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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="77262" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Guatemala">Guatemala</keyword>'s president on Thursday expressed doubt that the US could still be considered an ally because of the Trump administration's handling of the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> crisis.</li><li>Throughout the crisis, Trump has continued <keyword id="1629281" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="deportations">deportations</keyword>, which has helped spread the illness to Guatemala and to other countries in the region, many of which are ill-equipped to handle it.</li></ul>Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has continued deportations, in some cases sending immigrants with <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">Covid-19</keyword> back to their home countries, where it has spread among local communities.That transmission by deportation has been an acute problem in Guatemala, whose president on Thursday doubted whether the US was still an ally of the Central American country."Allies? The United States? That's not true. I believe that Guatemala is an ally to the United States, but I don't believe that the United States is an ally to Guatemala because they don't treat us as such," President <keyword id="5227640" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alejandro-Giammattei">Alejandro Giammattei</keyword> said through a translator during <a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/president-alejandro-giammattei-reactivating-guatemalas-economy-post-covid19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an online event</a> hosted by the Atlantic Council.<div type="image" title="FILE PHOTO: Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei and Defense Minister Juan Carlos Aleman take part in a ceremony with the armed forces to recognize Giammattei as Commander-in-Chief, in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria" height="535" width="800" msid="75877462" hostid="261"></div>Giammattei <a href="https://apnews.com/164e0389a95bd646116b077f7d1897c9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> deportation flights from the US on April 17, after numerous cases among passengers on a flight that arrived that week.After being promised each passenger would first have to test negative, Guatemalan officials <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-04/u-s-deportation-flights-to-guatemala-resume-with-assurances-of-coronavirus-testing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on May 4 they would</a> again routinely accept such flights. At that point, 117 deportees from the US had tested positive, accounting for more than 15% of the country's infections.Giammattei said Thursday that Guatemala has "seen how the United States has assisted other countries with respirators, for instance," but that his government hadn't received such help."We are allies to the United States, but I don't think it's reciprocal," Giammattei said. "We don't feel appreciative of how we've been treated."Giammattei appeared to begin addressing "serious issues" with arriving deportees, but stopped himself and said he thought it would be "anti-diplomatic" to share the details right now."I can say adamantly that we have not been treated with goodness by the United States, and it's a crisis," Giammattei added.<h2>'We would like reciprocity'</h2><div type="image" title="Guatemala coronavirus mask" height="1667" width="2500" msid="75877465" hostid="261"></div>A right-wing politician and former doctor, Giammattei took office in late January in what was the top country of origin for migrants and asylum-seekers intercepted at the southern US border.During his campaign he promised economic growth and to halt the outflow of people with an "<a href="https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-01-20/guatemalas-new-president-more-same-experts-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economic wall</a>." The strict measures he's taken in response to the pandemic have been criticized as authoritarian. But Giammattei said Thursday that strict measures were needed. "We now have to treat a disease that wasn't created here," he said, but Guatemalan hospitals "don't have enough room for quarantine patients."The large number of patients is, Giammattei said, "such a burden because ... we haven't even received one single mask from the United States — well, the ones [deportees] carry with them when they come back."That response has been made harder still by the the Trump administration, which has seized on the pandemic to pursue its desired "<keyword id="50403" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Immigration">immigration</keyword> restrictions, without regard to Congress, the courts or public opinion," Adam Isacson, senior associate for defense oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-immigration-crackdown-is-creating-new-coronavirus-hotspots-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in April</a>.<div type="image" title="Migrants, part of a caravan travelling to the U.S., make a human chain to pull people from the river between Guatemala to Mexico in Ciudad Hidalgo and continuing to walk in Mexico, October 29, 2018." height="1391" width="2000" msid="75877467" hostid="261"></div>Continued deportations by the US have created coronavirus hotspots, Isacson wrote, including in ICE detention centers in the US and in camps on the US-Mexico border, where thousands of migrants are stuck, unable to enter the US.Deportation flights have spread the illness, not just to Guatemala but <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-trump-administrations-deportation-policy-is-spreading-the-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elsewhere</a> in Latin America and the Caribbean.The circumstances make it hard to argue with Giammattei, Greg Weeks, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and expert on the region, <a href="http://weeksnotice.blogspot.com/2020/05/giammattei-says-us-is-not-ally.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on Thursday</a>."I should point out as well that the <a href="https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/PandemicAsPretextFINAL.pdf">Trump administration used the CDC</a> to block all asylum seekers, infected or not. Now all those being deported <a href="https://www.voanews.com/americas/guatemalan-deportees-us-face-coronavirus-stigma-threats-and-violence">are stigmatized in Guatemala</a> as well. Not exactly the work of an ally," Weeks added.Giammattei said Thursday that he understood that the US wants "less people in their nation. But why are they only sending the infected patients?""We do consider ourselves and we behave as allies to the United States, but we would like reciprocity. Send the immigrants back, OK, they're our problem, but you're sending them with a disease, so let's share that part of the problem," Giammattei said. "We would also like to tighten our relationship with the United States, because there are protocols. The CDC delegates in Guatemala drafted the protocols with us, and there's been full compliance on our side but not on the other side."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guatemala-president-doubts-us-ally-over-deportations-coronavirus-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Trump's handling of the coronavirus has another ally questioning the US's friendship

