The investigation into the 6 January attack on the US Capitol opens on Tuesday, with the special committee established by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, convening to hear testimony from law enforcement. Cheney hinted that one of the appointees that Pelosi rejected “may well be a material witness to events that led to” the attack. Meanwhile, the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require healthcare workers to receive the shot. These mandates come as the number of cases rise due to the highly transmissible Delta variant. Sign upSign up for the US morning briefingFirst Thing is delivered to thousands of inboxes every weekday.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2021 10:18 UTC