| By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News |
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| Good Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. and NATO allies have pledged to send more arms to Ukraine despite Russia’s nuclear threats, Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid, and there’s been a major reversal on daily aspirin guidance. |
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| Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown. |
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U.S. and allies vow more military support for Ukraine |
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| The U.S. and its allies pledged to send more arms to eastern Ukraine today, despite Russia’s warning that further military support could lead to World War III. |
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| U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed to “keep moving heaven and earth” to meet Ukraine’s defense needs, during a meeting with officials from 40 countries at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany. |
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| And in Russia today, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres traveled to Moscow to push for a cease-fire with Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
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| The high-stakes meetings come a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the West that the danger of nuclear war is “real.” Lavrov also accused the West of fighting a war by proxy with Russia. |
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| In Ukraine today, officials said the Russian military struck a strategic bridge linking the southern Odesa region to neighboring Romania. |
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| U.N. chief visits Putin on Ukraine peace mission |
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Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid |
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| Harris is experiencing no symptoms, and will isolate while she continues to work from her residence, her spokeswoman Kirsten Allen said in a statement. |
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| The vice president has not been in close contact with President Joe Biden or First Lady Jill Biden, due to their recent travel schedules, Allen said. |
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| Multiple aides to Harris say she tested positive today before she was due in the Oval Office for an intelligence review session with the president. |
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| Harris’ husband, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, tested positive for Covid in March. |
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| The CDC said today that a majority of Americans, especially children, have now been infected with the coronavirus. |
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| Vice President Harris tests positive for Covid-19 |
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Supreme Court weighs arguments over “Remain in Mexico” policy |
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| The Supreme Court appeared willing today to allow President Biden to end a Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum-seekers. |
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| The rule requires migrants seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border to wait in Mexico until their claims are heard. |
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| Biden suspended the program on his first day in office, but after Texas and Missouri sued, lower courts reinstated it. |
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| During nearly two hours of arguments at the Supreme Court today, several justices appeared skeptical of the states’ arguments that the Biden administration acted improperly by shuttering the program. |
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| The hearing comes a day after a federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration from lifting Title 42, another Trump-era policy that allowed for the deportation of migrants due to the Covid pandemic. |
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Parents of teen killed on amusement park ride speak out |
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| The parents of a Missouri teen who died last month when he plunged from a ride at an Orlando amusement park say they hope the wrongful death suit they’ve filed will lead to change. |
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| Nekia Dodd, the mother of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson, said she felt helpless when she learned about his death, during a news conference today in St. Louis. |
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| "It's heart-wrenching. I couldn't do anything for my son," Dodd said. "I couldn't touch him. I couldn't hold him. I couldn't hug him. I couldn't do anything. I don't wish that on any parent." |
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| Yarnell Sampson, Tyre's father, said in an exclusive interview with the “TODAY” show that his son was “taken away from me too soon." |
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| Tyre’s parents filed a 65-page wrongful death lawsuit Monday against ICON Park, and Orlando Eagle Drop Slingshot LLC, which owns the Free Fall, the ride Tyre slipped from and plunged to his death. |
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| Attorneys for the Slingshot group released a statement on Monday that did not directly address the lawsuit, but said: “We reiterate that all protocols, procedures and safety measures provided by the manufacturer of the ride were followed.” |
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What else we’re watching: |
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| Telsa shares tumbled a day after CEO Elon Musk announced he had reach a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter.President Biden said he is issuing the first pardons of his presidency today, and commuting prison sentences for 75 nonviolent drug offenders.Harvard University has pledged $100 million to study and atone for its role in slavery, the school’s president announced today.In a major reversal, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force no longer recommends daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke among people 60 and older. |
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