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Vice President Kamala Harris became the leading Democratic nominee on Sunday.</li><li>In the past, the former California prosecutor presented herself as a center-left politician.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-wants-to-unite-democratic-party-defeat-trump-biden-2024-7">Vice President Kamala Harris</a> became the leading contender for the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden, in a stunning reversal, announced on Sunday his <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-dropping-out-presidential-race-2024-7">withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race</a> four months before the election.Presenting herself as a center-left politician, Harris previously ran successful campaigns in California, winning statewide races for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, the state attorney general, and the US Senate.During the 2020 election, Harris became a potential frontrunner for the Democratic nomination and was seen as a relative moderate next to Biden. Her bid, however, was unsuccessful, as some critics pointed out her inability to present a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://time.com/5691643/kamala-harris-2020/">clear ideological vision</a>.Still, the former prosecutor-turned-vice president has been able to draw in moderates and progressives alike with her stances on abortion, climate, and the economy.Here's where she stands on major issues:<h2 id="2565119f-fcaa-4c3c-aa61-c65f6ee32929">Abortion</h2>Harris has supported abortion rights since her time in the Senate.She previously voted against a bill that would ban abortions <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/915288344300572673">after 20 weeks of pregnancy</a> and criticized Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his position on abortion during his confirmation hearing in 2018.As vice president, Harris has repeatedly highlighted the significance of abortion rights, becoming a leading voice on the issue for the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-trump-biden-abortion-rights-roe-arizona-ruling-2024-4">Biden administration</a> in the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.According to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/politics/kamala-harris-planned-parenthood-minnesota/index.html">CNN</a>, Harris made what was believed to be the first official visit to an abortion clinic by a sitting president or vice president.<h2 id="0218bb7b-ca8c-4f15-8e4d-f8aca3777a0a">Climate</h2>Harris previously supported policies to combat climate change, including plans to transition the US to 100% renewable energy and a carbon tax.In July 2023, Harris helped the Biden administration introduce a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/05/what-they-are-saying-biden-harris-administration-announces-historic-20-billion-in-awards-to-expand-access-to-clean-energy-and-climate-solutions-and-lower-energy-costs-for-communities-across-the-nati/">$20 billion</a> plan to fund climate and clean energy projects throughout the US.<h2 id="5ff4ae95-b330-4b13-9777-c03e02a84a42">Criminal justice</h2>As a district attorney and attorney general, Harris took several <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-defends-her-record-as-prosecutor-law-enforcement-2019-1">controversial actions</a> that progressives criticized but has shifted her stances over time. She even ran left of Biden on several issues related to criminal justice reform in 2020, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/21/kamala-harris-criminal-justice-record">The Marshall Project</a>.Harris cosponsored the 2018 Marijuana Justice Act, which would no longer classify cannabis as a controlled substance. She previously opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana before changing her stance in 2018.During her 2020 campaign, Harris presented a plan to reduce the prison population for women and children and put an end to solitary confinement.She also said that she would support a federal standard on use-of-force for police departments and proposed establishing a federal board that could review police shootings, according to The Marshall Project.<h2 id="e31c752f-a387-479a-bec2-89ef1f9f83b2">Economy</h2>Harris is expected to tout some of the headway the Biden administration has made with economic policies, including Biden's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-throws-support-behind-1-trillion-infrastructure-deal-with-gop-2021-6">Infrastructure Deal</a> and the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-passes-inflation-reduction-act-sending-it-to-biden-2022-8">Inflation Reduction Act</a>, which included a cap on insulin costs.In April, Harris announced a nationwide "Economic Opportunity Tour" to promote the administration's progress in investments toward small businesses, inflation, and student loan forgiveness.Previously, Harris introduced policies to support the middle class, such as a $3,000 refundable tax credit for those making $50,000 or less a year and a $6,000 credit to couples making $100,000 or less.She's also pushed for higher corporate taxes and criticized former President Donald Trump's tax cuts.<h2 id="11a25746-7ddd-496c-8261-ab0db8d03f21">Healthcare</h2>During her first presidential run, Harris' rivals drilled her over her shifting stances on healthcare. In 2019, Harris made waves when she became the first major potential Democratic presidential hopeful to team up with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on a "Medicare for All" plan.As a presidential candidate, Harris waffled on whether she would allow private insurance plans to continue. She raised her hand during a primary debate to indicate she would end such plans, only to say later that she had misunderstood the question.Harris ultimately rolled out her own "Medicare for All" proposal, which Sanders' campaign attacked for moving too slow (her plan called for a 10-year transition period) and Biden's advisors hammered for being too progressive, as HuffPost wrote about recently.In another difference from Biden, Harris has supported strong drug pricing controls, including tying US prices to what drugs cost in other wealthy nations, per Stat News.<h2 id="3f28a34f-e4a1-408d-a986-78ee8547fa2e">Immigration</h2>Immigration is another area where Harris has shifted her policy stances over time.As a San Francisco DA, she supported a city policy that turned over young immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they were arrested or accused of committing a felony.Later on, a Harris campaign spokesperson told CNN that the "policy could have been applied more fairly."Harris said she wanted to potentially overhaul ICE, criticized Trump's border wall as a "medieval vanity project," and backed the bipartisan border security deal that would have closed the border if a threshold of 5,000 migrants a week was reached. Senate Republicans shot down the legislation in May.As vice president, Harris was tasked with handling the root causes of migration to the US from Central America. In a move which angered some congressional Democrats, Harris warned migrants not to travel to the US border."Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our borders," Harris said during a 2021 news conference alongside then-Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.Republicans have already tried to inflate Harris' responsibilities, deeming her a "border czar." Polling has shown that Trump holds a major advantage on immigration, illustrating why the GOP wants to saddle Harris with the issue.<h2 id="67fc8e31-4c76-4345-8390-8bb3ce76e25b">Israel-Gaza</h2>During her 2020 run, Harris was a strong supporter of the US's relationship with Israel, once calling it an "unbreakable" bond, and assured that she would do "everything in my power" to maintain Israel's right to self-defense.Following the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-is-there-fighting-in-israel-and-what-caused-the-conflict-2023-10">Hamas invasion of Israel</a>, Harris said that "the threat Hamas poses to the people of Israel must be eliminated" but also later called for an "immediate cease-fire" in Gaza in March.She also reiterated the Biden administration's call against Israel's invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.In December 2023, Harris said that she supports a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/02/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas/#:~:text=And%20Israelis%20and%20Palestinians%20must,are%20committed%20to%20that%20goal.">two-state solution</a>.<h2 id="13fb96f7-3053-4bc4-816e-b7fa15bfe420">LGBTQ+ rights</h2>Harris supported the legalization of same-sex marriage and did not defend California's prohibition of gay marriage during her time as attorney general.However, Harris sought to deny gender-affirmation surgery to a trans prisoner, arguing that it was not "immediately necessary."As San Francisco DA, she established a hate crimes unit to investigate crimes against LGBTQ+ youth.Harris re-affirmed her support for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/08/fact-sheetbiden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-protect-lgbtqi-communities/">LGBTQ+ rights</a> as vice president but has not provided specific policies.

