Tipsheet: Vaccine mandate backlash sparks concerns of other health crises

View in your browser     Vaccine mandate backlash sparks concerns of other health crises BY JUSTINE COLEMAN   Explosive disputes over COVID-19 vaccine mandates are prompting concerns in the public health community that previously low-level opposition to other required vaccines could quickly gain traction. Health experts say that rejecting routine vaccines might spark preventable public health crises, including the reemergence of outbreaks for diseases like measles and mumps. Read the full story here     Democrats lean into vaccine mandates ahead of midterms BY MAX GREENWOOD   Democrats are feeling increasingly confident that strict COVID-19 policies are a winning campaign issue in 2022, motivated by a spate of recent polling and California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s triumph this week over a Republican-led effort to recall him from office. Read the full story here     Far-right rally draws small crowd, large police presence at Capitol BY MIKE LILLIS   Several hundred pro-Trump demonstrators gathered outside the Capitol on Saturday to protest the treatment of those charged in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection — a crowd that seemed to be dwarfed by the outsize presence of the news media and police forces on hand to monitor the event. Read the full story here     Nation's fraught politics leads to fear, scars and exits BY HANNA TRUDO   The nation’s increasingly polarized politics are creating new fears for lawmakers and staff, a fact highlighted by Saturday’s planned rally at the Capitol where people will be demonstrating in support of those arrested on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Read the full story here       The Memo: Never Trumpers sink into gloom as Gonzalez bows out BY NIALL STANAGE   The gloom among Never Trump Republicans is deepening this weekend, following Thursday’s announcement from Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) that he will not seek reelection. Read the full story here     Kinzinger says Trump 'winning' because so many Republicans 'have remained silent' BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) says that former President Trump is “winning” because so many Republicans “have remained silent.” Read the full story here     Texas doctor who provided abortion in violation of new law: 'I had a duty of care' BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO   A Texas doctor has revealed that he recently performed an abortion in violation of the state's new controversial law that prohibits nearly all abortions after roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, arguing that he “had a duty of care to this patient.”  Read the full story here     Nearly 30 more Americans evacuated from Afghanistan BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   Nearly 30 more Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan via a charter flight, the State Department announced Saturday. Read the full story here     Relative of Afghans killed in US drone strike says apology 'not enough,' demands probe BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO   A family member of the 10 Afghans killed in a U.S. drone strike after a civilian vehicle was mistaken for an ISIS-K threat said Saturday that the apology from the Pentagon is “not enough” and called on U.S. officials to launch a full probe into the incident to identify those responsible.  Read the full story here     Alaska plots its post-oil financial future BY REID WILSON   For 45 years, Alaska has lived a charmed fiscal life. It has reaped billions in taxes from oil and gas companies, revenue it uses to shift the burden for running the government away from residents who, as a result, enjoy some of the lowest tax rates in America. Read the full story here     Why does Biden's vaccine mandate not apply to welfare recipients and others? BY CHRIS TALGO   OPINION l Biden’s vaccine mandate is not about getting the vulnerable vaccinated. It is about the Biden administration unfairly and unnecessarily forcing hard-working Americans to choose between their bodily autonomy and their livelihood. Read the full story here     Republicans caught in California's recall trap BY JOSHUA SPIVAK   OPINION l California is not the Democratic equivalent of Texas or Ohio or Florida. It’s not even Mississippi or Kansas. It is far bluer than any of those states are red. California is now the Democrats own Private Idaho. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Biden’s entire presidential agenda rests on expansive spending bill BY JIM TANKERSLEY A plan for the economy, education, immigration, climate and more binds disparate Democratic lawmakers, but the proposal risks sinking under its own weight. Read the full story here     Reuters: US authorities accelerate removal of Haitians at border with Mexico BY ALEXANDRA ULMER AND KRISTINA COOKE U.S. authorities moved some 2,000 people to other immigration processing stations on Friday from a Texas border town that has been overwhelmed by an influx of Haitian and other migrants, the Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: UN General Assembly faces climate change, COVID-19 and new tensions BY WILLIAM MAULDIN Biden is scheduled to speak in person as a nuclear submarine deal involving the U.S., U.K. and Australia angers France. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Yellen faces test as climate advocates push for aggressive financial action BY JEFF STEIN Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is poised to resist calls to ask financial regulators to rein in lending to the nation’s worst greenhouse-gas emitters. For now, Treasury officials appear unlikely to embrace the most dramatic steps pushed by  advocates. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban BY BERNARD CONDON AND JULIE WATSON Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       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 ©1998 - 2021 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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