The Hill Articles: April 4, 2021

HHS launches mask design improvement contest Hong Kong broadcaster won’t air Oscars DeSantis spars with ’60 Minutes’ over vaccine rollout: ‘What you’re saying is wrong’ Delta cancels 100 flights due to staff shortages 22 mummies paraded through downtown Cairo in lavish display on way to new museum UK to pilot use of coronavirus passports at upcoming large gatherings Argentina’s president tests positive for coronavirus Why some Republicans think vaccine passports will backfire on Democrats 41 dead, dozens missing in landslides, flash flooding in Indonesia Man after being arrested at Disney resort: ‘You can’t trespass me if I paid $15,000’ Once-secret Guantanamo Bay unit shuttered by US Florida governor: State looking to prevent ‘a real catastrophic flood situation’ Petrol bombs thrown at police in Northern Ireland amid unrest Iowa governor signs bill allowing permitless purchase, carry of handguns Capitol Police ‘struggling to meet existing mission requirements,’ union head says Pentagon on alert as Russia steps up saber rattling Give Republicans the climate credit they deserve Loose cow ties up Atlanta interstate traffic for an hour Kenya suspends private importation of vaccines over counterfeiting fears Obamas wish Americans ‘a safe and happy Easter’ Elderly Asian woman stabbed in California while walking dogs Jordanian foreign minister: ‘Malicious plot’ by prince foiled at ‘zero hour’ Afghan president will propose three-phase roadmap to peace: report Some Georgia GOP legislators want Coca-Cola products removed from offices Scientific integrity, or more hot air? Rockets land outside base housing US contractors in Iraq Battle lines drawn on Biden’s infrastructure plan DNC chair: We have to ‘battle the damage to the Democratic brand’ America needs major political reforms to bolster democracy Hunter Biden says he is ‘100 percent certain’ he will be cleared of wrongdoing in tax investigation Christie: Biden lying about Georgia voting bill Fauci touts vaccinations: ‘This is not going to last forever’ Is the European vaccine challenge a US problem? COVAX program leader hopes to have vaccines to over 100 countries in next few weeks The time has come for nonpartisan state election leadership Bidens wish Americans a happy Easter holiday Navajo Nation president: Disparities in health care system contribute to COVID-19’s impact on indigenous Americans Democrat: Biden infrastructure plan needs more funding for affordable housing True democracy stands on the heels of vote by mail expansion Conservative writer says Trump’s Save America PAC is hurting his supporters Sunday shows – Infrastructure in the spotlight Biden economic adviser: ‘It’s important we upgrade our definition of infrastructure’ GOP senator hammers Biden proposal to raise corporate tax rate Right-wing culture politics, professional sports and state economies: We’ve seen this before Buttigieg says Biden wants Congress to act on infrastructure before Memorial Day Buttigieg says infrastructure plan will cut deficit ‘by year 16’ Omar: Minneapolis community is ‘on edge’ around Chauvin trial Bernie Sanders goes after Elon Musk for wanting to explore space Gun control advocates applaud Biden funding plan but say more must be done Biden adviser acknowledges messaging ‘problem’ surrounding COVID-19 immunity and travel Man with metal post trashes North Carolina convenience store, yells anti-Asian slurs GOP governor: Infrastructure proposal looks more like the Green New Deal Fox’s Chris Wallace challenges Blunt over GOP’s ‘credibility’ on national debt Obama says his daughters have ‘covered their ears’ when he raps: ‘They think it’s painful’ Sanders says ‘a lot more work has to be done’ on ‘human infrastructure’ Blunt says it would be ‘mistake’ to keep Capitol fencing up GOP senator: Smaller infrastructure package would be ‘easy win’ for Biden Energy secretary suggests White House is open to passing infrastructure bill through reconciliation The filibuster can be conquered: I know — I helped do it White House official says infrastructure bill’s goal is sustained job growth Kaluuya on SNL: Royal family was ‘worried’ Meghan and Harry’s baby would look like him America’s infrastructure: You get what you pay for Scientists find 13 rare Alzheimer’s gene variants This Easter, rising religious persecution demands Biden’s action Pope knocks military spending amid pandemic in Easter message Contact tracing underway in Indianapolis after Alabama basketball fan’s death The political calculus on the gun issue has changed Johnson & Johnson to oversee plant that ruined millions of COVID-19 doses ‘Saturday Night Live’ targets Gaetz in wake of sex trafficking investigation Learn how to build your very own Shopify store with these expert led training courses A cancer worse than Watergate Iran talks set up delicate dance for Biden team Demonstrators decorate Easter eggs for latest Myanmar protests Lawmakers say fixing border crisis is Biden’s job Learn to play the guitar from home with these online classes and training accessories CDC director walks tightrope on pandemic messaging