Here's where Kamala Harris stands on the issues, from the economy to healthcare

Guatemala City, Jun 22 (AP) Guatemalan Preisdent Alejandro Giammattei said Monday that 151 of the people who work at his official residence have tested positive for COVID-19, and one has died. Many of the infections were found among workers in the Secretariat of Administrative Affairs and Security at the presidential residence, which includes his offices, in downtown Guatemala City. Giammattei said 69 of those infected have recovered and at least five, who had been in critical condition, have improved. The president, himself a physician, has not tested positive. Giammattei made the announcement during an event at the Foreign Relations Ministry to announce that the European Union had donated laboratory material for 72,000 COVID-19 tests. Guatemala's tax agency has reported 36 cases and the prosecutor's office 19. Nationwide, Guatemala has reported 12.614 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 531 deaths. (AP) MRJ MRJ

151 COVID cases at Guatemala president's residence

Mexico City, May 16 (AP) As Mexico moves toward a gradual reactivation of its economy Monday, the number of new coronavirus infections grows higher every day, raising fears of a new wave of infections that other countries have seen after loosening restrictions. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is straddling the issue, telling the public that the fight against the virus depends on continued social distancing in many places while describing how other areas will begin to return to work Monday. "We're at the point where we begin to have fewer cases," López Obrador said Friday. "But in these days we have to be more careful, not relax the discipline, don't trust ourselves." The comments came on the same day the government clarified guidelines for the construction, mining and automotive industries to return to work Monday. The next two weeks will serve as a period to formalize their protocols to keep workers safe, but if they do so and get approval they can open any time before June 1. There were 2,409 new COVID-19 test confirmations Thursday, the first time that number has exceeded 2,000 in one day. "We are at the moment of the fastest growth in new cases," said Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell. "This is the most difficult moment." Health officials have said the real number of infections is far higher. Mexico has a lower rate of testing for the virus than any of the world's largest economies, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development The country's lockdown - which began in March - will remain in place, but those particular industries will be allowed to resume because Mexico's top advisory body on the pandemic, the General Health Council, said Tuesday it had decided to classify them as "essential activities." There were signs that hospital capacity was nearing its limit Mexico City, the hardest-hit area. The Health Department reported that 73 percent of the city's general care hospital beds were full; the percentage was lower for intensive-care beds, but that was partly because of the expansion of improvised ICU units at hospitals and other venues. On Friday, about 2,000 ventilators purchased by private companies and donated to Mexican hospitals arrived aboard a flight from Chicago, Illinois. The machines are made by Royal Philips, a Dutch company with plants in the U.S., and were acquired by major Mexican companies. There is concern in the medical community that talk of relaxing social distancing measures is coming too soon and could lead to a devastating second wave of infections as resources dwindle and medical personnel are running on fumes. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei announced Thursday night that he was putting the country back on lockdown after a surge of new infections in the first week after he allowed shopping centers to reopen. Guatemalans will be under a 24-hour per day stay-at-home order through the weekend. The restriction will loosen Monday to a 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for the week. "Without health, life isn't possible, nor the economy," Giammattei said. (AP) INDIND

Infections soar as Mexico moves toward restarting economy

Guatemala City, May 18 (AP) Ten more Guatemalans deported from the United States last week have tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return.A Guatemalan health official who was not authorized to discuss the information publicly and requested anonymity said Sunday they had been aboard a May 13 flight from Alexandria, Louisiana. Last week, health authorities had said three people from that flight had tested positive for the virus.The remaining 52 deportees aboard that flight will now be tested, the official said.It's the latest example of an ongoing problem that now accounts for at least 115 infected Guatemalans. The government has suspended the deportation flights on several occasions to pressure the U.S. government to certify that the deportees do not carry the virus.The U.S. government started testing them, but this is at least the second flight where deportees who apparently tested negative before their departure have tested positive upon arrival in Guatemala. In some cases the deportees are tested several days before actually boarding the plane so it's possible they were infected in the interim. The Guatemalan government has asked the U.S. to test them no more than three days before departure.The AP had previously reported that on an April 13 flight from Alexandria, at least 44 deportees tested positive. Later, the government raised the number of positive results from that flight to 71.Guatemala has reported nearly 2,000 confirmed infections and 35 deaths. President Alejandro Giammattei put the country on a round-the-clock lockdown over the weekend after a loosening of restrictions was followed by a surge in infections. On Monday a 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew begins for the week.(AP) RS RS

