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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! Today's a good day for local governments as they're due to start getting their first tranches of $350 billion in emergency funds. |
| It's Jane, with Tuesday's news. |
| But first, here's what people are reading right now: |
| 🔵 House Republicans are expected to hold a vote Wednesday to strip Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership position, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told members. |
| 🎥 After NBC announced it won't broadcast the Golden Globe Awards ceremony next year, entertainment writer Brian Truitt weighs in that it's "absolutely the right thing to do." |
 | | The backlash to the 87-person HFPA's glaring lack of racial diversity has been swift and decisive, but the biggest bomb dropped Monday when NBC pulled out of airing next year's Globes. | | USA TODAY | |
| 👀 Popular SportsCenter anchor and ESPN personality Kenny Mayne is leaving the network after 27 years, calling himself a "salary cap casualty." |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, listen to the latest on violence in Israel and Gaza. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
| Here's more news to know: |
American Rescue Plan rolling out stimulus payments to local governments |
| State, city and county governments are set to begin receiving their first infusion of direct aid Tuesday — two months after President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, which mandated the Treasury Department deliver the assistance within 60 days. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package included $350 billion in direct aid to states and cities designed to replenish governments that experienced tax revenue shortfalls as businesses locked down during the coronavirus pandemic. |
Andrew Brown Jr.'s family scheduled to see limited footage of fatal shooting |
| The family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man who was killed by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina last month, will be shown limited footage of the fatal shooting . Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said Brown's family "agreed to their suggestion to view the videos." North Carolina Superior Court Judge Jeff Foster also said he would specify in a written order which portions the family could view. The ruling limits the family to viewing less than 20 minutes of the nearly two hours of video that was recorded before and after Brown was killed. |
Other things to read this morning: |
| 🔵 More than a year into the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy proceedings, sex abuse survivors say the organization is doing little to put forth meaningful reparations for their trauma. |
| 💉 The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in teens ages 12 to 15. Tap here for the latest coronavirus updates. |
| 🔵 The inspector general for the U.S. Capitol Police repeated a call for more staffing, as threats against lawmakers have "exploded." |
| 🏈 Tim Tebow looks to be getting his chance at an NFL comeback. The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to sign the former quarterback as a tight end, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported. |
| 📍 A major U.S. energy pipeline, which was hobbled by a ransomware attack over the weekend, is aiming to "substantially" restore service by the end of the week. |
| 💑 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck took pop culture by storm in the early 2000s. They ended their engagement in 2004, so why is "Bennifer" trending over 17 years later? |
Families of murdered veterans will confront nursing assistant responsible for deaths |
| The families of veterans who were murdered by a nursing assistant at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia will confront their loved ones' killer in court Tuesday . Reta Mays, 46, admitted to giving seven veterans, aged 81 to 96, lethal doses of insulin, according to court records. The family members will deliver victim impact statements during Mays' sentencing hearing in federal court. Mays pleaded guilty last year to seven counts of second-degree murder for a string of killings from mid-2017 through June 2018 at the U.S. Veterans Affairs hospital in Clarksburg. |
Palestinian militants, Israel trade new rocket fire and airstrikes |
| Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets from Gaza and Israel unleashed new airstrikes against them early Tuesday, in an escalation triggered by days of soaring tensions at the iconic Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Health officials said at least 24 people, including nine children, were killed in Gaza overnight. More than 700 Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and across the West Bank, amid tensions over the threatened eviction of Palestinian families from homes in east Jerusalem by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military said six Israeli civilians were injured by rocket fire Tuesday morning. |
Biden to brainstorm with governors on how to get more people vaccinated |
| President Joe Biden on Tuesday will talk with three Democratic and three Republican governors about innovative ways to get more people vaccinated . He will meet virtually with the leaders of Ohio, Utah, Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota and New Mexico to share best practices as the administration moves toward its goal of getting 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4. More than half of all residents in Massachusetts, Maine and New Mexico have gotten at least one shot, ranking those states in the top 10. |
ICYMI yesterday: |
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| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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