Tipsheet: Eviction ruling puts new pressure on Congress

View in your browser     Eviction ruling puts new pressure on Congress BY NAOMI JAGODA   Congress is under new pressure to keep millions of Americans in their homes after the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s latest eviction moratorium. The court said in its 6-3 ruling late Thursday night that it is up to Congress to authorize a freeze on evictions, but lawmakers have been unable to make that happen. Read the full story here     US conducts military strike against ISIS-K planner BY JORDAN WILLIAMS    The United States military conducted a drone strike against an ISIS-K planner in what appeared to be a retaliatory attack for a suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and injured at least 100 Afghans.  Read the full story here     Harris's delayed trip to Vietnam ratchets up Havana Syndrome fears BY LAURA KELLY AND REBECCA BEITSCH    The medical evacuation of at least two U.S. diplomats in Vietnam ahead of a visit by Vice President Harris has exposed the Biden administration’s struggle to answer questions surrounding so-called Havana Syndrome.   Read the full story here     US intel review inconclusive on COVID-19 origin BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL AND REBECCA BEITSCH   An intelligence community report released Friday was inconclusive as to whether COVID-19 originated in a lab or jumped from animals to humans naturally, though U.S. officials stated that it was not developed as a biological weapon. Read the full story here       McCarthy: 'There will be a day of reckoning' for Biden BY SCOTT WONG   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared Friday that "there will be a day of reckoning” for President Biden following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghan civilians.  Read the full story here     Judge blocks DeSantis from banning school mask mandates BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL   School districts in Florida will be allowed to impose mask requirements after a district judge on Friday blocked an executive order from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) banning the mandates. Read the full story here     Biden officials weighing shorter timeline for booster shots BY ALEX GANGITANO   President Biden on Friday said that discussions are underway over whether COVID-19 booster shots should be administered five months after second vaccine doses, a shorter timeline than the eight months previously discussed by health officials. Read the full story here     House panel probing Jan. 6 asks tech giants for records BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO AND REBECCA BEITSCH   The select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol sent letters to 15 websites and tech companies Friday demanding records related to the deadly insurrection. Read the full story here     New York considering special session to delay evictions BY REID WILSON   New York’s new governor is considering calling legislators back to Albany to address the impending end of a moratorium on evictions in the middle of a pandemic, even as billions of dollars in state and federal funding meant to avoid a catastrophic increase in homelessness remain unspent. Read the full story here     Growing scrutiny over Elder roils California recall election BY TAL AXELROD   A flood of scrutiny over conservative radio host Larry Elder’s California gubernatorial recall bid over past conduct and controversial remarks is giving Republicans headaches and Democrats hope in the surprisingly close contest. Read the full story here     In the voter fraud debate, be wary of junk science BY JUSTIN GRIMMER, ANDREW B. HALL AND DANIEL M. THOMPSON   OPINION l Evaluating the American election system and ensuring it is secure is crucial. Americans should regard all claims from all sides with healthy skepticism, and always ask: “What is the evidence?” In the case of “The Georgia Report” and its claim that thousands of people voted illegally in 2020 in Georgia, the evidence simply is not there. Read the full story here     Democrats' latest backdoor plan to limit gun ownership BY JUSTIN HASKINS   OPINION l The left knows it doesn’t have the political power to do what it really wants – a near-complete repeal of the Second Amendment – so it has turned to every other trick in the book to accomplish the same goal, while hiding, as the Biden administration is now, its true motivation.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: A digital Dunkirk — veterans online scramble to get people out of Afghanistan BY DAVE PHILIPPS Using office software, satellite maps and messaging apps, volunteers are acting like digital guide services to helping American citizens and Afghan allies flee the country. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Afghan evacuees left on planes for hours at Dulles before being cleared for entry BY LUZ LAZO, ANNIE LINSKEY AND LORI ARATANI Afghan evacuees arriving in the United States are running into new problems as they land: Hours-long delays have left hundreds stranded on planes parked at Dulles International Airport outside Washington as they wait to be processed and cleared for entry. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: In its last days in Kabul, US turns to Taliban as a partner BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV ANND VIVIAN SALAMA Twenty years ago, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban. Today, American forces, battered by one of the bloodiest attacks of the war, are relying for their own security on that same group, whose members they were trying to kill just weeks earlier. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Afghanistan’s economic crisis deepens as airlift winds down BY SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Hundreds of Afghans protested outside a bank in Kabul on Saturday and others formed long lines at cash machines as a U.N. agency warned that a worsening drought could leave millions in need of humanitarian aid. Read the full story here     NBC News: Hurricane Ida forecast to hit Louisiana on Sunday as Category 4 storm BY ELISHA FIELDSTADT AND TIM FITZSIMONS Hurricane Ida, which forecasters expect to make landfall on coastal Louisiana Sunday evening as a life-threatening Category 4 storm, poses a significant threat to the New Orleans metropolitan area, according to weather officials. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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