More Guatemalans deported from US test positive for virus

Welcome back to <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">10 Things in Politics</a>. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">Sign up here to receive this newsletter</a>. Send tips to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me at <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentGriffiths">@BrentGriffiths</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fastly-outage-white-house-website-reddit-shopify-paypal-spotify-2021-6">Notice you're getting this a bit later today? Blame a roughly hourlong major internet outage.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/weather-radar-seeing-cicada-hatchings-mid-atlantic-2021-6">And no that's not rain; it's cicadas.</a></li></ul>Here's what we're talking about:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biden-justice-department-doj-merrick-garland-2021-6">Trump may be gone, but his administration's legacy hangs over the Justice Department</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-tells-guatemalan-migrants-do-not-come-to-us-2021-6">Vice President Harris told Guatemalan migrants 'do not come' to the US</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/judges-capitol-riot-january-6th-cases-trump-dc-2021-6">These are the 7 federal judges helping to decide the fate of the Capitol rioters</a></li></ul>One thing to watch for: Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount Jr. testifies before senators about the ransomware hack at 10 a.m. ET.With Jordan Erb1. TRUMP'S SHADOW: Former President Donald Trump hasn't made the Biden Department of Justice's work easy. Several cases and investigations leftover from the Trump era <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biden-justice-department-doj-merrick-garland-2021-6">have tested the new Democratic administration as it seeks to restore the Justice Department's independence and keep it out of the political crucible</a>.Here's a peek at Insider's look inside the DOJ:Efforts to obtain reporter's records sparked a firestorm: The Trump DOJ obtained phone records from New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN reporters as part of leak investigations. The Times revealed that the DOJ during the Biden administration even secured a gag order on the publication's top executives to keep the court fight over its reporters' emails secret.<ul><li>The reaction was swift: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-publisher-accuses-biden-doj-of-media-assault-2021-6">The Post's publisher and other top journalists unleashed a deluge of criticism</a>. The DOJ said it would reverse its long-standing practice and would no longer seize reporters' records in leak investigations.</li></ul>Shielding the Trump administration didn't win any friends either: The Biden DOJ was blasted for appealing a judge's order to publish a secret memo that then-Attorney General Bill Barr cited in justifying his decision not to charge Trump with obstructing justice after the special counsel's Russia investigation. Legal observers widely saw the move as meant to protect the institutional interests of the federal government, rather than Barr, but tensions remain.<ul><li>Key quote: "There's no reason for this Department of Justice to be carrying water for the last one, especially when it comes to the concealment from the public of a document we deserve to see," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Insider.</li></ul>And the political headaches keep coming: No shortage of tests lay ahead for Attorney General Merrick Garland as his department oversees a litany of politically sensitive investigations. Top Trump allies like Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rudy Giuliani are under the microscope as well as President Joe Biden's son Hunter. <a href="https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1">That's on top of the more than 500 people charged in connection to the deadly Capitol riot</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biden-justice-department-doj-merrick-garland-2021-6">More on the battle between Trump-era "questionable decisions" and the DOJ's "institutional prerogative."</a>2. Kamala Harris tells Guatemalan migrants "do not come" to the US: Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down on the administration's stance that migrants would need to find a legal pathway to the US and would be turned away if they approached the border. She also delivered a frank assessment of President Alejandro Giammattei's tenure, telling reporters in front of Giammattei that his government needed to do more to combat corruption. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kamala-harris-tells-guatemalan-migrants-do-not-come-to-us-2021-6">More on the vice president's first foreign trip here</a>. | <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kamala-harris-guatemala-mexico/2021/06/07/346338b2-c791-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html">History shows just how difficult turning the migration tide will be</a>.<ul><li>Not everyone loved Harris' message: </li></ul><a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1402041820096389124?s=20"><div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2021 06 08 at 3.19.31 AM" height="1164" width="800" msid="83337338" hostid="261"></div></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/judges-capitol-riot-january-6th-cases-trump-dc-2021-6"><div type="image" title="Judge Amy Berman Jackson, US Capitol, Judge Amit P. Mehta" height="1000" width="2000" msid="83337151" hostid="261"></div></a>3. These are the 7 federal judges helping to decide the fate of the Capitol rioters: These judges will oversee any criminal trials and could decide rioters' prison sentences. They include Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who oversaw cases related to the special counsel's Russia investigation; Judge Beryl A. Howell, who is presiding over the case of a man who posed for pictures with his feet propped up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk during the riot; and Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who denied bail for the "QAnon Shaman."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/judges-capitol-riot-january-6th-cases-trump-dc-2021-6">Some of the judges have already delivered sharp criticism toward the Trump administration.</a>4. Democrats try to find a way forward after Manchin's moves: Senate Democrats reacted with surprise and disappointment to their colleague Sen. Joe Manchin's decision to oppose the party's sweeping voting-rights proposal and to reaffirm his commitment to the filibuster, The Post reports. Some like Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia held out hope that Manchin would support some type of voting legislation. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/manchin-voting-rights-filibuster/2021/06/07/ae6de1e6-c79d-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html">But Democrats remain wary that Manchin's push for bipartisanship might doom Biden's infrastructure plan</a>.5. The Justice Department is arguing it should take Trump's place in a defamation lawsuit: The magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexual assault. The lawsuit stems from his response following her accusations. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/justice-department-should-take-trumps-place-defamation-lawsuit-2021-6">The department is arguing that because Trump was working in a government role his statements were made within the "scope of" his employment and so he shouldn't personally be the defendant in the case</a>.6. Authorities say they have recovered a "majority" of the ransom Colonial Pipeline paid: Law-enforcement officials said they had recovered most of the $4.4 million ransom payment to the hacker group DarkSide that was made to get the critical fuel route back online. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/colonial-pipeline-attack-hack-ransom-recovery-us-doj-2021-6">This is the first digital-asset seizure conducted by the DOJ's recently launched Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task Force</a>.7. FDA approves new Alzheimer's drug for the first time in nearly two decades: The drug, which will be sold under the name Aduhelm, is designed to erode the sticky plaque that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's. But some experts question the approval of the treatment, pointing to a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee's finding that tests failed to show that the drug effectively treated the disease. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fda-approves-biogen-alzheimers-disease-drug-aducanumab-2021-63">One analyst had estimated a 15% chance the FDA would approve it</a>.8. Canada could soon relax some of its COVID-19 border restrictions: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to ease border restrictions for travelers who have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus, Bloomberg reports. Travelers entering Canada would still be tested for the virus and may be required to quarantine for a shorter period. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-08/canada-set-to-relax-quarantine-rules-for-vaccinated-travelers?srnd=premium">It's not clear when those changes would be implemented or whether restrictions for non-US travelers will be lessened too</a>.<ul><li>Pressure is building to end other pandemic restrictions: The heads of all major US-UK passenger airlines called on the two countries to lift their transatlantic pandemic requirements, Reuters reports. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airline-bosses-call-uk-us-lift-trans-atlantic-travel-restrictions-2021-06-07/">Washington reportedly isn't expected to change its policies until about July 4</a>.</li></ul>News you can use: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-travel-fly-safely-fully-vaccinated-2021-6">A travel-safety guide for vaccinated people</a><div type="image" title="Cursor hovering over a &quot;RAGE QUIT&quot; option in a dropdown menu representing mass job quitting during the COVID-19 pandemic" height="1200" width="2400" msid="83337341" hostid="261"></div>9. Workers are 'rage quitting' their jobs in a tightening labor market: The phenomenon of rage quitting is as old as work itself. But the American workforce seems to be primed for it at the moment - especially hourly workers in low-wage occupations such as retail, which makes up a giant portion of the workforce. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-rage-quitting-jobs-in-a-tightening-labor-market-2021-5">But experts caution against walking off the job without a backup plan</a>.10. Jeff Bezos says he's going to space: The Amazon CEO announced that he and his brother, Mark, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-first-human-flight-mark-bezos-2021-6">would be heading to space on July 20</a> on the first human flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. In a video posted to Instagram, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0MSOqnYEo/">Bezos said he'd wanted to go to space since he was 5 years old</a>.<ul><li>Interested in joining him? One of the seats is up for auction, but joining his orbit doesn't come cheap - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/blue-origin-auction-highest-bid-jeff-bezos-space-flight-2021-5">the highest bid so far is $3.5 million</a>.</li></ul>Today's trivia question: The position of solicitor general is one of the Justice Department's most illustrious. Who is the only person to have held both that post and the presidency? Email your guess and a suggested question to me at <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a>.<ul><li>Friday's answer: Vice President John Nance Garner was the first sitting VP to travel abroad, joining a congressional delegation in 1935 on a trip to the Philippines and Japan. <a href="https://www.cah.utexas.edu/news/press_release.php?press=press_bucket">Garner is perhaps best remembered for saying the vice presidency "is not worth a bucket of warm spit."</a></li></ul>

