🛑 A growing number of states are refusing to increase unemployment benefits designed to help Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

By the end of June, 18 states are set to stop participating in the federal government's supplemental unemployment benefits program: West Virginia and Alaska, Arizona, Georgia and Ohio, Utah, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and North Dakota, Montana, South Carolina, and Arkansas

Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

Everyone is so tired of watching Karl Rove on Fox News. He has played the game for decades, but all he and his buddies want to do is take your money and run. He’s totally ineffective and does not represent the MAGA Movement in any way, shape, or form. He called me on the evening of November 3rd, Election Night, to congratulate me on my “great win.” When it was revealed the election was rigged and stolen, he flew the coop. Donate your money far more wisely at DonaldJTrump.com!

#BREAKING | Blinken-Lavrov summit to discuss 'totality' of US-Russia relations, State Dept. says

📰 “On policy issues, Mr. Biden, 78, takes days or weeks to make up his mind as he examines and second-guesses himself and others,” reported the New York Times.

What a philosophical approach to governance!

💸 According to a complaint filed with the House Ethics Committee, spendthrift Representative Maxine Waters was already being escorted by two armed Capitol police officers and two U.S. Secret Service agents when she allegedly asked two air marshals and two other marshals on landing to accompany her at the airport.

"Congresswoman Maxine Waters used numerous government resources improperly," the complaint says.

🚧 A "staggering number" of migrant children detained at a Border Patrol facility in south Texas face overcrowded conditions, with some held for as long as seven days.

Where are you Kamala? 51 days have gone by without you facing questions or touring the southern border

🏋️‍♂️ Let's go back to the question of government spending again. It's not letting up anytime soon: Senators Tammy Duckworth and Jerry Morgan have introduced bipartisan gym mitigation and survival legislation that would create a $30 billion grant program to help gyms, fitness centers, and studios.

A fit but indebted America?

#URGENT | One person in custody as suspicious car closes Joint Base Andrews main gate

🎙 According to a press release from Radio Liberty, after the visit of the bailiffs to the Moscow bureau of the US agency, the bank accounts of RFE / RL in Russia were frozen, and a search warrant was sent to the Moscow bureau. The seizure of the agency's accounts was carried out to ensure payment of unpaid fines in the amount of 5 million rubles (US $ 68,000)

🛒 "Beginning today, vaccinated customers and members are welcome to shop without a mask, and we will continue to request that non-vaccinated customers and members wear face coverings in our stores and clubs," the Walmart company said

House Democrats have introduced a new bill that would provide the District of Columbia Air National Guard with $200 million to create a quick reaction force of service members ready to respond to any violence or threats on Capitol Hill.

Is there something they're still worried about?

🖋 Texas has sued the Biden administration over its decision to rescind the previous administration's approval of changes to its Medicaid program, saying the move was meant to pressure the state into expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

In a complaint filed, the Texas said that the loss of the approval could cost the state more than $30 billion and would have an "almost incalculable effect on Texas' most vulnerable citizens."

Check out our brief summary of the latest news:

▪️ Texas sues to block 'Biden's power grab' to strip state of Medicaid waiver

▪️ Kamala Harris has gone 52 days without a news conference since being tapped for the border crisis role

▪️ Neera Tanden joins Biden WH as adviser after OMB nomination pulled

▪️ The United States is set to deploy two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drones at Misawa air base in Japan's Aomori prefecture for five months

▪️ President Joe Biden reportedly had an angry temperamental outburst when confronting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra over how his department was dealing with the influx of migrant children

#BREAKING | White House on Gaza AP office strike: Safety of reporters is 'paramount responsibility'

#BREAKING | Netanyahu tells Biden Israel 'is doing everything' to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza

#BREAKING | Palestinian President Abbas gets 'important' call from President Biden