Tipsheet — Presented by Citi — Kinzinger retirement underscores Trump dominance over GOP

View in your browser   Presented by Citi   Kinzinger retirement underscores Trump dominance over GOP BY TAL AXELROD   Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s (R-Ill.) announcement that he will retire after his current term marks the latest victory in former President Trump’s quest to purge his internal critics from the GOP and mold the Republican Party even more in his own image.  Kinzinger’s Friday announcement, along with stiff primary challenges facing other Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment earlier this year, underscores the headwinds critics of the former president face in their reelection bids – and just how Trumpian the House GOP conference is expected to be starting in 2023 in the likely absence of at least some of his detractors.  Read the full story here     Progressives see infrastructure vote next week BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG   House liberals are playing the long game — the progressives who bucked their president to block an infrastructure vote this week also lowered the bar for moving an even larger social benefits package at the heart of Joe Biden's domestic policy agenda. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM CITI Tackling the startup world’s gender, race and ethnic funding gap   With our $200 million Impact Investment Fund we are seeking opportunities to invest in businesses that are led or owned by women and minority entrepreneurs, helping to create equitable access to venture capital funding.   FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL AND PETER SULLIVAN   COVID-19 vaccines for younger children are one step closer to becoming available after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11. Read the full story here     Democrats seek tweaks to $1.75T framework BY NAOMI JAGODA   Democrats are working to see how bendable the White House's framework for the social-spending package is. Read the full story here     Harris makes a final pitch for McAuliffe BY MORGAN CHALFANT   Vice President Harris made a trip to Norfolk, Va., on Friday evening to campaign for Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe as part of a final push by top Democrats to boost him in an unexpectedly tight race. Read the full story here     Supreme Court rejects Maine health workers' challenge to vaccine mandate BY JOHN KRUZEL   A divided Supreme Court on Friday left intact a vaccine requirement for Maine health care workers, rebuffing the latest legal challenge targeting COVID-19 vaccination mandates to reach the justices. Read the full story here     Trump doubles down on calling for Pulitzers to be revoked from WaPost, NYT BY CAROLINE VAKIL   Three years after The Washington Post and The New York Times won Pulitzer Prizes for their work investigating the Trump campaign, it still stings the former president. Read the full story here     A MESSAGE FROM CITI Tackling the startup world’s gender, race and ethnic funding gap.   With our $200 million Impact Investment Fund we are seeking opportunities to invest in businesses that are led or owned by women and minority entrepreneurs, helping to create equitable access to venture capital funding. Millions of women could lose their right to choose — not just in Texas BY BRAD BANNON   OPINION l Next year, most states will have gubernatorial and legislative elections. If the Supreme Court does nullify Roe v. Wade by upholding the Texas statute, these state officials will be the last line of defense in the fight to protect reproductive freedom. Read the full story here     Warning: Joe Biden's 'eat the rich' pitch may come back to bite you BY JONATHAN TURLEY   OPINION l The Biden administration appears ready to give up on a massive tax increase — but intends to keep its “freebee” pledge by taxing the “super rich.” However, it is not the target but the tax that is different. The administration wants to tax “unrealized capital gains,” a term akin to oxymorons like “exact estimate,” “openly deceptive,” or — perhaps more apropos with the Biden tax — “going nowhere.” Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       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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