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Havana, May 6 (AP) Rarely used in Latin America outside hospitals before the coronavirus pandemic, face masks are now compulsory for subway riders, supermarket shoppers and even joggers in some countries - and they're becoming a colorful part of the region's daily life.Motifs showing up on masks are varied, often reflecting local cultures. There are lucha libre-themed masks in Mexico, logos of soccer clubs in Argentina, Batman characters in Peru and colorful swimsuit prints in Colombia.Some activists sport masks with political statements."It's a garment that has a strong visual impact," says Lauren Fajardo, one of the owners of Cuban fashion brand Dador. "It is also a way to express yourself. I don't even have to talk for someone to see what I'm trying to say with my face mask." When the virus first started to spread in Latin America, pharmacies quickly ran out of conventional face masks, pushing up prices and even forcing medical personnel to go without them. But with lockdowns putting the brakes on business activity, local manufacturers reacted quickly, and grassroots producers also jumped in.In Havana, women working at home on their sewing machines used leftover fabric to make free face masks for neighbours. In Rio de Janeiro, samba schools suspended production of flashy Carnival costumes and began churning out colourful masks.Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei appeared on television wearing a mask emblazoned with the country's name, and his government commissioned the production of 4 million of the masks that were handed out for free.In Peru's capital, designer Jhon Sanchez stopped printing designs on mugs and T-shirts, and used his equipment to make face masks with patriotic slogans like "Resist Peru" or with the logos of institutions like the national police force."My previous production ground to a halt," Sanchez said. "So I started to make face masks that had an added value - like messages that keep people positive." More than 40 fashion companies in Colombia are producing masks, including several swimwear brands whose bikinis usually sell for USD 100 through US retailers like Nordstrom's, Bloomingdales and Amazon. The masks are made with the same colorful prints of toucans, jaguars, hummingbirds and other tropical motifs as the swimsuits."We wanted to be part of what is happening in the world right now" said Carolina Ordonez, chief designer at Palo Rosa beachwear, a Bogota company with 15 seamstresses. "We also needed to find work for the people who sew for us, so we are reinventing ourselves." In Bolivia, the Mujeres Creando feminist association is making masks that emphasize womens' rights. "Staying at home is not the same as staying quiet," says one message.Many entrepreneurs think masks will be popular for some time."They're here to stay," said designer Leon Campa, who runs Benik, a Mexican company that makes colorful wallets, pencil cases and backpacks inspired by the country's cultural motifs. The company, based in the central state of Guanajuato, now makes 500 face masks each day that feature similar prints.Campa expects masks to continue evolving."Shoes would be a good comparison," he said. "You can live without them, but using them provides benefits, and they've evolved in all kinds of sizes, styles, colors and materials." (AP) MRJ

