Tipsheet: Sanders seeks chance to put his stamp on government

View in your browser     Sanders seeks chance to put his stamp on government BY ALEXANDER BOLTON   Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-described Democratic socialist who for years stood at the edges of Senate Democratic policy debates, is now at the center of power and on the cusp of a major policy victory that will put his stamp on government spending and policy for years to come. Before his surprisingly successful 2016 Democratic primary campaign, Sanders for much of his legislative career in Congress was largely ignored by more moderate colleagues. Read the full story here     Five questions for Democrats on their $3.5T budget BY NAOMI JAGODA   Key Senate Democrats this week reached an agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would facilitate a wide-ranging spending package, but many details about what the spending measure will look like remain to be seen. Read the full story here     CDC director warns of 'pandemic of the unvaccinated' as cases rise BY PETER SULLIVAN   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky warned of rising cases on Friday, stating that COVID-19 is "becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated" and that vaccinated people are protected against severe disease. Read the full story here     Federal judge blocks new applications to DACA BY RAFAEL BERNAL   A federal judge in Texas blocked new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in a ruling Friday, increasing pressure on Congress to find a legislative solution for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors. Read the full story here       Biden: Social media platforms 'killing people' BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Biden on Friday said that social media companies that allow coronavirus misinformation to spread on their platforms are “killing people,” escalating a fight with Facebook and other companies as the White House warns about the spread of inaccurate information about COVID-19 vaccines.  Read the full story here     Democrats face daunting hurdles despite promising start BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG   President Biden and Democratic leaders face daunting hurdles as they fight to preserve a fragile bipartisan coalition crucial to the success of Biden’s legacy-defining economic agenda. Read the full story here     Arizona audit muddles on with no clear end in sight BY TAL AXELROD   Arizona’s partisan election audit is muddling along with no end on the horizon as Republicans in the state Senate and Democratic outside groups battle over the process. Read the full story here     Psaki criticizes 'loaded and inaccurate' question from Fox's Doocy BY ALEX GANGITANO   White House press secretary Jen Psaki called a question from a Fox News reporter “loaded and inaccurate” on Friday when asked about the topic of vaccine misinformation on social media. Read the full story here     Border apprehensions rise despite deadly summer heat BY RAFAEL BERNAL   U.S. authorities reported almost 200,000 migrant encounters at the southwest border last month, pushing the number of apprehensions for the fiscal year past the 1 million mark, according to figures released Friday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Read the full story here     Ex-Trump official: 'No. 1 national security threat I've ever seen' is GOP BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   A former Trump administration official is calling the Republican Party the “No. 1 national security threat." Read the full story here     How Trump can win again: Become the calm, moderate candidate BY CONRAD BLACK   OPINION l As time passes, the public irritation with Trump’s bombastic behavior, of his being in the nation’s face day and night for four years, will recede and gradually be replaced by the spectacle of a comatose Biden administration, floundering and dissembling, fecklessly struggling with the various crises it has created. There will be, soon enough, nostalgia for Trump instead. Read the full story here     Resilience will bring women back to work — realism will help them thrive BY SIAN BEILOCK   OPINION l Despite the “Great Reopening” being finally here, many Americans are feeling anxious about the transition — especially women, who have been the most dramatically impacted by the blending of home and work life during pandemic shut downs.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Delta variant takes hold in U.S. as coronavirus cases rise nearly 70 percent BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB and FRANCES STEAD SELLERS Federal health officials sounded an alarm Friday about a surge in U.S. coronavirus infections fueled by the twin threats posed by the highly transmissible delta variant and a stagnation in efforts to vaccinate as many Americans as possible. Read the full story here     The New York Times: As floodwaters ebb in Europe, death toll passes 160 BY JAMES C. McKINLEY JR., BENJAMIN MUELLER, JACK EWING and MEGAN SPECIA As Saturday dawned and waters receded, Germans in the country’s west surveyed scenes of destruction, grieved over a rising death toll and confronted questions about how the country’s flood control systems had been so quickly overwhelmed by one of the most extreme rainfalls on record. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Syrian president sworn in for 4th term in war-torn country BY AP STAFF Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country. Read the full story here     Reuters: France opens doors to vaccinated travellers, restricts others BY SYBILLE de LA HAMAIDE France will reinforce restrictions on unvaccinated travellers from a series of countries to counter a rebound in COVID-19 infections, while opening its doors to those who have received all their shots, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: China dismisses U.S. warning on Hong Kong as ‘pure nonsense’ BY INA ZHOU and KARI SOO LINDBERG China dismissed U.S. warnings about the risk of doing business in Hong Kong as “pure nonsense,” saying sanctions won’t change its determination to safeguard national security. 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 ©2021 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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