Tipsheet: Republicans keep distance from 'Justice for J6' rally

View in your browser     Republicans keep distance from 'Justice for J6' rally BY CRISTINA MARCOS AND MIKE LILLIS   Republicans are keeping their distance from Saturday’s “Justice for J6” rally on Capitol Hill without explicitly condemning its support for people accused of crimes related to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. Despite several far-right House members expressing sympathy for the rioters in recent months and depicting them as “political prisoners,” none have said they plan to attend the rally. Read the full story here     Pentagon admits 'tragic mistake' in strike that killed 10 civilians BY ELLEN MITCHELL   The Pentagon on Friday confirmed it mistook a civilian vehicle for an ISIS-K threat when it launched a drone strike on Aug. 29 in Kabul that killed 10 civilians. Read the full story here     FDA panel endorses COVID-19 booster shots for older Americans, rejects widespread use BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL   A federal advisory panel on Friday unanimously voted to recommend the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorize a third booster dose of Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for people over the age of 65 as well as for other groups of people who are at high risk for COVID-19.  Read the full story here     Police say 'strong plan in place' to protect Capitol amid threats of violence BY CRISTINA MARCOS   Capitol Police and local Washington law enforcement leaders sought to project confidence on Friday ahead of a planned demonstration that authorities say has been accompanied by intelligence indicating the potential for violence. Read the full story here       Emboldened Trump takes aim at GOP foes BY SCOTT WONG   Donald Trump claimed his first scalp of the campaign cycle this week, forcing Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio) — a rising GOP star and one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the former president — into an early retirement. Read the full story here     Haitians stuck in Texas extend Biden's immigration woes BY RAFAEL BERNAL   The growing group of Haitians massing under a bridge in Texas under increasingly squalid conditions is worsening President Biden’s political headache over immigration. Read the full story here     White House to host global COVID-19 summit next week BY PETER SULLIVAN   The White House announced Friday that it will host a global COVID-19 summit next week, as it seeks to step up efforts to vaccinate the world. Read the full story here     Hoyer affirms House will vote Sept. 27 on bipartisan infrastructure bill BY CRISTINA MARCOS   House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Friday affirmed the chamber will vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill on Sept. 27, signaling Democratic leaders are still plowing full speed ahead on their planned timeline even though the larger $3.5 trillion bill to invest in social safety net programs still faces tough hurdles. Read the full story here     Interior reverses Trump, moves BLM headquarters back to DC BY RACHEL FRAZIN   The Interior Department will restore the Washington, D.C., headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management, which was moved to Colorado during the Trump administration, while maintaining the Colorado office as its "Western headquarters." Read the full story here     France pulls ambassadors to US, Australia in protest of submarine deal BY MORGAN CHALFANT   France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in protest of a new partnership between the two countries to deliver Australia nuclear-powered submarines. Read the full story here     'Traitorous' or 'tabloidish': Should Milley be court-martialed or Woodward condemned? BY JONATHAN TURLEY   OPINION l What the book describes is not necessarily an unlawful order but an allegedly unstable president — and there is a process for dealing with that eventuality. It is called the 25th Amendment. If Milley felt Trump was no longer capable of exercising his authority as commander in chief, then he had a duty to raise Trump’s removal — not to unilaterally assume the powers of commander in chief. Read the full story here     Vaccines are the future of health care BY ROBERT POPOVIAN AND MERRILL MATTHEWS   OPINION l Future vaccines may be our best preventive medicine option for long-feared diseases. They may even become the preferred treatment option. Let’s hope they won’t be as politicized as the COVID-19 vaccines have, become because the least effective vaccine is the one a person refuses to take. Read the full story here     NBC News — Behind Alex Murdaugh's 'fall from grace': Drug addiction fueled by opioid epidemic BY ERIC ORTIZ The uncoiling saga of the Murdaugh family, a well-connected legal dynasty in South Carolina, has thrown a spotlight on the state's rampant black market for prescription opioids and how officials have struggled to contain the booming drug crisis during the pandemic. Read the full story here     NYT: Secret Talks and a Hidden Agenda: Behind the U.S. Defense Deal that France Called a ‘Betrayal’ BY DAVID E. SANGER The United States and Australia went to extraordinary lengths to keep Paris in the dark as they secretly negotiated a plan to build nuclear submarines, scuttling France’s largest defense contract and so enraging President Emmanuel Macron that on Friday he ordered the withdrawal of France’s ambassadors to both nations. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: As an Afghan newspaper struggles to survive, a brutal beating — and a Taliban apology BY SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN KABUL — When the senior Taliban official, dressed in black, entered the struggling newsroom, some journalists froze, their faces etched in fear. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: One stunning afternoon: Setbacks imperil Biden’s reset BY JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — It was an hour President Joe Biden would no doubt like to forget. On Friday, the Pentagon acknowledged that a drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians, including seven children, not terrorists. A panel advising the Food and Drug Administration voted to not recommend COVID booster shots for all Americans over 16, dashing an administration hope. And France announced it was recalling its ambassador to the U.S. out of anger for being cut out of a secret nuclear submarine deal Biden had struck with the United Kingdom and Australia. Read the full story here     Politico: Gonzalez exit demoralizes GOP moderates BY DAVID SIDERS, OLIVIA BEAVERS and ALLY MUTNICK Few presidents have taken more public pleasure in seeing one of their party’s own leave office than Donald Trump in his reaction to Rep. Anthony Gonzalez’s announcement that he would not seek reelection. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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