In Latin America, face masks become a form of expression

Welcome back to <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">10 Things in Politics</a>. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">Sign up here to receive this newsletter</a>. Send tips to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me at <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentGriffiths">@BrentGriffiths</a>.<ul><li>I hope you had a great weekend. Yesterday marked <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/normandy-commemorates-d-day-with-small-crowds-but-big-heart/2021/06/06/2f50091e-c67d-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html">the 77th anniversary of D-Day</a>.</li></ul>Here's what we're talking about:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-voting-rights-bill-for-the-people-act-elections-2021-6">Joe Manchin just imperiled Biden's voting-rights push</a></li><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/facebook-amazon-google-react-positively-g7-minimum-global-tax-deal-2021-6-1030497169">G7 leaders struck a historic tax agreement</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/politics/donald-trump-north-carolina-speech/index.html">Trump returned to campaigning with the same old election lies</a></li></ul>One thing to watch for: The Supreme Court is beginning the last stretch of its term <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-obamacare-voting-gay-rights-stephen-breyer/2021/06/05/c3d6069e-c554-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html">with numerous key decisions looming</a>. Justices have yet to decide cases concerning the future of Obamacare, compensation for college athletes, voting rights, the balance between religious freedom and LGBT rights, and the extent of students' free speech.1. THE OTHER JOE: Sen. Joe Manchin has once again put his Democratic colleagues on notice. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/manchin-voting-rights-bill-for-the-people-act-elections-2021-6">Manchin declared his opposition</a> to his party's sweeping voting-rights proposal and also reaffirmed that he "will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster," signaling that the Senate's de facto 60-vote threshold for most legislation will remain in place for the foreseeable future.Neither stance is all that surprising, but together they effectively kill legislation that President Joe Biden promised just last week to "<a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/biden-voting-rights-plea/36602643">fight like heck with every tool at my disposal for its passage</a>" and may hamper much more of the president's agenda.<ul><li>Key quote: "The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword>. <a href="https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/joe-manchin-why-im-voting-against-the-for-the-people-act/article_c7eb2551-a500-5f77-aa37-2e42d0af870f.html">Least of all, protecting this right, which is a value I share, should never be done in a partisan manner</a>," Manchin wrote in an op-ed article in the Charleston Gazette-Mail.</li></ul>Not everyone took the news well: <a href="https://twitter.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1401670026097201152?s=20">The eagle-eyed Gabe Fleisher</a> spotted a staffer for Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois shading Manchin.<a href="https://twitter.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1401670026097201152?s=20"><div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2021 06 07 at 3.44.45 AM" height="1118" width="950" msid="83305051" hostid="261"></div></a>The details: Manchin's opposition to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-house-passes-hr-1-democracy-reform-voting-rights-package-2021-3">For The People Act (or HR/SR 1)</a> effectively dooms the already ominous outlook for Democrats' sweeping elections bill given that not one Republican has supported it. Some fellow Senate Democrats, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976109486/sen-raphael-warnock-on-ending-the-filibuster-all-options-must-be-on-the-table">including Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia</a>, have suggested an exception to the filibuster requirement for voting-rights legislation. But that too clearly seems dead now. Both liberal lawmakers and pundits have worried that failing to pass the bill would mean Republican-led voter restrictions would stay in place and <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/biden-manchin-gop-voting-rights/619003/">Democrats might struggle to win elections</a>.<ul><li>Now what?: Manchin has said he supports reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act named after Rep. John Lewis, who died last year. Lawmakers have tried to give teeth back to the landmark law after the Supreme Court defanged parts of it in a 2013 ruling. But while some Republicans have expressed a willingness to talk about the proposal, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/manchin-murkowski-call-congress-reauthorize-voting-rights-act-n1267644">so far only Sen. Lisa Murkowski is publicly behind it</a>.</li></ul>And it's not just voting rights: Manchin's stance means Democrats may struggle to pass their <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/06/manchin-voting-rights-op-ed/">massive infrastructure plan, changes to gun laws, and other key policy areas</a>. His belief in bipartisanship comes as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-infrastructure-flashbacks-obamacare-obama-veterans-manchin-negotiations-biden-agenda-2021-5">former senators</a> warn that Democrats risk being <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-fear-health-care-2009-d-j-vu-biden-gop-n1269443">left at the legislative altar</a> by Republicans on infrastructure just as their monthslong healthcare talks with the GOP failed to produce a bipartisan agreement before the passage of Obamacare in 2009.<ul><li>In a tense interview, Manchin said he wasn't being naive: "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-wallace-grills-joe-manchin-over-naive-hopes-for-bipartisanship-2021-6">I'm going to continue to keep working with my bipartisan friends, and hopefully we can get more of them</a>," he told Fox News' Chris Wallace.