreading through the air to people more than 6 feet away under certain conditions. Read the full story here     Biden's Paris Agreement commitment will be tough on Americans — and ineffective BY ELLEN R. WALD   OPINION l It is understandable that countries with large amounts of poverty, such as China and India, want to take advantage of their natural resources to increase the standard of living for their people. But for the sake of the planet, the United States would do better using considerable resources to help these countries reduce their dependence on coal, rather setting unattainable goals at home. Read the full story here     GOP is consumed by Trump conspiracy theories BY BRAD BANNON OPINION l Trump hovers over the future of the Republican Party like a dark and threatening cloud that prevents his party from seeing the horizon. The GOP is whatever Trump says it is. That’s a problem because of public distaste for him and his presidency. Most Americans have a negative opinion of him in the NBC News poll. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Post reporters’ phone records BY DEVLIN BARRETT The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to government letters and officials. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays BY MARCY GORDON Lurking beneath Facebook’s decision on whether to continue Donald Trump’s suspension from its platform is a far more complex and consequential question: Do the protections carved out for companies when the internet was in its infancy 25 years ago make sense when some of them have become global powerhouses with almost unlimited reach? Read the full story here     The New York Times: Inside Democrats' scramble to repel the GOP voting push BY REID J. EPSTEIN AND NICK CORASANITI Lacking effective legislative or legal ways to stop Republicans from introducing new voting limits, Democrats are applying pressure on their allies in Washington and trying to energize supporters. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Lobbyists, unions seek to shape marijuana industry BY JULIE BYKOWICZ Cannabis companies, new trade organizations and banks are looking to shape marijuana-industry ground rules, sending in the lobbyists as more states legalize and Congress weighs measures to further legitimize use. Read the full story here     Reuters: Indian states impose stricter lockdowns as COVID deaths hit record high BY TANVI MEHTA AND SUDARSHAN VARADHAN India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns. 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