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Melissa DeRosa, the top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has tonight announced her resignationhttps://www.axios.com/melissa-derosa-cuomo-aide-resigns-new-york-a543c58f-8aa5-4eab-aa13-447679f81f77.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&ute_campaign=onhrs …

Federal judge says Norwegian Cruise Line can require vaccine passports in Floridahttps://www.axios.com/norwegian-cruise-line-florida-vaccine-passports-d01b55c2-9060-452e-b67b-bedec496b8c6.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&ute_campaign=onhrs …

Austin, Texas, activates emergency alert system as COVID crisis reaches "critical" pointhttps://www.axios.com/austin-texas-activates-covid-emergency-alert-f6de1df6-342c-4601-b4e3-1fb0ae1e2f14.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&ute_campaign=onhrs …

UPDATE: 4 people missing as Dixie Fire becomes California's 2nd largest wildfire everhttps://www.axios.com/dixie-fire-2nd-largest-california-0f216015-1174-4222-9ed8-0057239853a9.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&ute_campaign=onhrs …

The 2,702-page bipartisan infrastructure package is a lengthy outline for new roads, bridges and other projects, but it comes in only 102nd for highest word count since the 101st Congress.https://trib.al/B8EkXcj 

As COVID-19 case numbers surge across the U.S. and globally due to new and highly contagious variants of the virus, experts warn that people are not learning the lessons of the pandemic.https://trib.al/NjJ59SE 

Inflation, rising crime and the border crossing surge are creating a perfect storm for Republicans to make bigger midterm gains than imagined as the party seeks to regain control of at least one chamber in the 2022 midterms.https://trib.al/KBD7VV4 

Spirit was responsible for 80% of all U.S. flight cancellations on Thursday — when it canceled more than half of its schedule.https://trib.al/YrUAIhA 

High-profile Trump backers in Congress who tried to block Biden's election win have raked in massive campaign cash this year. But many of their lesser-known colleagues have not.https://trib.al/PFk3QED 

The bipartisan infrastructure deal — which is expected to pass through the Senate on Tuesday — left congressional chairs furious as the process undercut traditional power brokers and ushered in a shifting power dynamic on Capitol Hill.https://trib.al/yV0XwnM 

Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez is urging the Pentagon "to take all measures necessary to support the people of Greece in their time of need" as the country battles devastating wildfires.https://trib.al/OM8tOTX 

Upon sentencing a Capitol rioter, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said: "You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism." "Patriotism is loyalty to country ... not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4."https://trib.al/Oii2hdi 

Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with the coronavirus than those who are vaccinated, per a CDC study.https://trib.al/5TfVoAM 

Mexico's president says he'll discuss COVID vaccines with VP Kamala Harris on a call tomorrow — and hinted that the U.S. could donate more to Mexico as it battles a spike in cases driven by the Delta variant.https://trib.al/W8DXpQX 

CNN has barred Chris Cuomo from covering the sexual harassment allegations against his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says network anchor Brian Stelter.https://trib.al/PrLLV8p 

An unusually high rate of questions on the 2020 census went unanswered, with many of them having to do with demographics that impact the redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts.https://trib.al/suHaYYd 

The U.S. women's basketball team won its seventh straight gold medal at the Olympic games today. They haven't lost an Olympic game since 1992.https://trib.al/TaJsTdz 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lawyer appeared to dig him deeper into controversy as she previewed his sexual harassment defense, arguing that Cuomo running his hands over a state trooper on the job wasn't necessarily criminal — or even unacceptable.https://trib.al/w1H9NwJ 

ICYMI: The Biden administration will defer the removal of Hong Kong residents currently in the U.S. for 18 months, offering a "safe haven" to those who fear returning home.https://trib.al/pSrX7zr 

The head of the second-largest U.S. teachers union says union leadership should consider a vaccine mandate for teachers. "It's not a new thing to have immunizations in schools," said AFT President Randi Weingarten.https://trib.al/QlHZGMW