</li></ul><div type="image" title="kamala harris foreign trip Getty" height="1663" width="2500" msid="83305053" hostid="261"></div>2. Vice President Kamala Harris expected to announce new measures against smuggling and trafficking: Harris landed in Guatemala City on Sunday night to begin her first foreign trip as vice president, a two-day jaunt through Guatemala and Mexico, the Associated Press reports. She could announce new measures as soon as today as she continues her work to try to address the root causes of migration to the US-Mexico border. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-business-government-and-politics-1f0ea4ef33f37d62ccd3cf867d71d017">She is to meet with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, who has faced criticism over corruption in his government</a>.3. Trump returns to public campaigning with old election lies: Former President Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention to reiterate his baseless claim that the election was stolen from him in "the crime of the century," CNN reports. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/politics/donald-trump-north-carolina-speech/index.html">His appearance clearly dismissed the efforts of some advisors to get him to focus on the midterm elections and the GOP's legislative agenda</a>.4. These are the stocks lawmakers are trading: Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina, went on a buying spree last month, purchasing up to $175,000 in various shares. Among her purchases was $15,000 worth of shares in Altria Group Inc., the tobacco giant that owns Philip Morris USA. Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper's wife, the businesswoman Robin Pringle Hickenlooper, purchased up to $15,000 worth of Peloton shares with the company facing federal scrutiny over its treadmills.And Sen. Jon Ossoff, the newly elected Democrat from Georgia, is getting out of personal trades entirely. He has created a blind trust to house his investments that once included up to a $5 million stake in Apple.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-federal-john-hickenlooper-virginia-foxx-tobacco-jon-ossoff-2021-6">More officials' portfolios in our latest roundup</a>.5. Biden's July 4 vaccination goal is at risk: America's declining vaccination rates are imperiling the president's goal of at least 70% of adults receiving a shot before Independence Day, The Washington Post reports. The US is averaging fewer than 1 million shots a day, a decline of more than two-thirds from the peak of 3.4 million in April. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/06/vaccination-rates-decline-us/">Healthcare workers are now trying to target their efforts on hard-to-reach communities</a>.6. Israel's security chief warns of violence ahead of Netanyahu's expected loss of power: The Shin Bet chief, Nadav Argaman, warned that increasing violent threats against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents might pave the way for "violent and illegal activities," The Post reports. "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-trump-capitol-mob-siege/2021/06/06/40a1d10e-c68a-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html">Mr. Netanyahu, don't leave scorched earth behind you," said Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally and soon-to-be successor</a>.7. G7 leaders struck a historic tax agreement over the weekend: The deal - agreed on by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US - would ensure that multinationals pay more tax where they operate by introducing a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/facebook-amazon-google-react-positively-g7-minimum-global-tax-deal-2021-6-1030497169">Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the agreement "would end the race-to-the-bottom in corporate taxation."</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/monroe-nc-barney-harris-disbelief-teacher-dies-cartel-shootout-2021-5"><div type="image" title="Photo collage with images of Barney Harris, cartel drugs, a map of cartel presence in the U.S. and a &quot;Best Teacher&quot; award ribbon." height="1200" width="2400" msid="83305054" hostid="261"></div></a>8. Authorities said a North Carolina teacher died in a gunfight with Mexican cartel members: People who knew Barney Dale Harris, a 40-year-old Spanish teacher, said they were in disbelief that he and his brother-in-law killed a suspected drug runner for the Cartel before being gunned down themselves in a botched robbery attempt on a stash house. <a href="https://www.insider.com/monroe-nc-barney-harris-disbelief-teacher-dies-cartel-shootout-2021-5">Insider retraces Harris' life</a>. 9. Experts say how to snag the 17 coolest jobs available in the federal government: There are more than 20,000 openings in the federal government varying from a civil-rights historian in the Southeast to a recreation specialist in Germany. Yosemite National Park needs a ranger, too. Experts urge patience, saying a lot of people are lost in what can be a lengthy process. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coolest-jobs-federal-government-hiring-fbi-park-ranger-biden-administration-2021-6">More on the openings available everywhere from Nebraska to Thailand</a>.<a href="https://www.insider.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-meaning-daughters-name-2021-6"><div type="image" title="Meghan_and_Harry_preview_2" height="1765" width="3264" msid="83305055" hostid="261"></div></a>10. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced the birth of their daughter: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their second child, a girl named Lilibet born Friday in Santa Barbara, California. Her full name is Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. <a href="https://www.insider.com/prince-harry-meghan-markle-meaning-daughters-name-2021-6">Lilibet's name contains tributes to Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana</a>.Today's trivia question: On the heels of Harris' trip, who was the first sitting vice president to venture abroad? Email your guess and a suggested question to me at <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a>.<ul><li>Friday's answer: President Woodrow Wilson wrote his 1884 doctoral dissertation on Congress. Years later this self-styled expert on the body became enraged by the filibuster. <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/senate-adopts-cloture-rule.htm">"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible," Wilson said.</a></li></ul>

