The U.S. will donate 25 million vaccine doses to aid other nations as domestic demand dwindles politico.com/news/2021/06/0…
19 million doses will be routed through the global aid program COVAX to countries in Central and South America, Asia and Africa. Another 6 million doses will be split among nations including Mexico, Canada and South Korea, as well as U.N. health workers. politico.com/news/2021/06/0…
The U.S. donation of vaccines will include a mixture of vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna politico.com/news/2021/06/0…
Our goal is in service of ending the pandemic globally," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters today. "We want to save lives and thwart variants that place all of us at risk. Most important, this is just the right thing to do." politi.co/3gaf1fE
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Voters head to the polls today in New Mexico, where the special congressional election will give us an early look at the 2022 political environment politi.co/2RSqCrV
Democrat Melanie Stansbury faces Republican Mark Moores in the special election in New Mexico’s 1st District. Democrats feel confident they will hold this deep-blue, Albuquerque-based seat. politi.co/2RSqCrV
An upset loss in New Mexico would be catastrophic for a few reasons. Most importantly, Nancy Pelosi desperately needs the vote to pad her narrow majority. This would give her four to spare. politi.co/2RSqCrV
Senate Republicans unveiled a $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer this morning, in an effort to reach a bipartisan agreement with the White House politico.com/news/2021/05/2…
The latest GOP offer only includes $257 billion in new spending, a far cry from the White House number of $1.7 trillion politico.com/news/2021/05/2…
The new GOP infrastructure proposal allocates:
• $506 B for roads and bridges
• $98 B for public transit systems
• $46 B for passenger and freight trail
• $21 B for safety
• $22 B for ports and waterways
• $56 B for airports politico.com/news/2021/05/2…
Empty airports. Full delivery trucks. When the pandemic hit, our infrastructure needs changed 🧵 politi.co/3foRIzv
One of the most severely affected parts of the economy was passenger travel. Public transit ridership, in particular, saw a steep downturn politi.co/3foRIzv
The pandemic also took a big bite out of air travel. The number of commercial flights was nearly halved from what it was in 2019. politi.co/3foRIzv
First these Republicans tried to undercut or overturn Joe Biden’s election win. Now they’re running for secretary of state in key battleground states that could decide control of Congress in 2022 — and who wins the White House in 2024. politi.co/3fd9rKm
Rep. Jody Hice is challenging Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's GOP incumbent secretary of state politi.co/3fd9rKm
Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem is vying for the GOP nomination to run for secretary of state against Democratic incumbent Katie Hobbs politi.co/3fd9rKm
Advocates say the new hate crimes law is a big step.
But there’s a problem: Many big police departments don’t report whether a crime was motivated by bias to federal authorities. And state governments often disagree on what a hate crime even is. 🧵 politico.com/interactives/2…
In 2020, nearly a quarter of big cities didn’t report a single hate crime, a statistical near-impossibility.
More than 11 million people live in these cities, which include Baltimore, Savannah, Ga., and Norfolk, Va. politi.co/3ylNMY1
There are a number of reasons for the gap in reporting, experts say. People are generally reluctant to report hate crimes and many police departments also lack the training — or the political will — to properly identify and report hate crimes. politi.co/3ylNMY1
Republicans in the House and Senate may be of the same breed, but they are certainly showing they have different spots. Here are some key differences and similarities 🧵politi.co/2T4c8W2
GOP senators seem more capable of staying on message, keeping internal battles from blowing up on the national level.
But House Republicans are roiled with intra-party drama, drawing them away from messages that will help them win them the House back. politi.co/2T4c8W2
But yesterday’s vote shows House and Senate Republicans share some similarities, too. Both Republican party leaders and a majority of their rank-and-file members oppose the Jan. 6 commission that Donald Trump detests. politi.co/2T4c8W2