Evening Edition: Biden’s shift on masking creates political risks, policy challenges

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (Demetrius Freeman/The Post) Biden's shift on masking creates political risks, policy challenges The president's allies say his new message is a commendable response to the findings of scientists and health experts. But critics call it confusing and possibly damaging. By Annie Linskey ●  Read more »   New CDC mask guidance could upend economy, return-to-work plans By David J. Lynch and Abha Bhattarai ●  Read more »   Something strange is going on in Britain. Coronavirus cases are plummeting instead of soaring. By Karla Adam and William Booth ●  Read more »   Key Senate Democrats and Republicans appear set to clinch a $1 trillion infrastructure deal By Tony Romm ●  Read more »   A wolf hunt blew past its kill quota in February. Another hunt is coming this fall. By Peter Kendall ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   U.S. women take gold in 3-on-3 basketball, which at times felt more like a carnival in its Olympic debut By Les Carpenter ●  Read more »   Sunisa Lee, the 'whole package,' now is Team USA's top hope for individual all-around gold By Matt Bonesteel ●  Read more »   Prison officials allowed convicted sex abuser Larry Nassar to pay little to victims while spending thousands on himself By Devlin Barrett ●  Read more »   Democrats craft revised voting rights bill, seeking to keep hopes alive in the Senate By Mike DeBonis ●  Read more »   Get ready to pay more for tomatoes as Calif. growers reel from extreme weather By Laura Reiley ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Mask mandates are coming back, including in Vegas. Tourists aren't happy. By Bryan Pietsch and Derek Hawkins ●  Read more »   House Republicans refuse to follow new mask mandate, leading Pelosi to call McCarthy a 'moron' for his comments By Marianna Sotomayor and John Wagner ●  Read more »   Democracy is under attack. Washington journalists must stop covering it like politics as usual. Perspective ●  By Margaret Sullivan ●  Read more »   GOP Rep. Clyde stands by comparison of Jan. 6 mob to 'tourists' when pressed by Democratic Rep. Raskin By John Wagner ●  Read more »   How climate change is making some places too hot and humid to survive By Ruby Mellen and William Neff ●  Read more »   Syrian doctor in Germany charged with torture in Assad's military hospitals By Loveday Morris and Liz Sly ●  Read more »   Google to require on-campus workers get vaccinated and delays return to the office until mid-October By Heather Kelly and Gerrit De Vynck ●  Read more »   Fed chair says waves of covid cases have had fewer economic repercussions as uncertainty rises around delta variant By Rachel Siegel ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Opinions A.M. for the best of The Post's opinions and commentary, in your inbox every morning. Sign up »

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