10 Things in Politics: Biden suffers blow in voting-rights push

Good morning! I hope you had a nice weekend. Welcome back to <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">10 Things in Politics</a>, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/10-things-in-politics">Sign up here to receive this newsletter</a>.Send tips to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me at <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentGriffiths">@BrentGriffiths</a>.Here's what we're talking about:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-meijer-trump-impeachment-michigan-house-republican-profile-2021-4">Meet Peter Meijer, a brash Republican who voted to impeach Trump</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-to-allow-vaccinated-us-tourists-this-summer-nyt-2021-4">Fully vaccinated American tourists will be allowed to visit the European Union this summer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-sex-offender-legislation-scorched-earth-2021-4">Rep. Matt Gaetz once fought for 'scorched earth' penalties for sex offenders</a></li></ul>1. THE INSIDER PROFILE: Rep. Peter Meijer was sworn into Congress just days before the Capitol riot. Then in one of his first votes, he opted to impeach the president, joining nine other Republicans in a historic break from the party line. Meijer soon bought body armor as death threats escalated over his perceived disloyalty - even months later, the state GOP chair has mused about a possible assassination. Now, Meijer wants to save the GOP from falling off the cliff. Insider traveled to his district to hear more from this outspoken Republican.Here's a peek at our in-depth profile:While some question his motive, Meijer stands behind his impeachment vote: The congressman said it had weighed on him that he occupied the seat once held by President Gerald Ford. The same Ford who remains defined by his decision to pardon Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.<ul><li>But Meijer sees a key difference: "I mean, I think that, to me, the operative distinction there was that Ford pardoned Nixon after Nixon resigned and accepted responsibility. And there was no such acceptance of responsibility in any way, shape, or form by the president for the events leading up to January 6 and the failure to respond on the sixth."</li></ul><div type="image" title="Meijerstorefront" height="1334" width="1778" msid="82256604" hostid="261"></div>Being a Meijer in western Michigan is an experience in and of itself: Meijer's grandpa and great-grandpa founded what became the family's grocery-store chain in 1934. It's why Peter Meijer thinks Ford, who once held Meijer's congressional seat, signed his Disney World signature book. More important, it's helped the family achieve an estimated net worth of $12.6 billion.Why he feels free to express a more independent streak: "I just want to get shit done," Meijer said. "I didn't run for office to be building or burnishing some national brand or only secure reelection and a cozy perch. My goal is to make as much impact and drive as much positive change as I possibly can."<ul><li>What he's hoping to accomplish: "I would say very much at the top of the list is war-powers reform and AUMF reform." Meijer, an Army veteran and former nongovernmental-organization worker in Afghanistan, has joined a bipartisan effort to end authorizations that in some cases date back to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He views this as a necessary step to reassert congressional power and to help end "forever wars."</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-meijer-trump-impeachment-michigan-house-republican-profile-2021-4">Read more about the millennial congressman's YOLO approach to his job.</a>2. A key Democrat is praising Republicans' infrastructure plan: Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia called the GOP's $568 billion counteroffer a "good start," despite fellow Democrats' balking at its being only roughly a quarter of Biden's $2.25 trillion proposal. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/politics/joe-manchin-joe-biden-infrastructure-bill-cnntv/index.html">Manchin added that he supported a "more targeted" approach based mostly on more traditional definitions of infrastructure</a>.<div type="image" title="Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, speaks of a &quot;scorched earth&quot; policy towards child sexual predators Tuesday April 1, 2014, in the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a group of bills that will require sexual predators to be locked up longer, and require that more sexual predators be committed for psychiatric review once they finish their criminal sentences. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)" height="1500" width="2000" msid="82256605" hostid="261"></div>3. Rep. Matt Gaetz once fought for "scorched earth" penalties for sex offenders: Gaetz, while he was in the Florida legislature, cosponsored legislation that increased the mandatory prison time for convicted sexual offenders, calling it some of the most important work his colleagues would do. Now that Gaetz is under federal investigation, his record is getting renewed attention. The congressman has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-sex-offender-legislation-scorched-earth-2021-4">Insider watched more than 11 hours of archived hearings to see how Gaetz talked about issues like sentencing sex offenders and sex trafficking before he was elected to Congress</a>.<ul><li>Something else Insider unearthed in our dive into his background: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-campaign-ad-playground-protect-kids-sex-trafficking-2021-4">Gaetz posed on a playground for a 2015 campaign ad and said he'd "always fight to protect our kids."</a></li></ul>4. US to help India with vaccines as COVID-19 cases continue to soar: The Biden administration pledged to immediately make available raw materials to produce India's equivalent of the AstraZeneca vaccine along with testing kits, drugs, ventilators, and other supplies. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">The country recorded 349,691 new cases on Sunday, smashing a global record for a fourth consecutive day</a>.<ul><li>Fully vaccinated American tourists will be allowed to visit the European Union: A top EU official told The New York Times that all 27 member EU nations would accept "unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by E.M.A." All of the US's authorized vaccines meet that standard. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-to-allow-vaccinated-us-tourists-this-summer-nyt-2021-4">There's no timeline, though, on when travel would reopen</a>.</li></ul>5. Stephen Miller's new nemesis is a former lawyer for the US women's soccer team: Brian Netter, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, has stepped down as a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown to become a top official in the Justice Department's civil division. Netter will play a key role in defending Biden policies against legal challenges from Republican state attorneys general and conservative groups. Miller, a former Trump aide, recently launched a group aimed at promoting court fights against the Biden administration. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-lawyer-women-soccer-equal-pay-case-biden-brian-netter-2021-4">More on Netter's background, including representing the USWNT's equal-pay fight</a>.6. The top things for your calendar, all times Eastern:<ul><li>Noon: Jen Psaki holds the White House's daily news briefing. The National Economic Council's director, Brian Deese, will join her.</li><li>4 p.m.: Vice President Kamala Harris hosts a virtual meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.</li></ul>7. Kevin McCarthy defended Trump's response to the Capitol riot: McCarthy, the top House Republican, told Fox News that when he spoke with Donald Trump on January 6 the then-president promised to release a statement on the unfolding insurrection and "that's what he did." Just after the riot, McCarthy said Trump "bears responsibility" for the violence that unfolded. But since then, the Californian has walked back his criticism. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-mccarthy-defends-trump-role-in-capitol-riot-2021-4">McCarthy also dodged a question on whether Trump told him during their call that the rioters "are more upset about the election than you are."</a>8. Harris says the goal of immigration talks is to "give people some sense of hope": The vice president told CNN that the nation's immigration problems were "not going to be solved overnight." Biden has tapped Harris to work with the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras as the administration struggles with an influx at the border. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/25/kamala-harris-immigration-hope-484581">More on her comments here</a>.9. The Daily Mail and Fox News pushed misleading claims about Biden limiting meat consumption: False claims about Biden's plans for addressing the climate crisis spread online. The stories were based on a 2020 University of Michigan study that is not related to the president or his climate plan, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-react-to-false-claim-about-biden-limiting-meat-consumption-2021-4">but that didn't stop Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert from weighing in</a>.<div type="image" title="Chloe Zhao Oscars 2021" height="1402" width="2000" msid="82256609" hostid="261"></div>10. What you missed during the Oscars: The 93rd Academy Awards had a shocking end amid an unusual and historic night. <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-anthony-hopkins-beat-chadwick-boseman-win-best-actor-2021-4">Anthony Hopkins beat Chadwick Boseman to win best actor</a>, a twist amplified by the facts that the award was placed at the end of the show (instead of best picture) and that Hopkins was not in attendance.<ul><li>History was made among a much more diverse slate of nominees: Chloé Zhao ("Nomadland") <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-chloe-zhao-wins-best-director-nomadland-2021-4">became the first woman of color to win best director</a> and just the second woman ever to win the award. Yuh-Jung Youn nabbed best supporting actress for her role in "Minari," <a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-minari-yuh-jung-youn-historic-win-best-supporting-actress-2021-4">the first Korean to win an acting prize</a>. And <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/movies/academy-awards-oscars.html">Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to win the makeup and hairstyling Oscar</a>, sharing the award with Sergio Lopez-Rivera for their work on "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/oscars-2021-nominations-winners-list-2021-3">The complete list of winners.</a>One last thing.Today's trivia question: FDR gets credit for ushering in the 100-days marker for presidents. But do you know who wrote to the president as a teenager and would later become a world leader himself? Email your guess and a suggested question to me at <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a>.<ul><li>Friday's answer: Abraham Lincoln alluded to "Macbeth" during his first speech in Congress in 1847. <a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-american-presidents-and-shakespeare#:~:text=Four%20presidents%E2%80%94John%20Adams%2C%20Thomas,the%20rest%20of%20their%20lives.">The future president loved Shakespeare</a>.</li></ul>

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