WHAT'S BREWING
DEMS BLAME TRUMP HOLDOVER FOR DELAYED CHECKS Millions of disabled and retired Americans are still waiting for their $1,400 stimulus payments because of a holdup at the Social Security Administration, whose commissioner, Andrew Saul, was appointed by former President Donald Trump, House Democrats said. [HuffPost]
VIRGINIA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY Virginia became the first state in the South to abolish the death penalty, a punishment rooted in lynchings that is still disproportionately applied to Black people. Virginia, the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, has executed more people than any other state. [HuffPost]
HARRIS TO LEAD BORDER EFFORTS Vice President Kamala Harris will lead efforts to control the surge of migrants at the southern border. Biden's administration has come under fire from both parties over the number of unaccompanied children and teenagers streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border and the crowded conditions they're living in. [HuffPost]
EX-TRUMP SCIENTIST FIRED FROM PHARMA BOARD Moncef Slaoui, who served as chief scientist for former President Trump’s COVID-19 vaccine development program Operation Warp Speed, has been fired as chairman of a pharmaceutical board over “substantiated” sexual harassment allegations against him, the company said. [HuffPost]
MEGAN RAPINOE SLAMS PAY INEQUALITY Megan Rapinoe, a star of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, told House lawmakers there's a reason why the women's players are paid less than their male counterparts. Despite winning World Cups and Olympic medals, filling stadiums and selling merchandise, "there is no level of status, accomplishments, or power that will protect you from the clutches of inequity,” she said. [HuffPost]
PSAKI DEFENDS FIRING STAFFERS OVER MARIJUANA USE White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration firing five employees over previous marijuana consumption, despite an announcement that marijuana use wouldn't "automatically" be disqualifying. "It is still illegal federally," she said. [HuffPost] | 
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