| Rep. Eric Swalwell's lawsuit against Rep. Mo Books hits a snag; China is administering vaccines faster than any other country, but it still isn't reopening. Tonight's Sentences was written by Gregory Svirnovskiy. | | | | | | | Has anyone seen Mo Brooks? | | | | | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images | | - Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is seeking to serve Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) with a lawsuit alleging that Brooks was one of four Republicans whose rhetoric led directly to the violence of the January 6 Capitol insurrection. The problem is, Brooks is nowhere to be found. So Swalwell hired a private investigator — and still is having no luck. [The Hill / Celine Castrovuovo]
- "Plaintiff's investigator has spent many hours over many days in April and May at locations in multiple jurisdictions attempting to locate and serve Brooks, to no avail," Swalwell's legal team said in a court filing. [USA Today / Bart Jansen]
- Former President Donald Trump, son Donald Trump Jr., and lawyer Rudy Giuliani are the other Republicans named in Swalwell's suit, which has seen renewed attention in recent weeks after the Senate GOP voted down a bill to create a commission to study the events of January 6. [CNN / Katelyn Polantz]
- A commission might still be possible. Democrats could try again in the Senate, needing to convince only three more Republicans to vote for it. They could also investigate the insurrection in the House, an inherently more partisan approach. [AP / Mary Clare Jalonick]
- Brooks voted against the commission in the House. So did House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Minority Whip Steve Scalise, and Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). [Washington Post / Donna Cassata and Kevin Uhrmacher]
| | | China is rolling out Covid-19 vaccines at a record pace | | - After what started as a slow rollout, China is now administering vaccines to its population like nobody's business. The country gave out a staggering 100 million shots in just five days last month. [AP / Huizhong Wu]
- Just two months ago, the country had administered vaccines to less than 4 percent of its population. A government propaganda push and rewards like money and foodstuffs from the private sector have now increased public awareness and acceptance of vaccines. [Guardian / Vincent Ni]
- But closed borders, strict quarantine orders, and aggressive lockdowns are still the norm in China, even though the country has officially recorded just one Covid-19 death in the past 13 months. [Bloomberg]
- That may be because Chinese-made vaccines generally offer less protection than other shots. Efficacy for Chinese vaccines has been shown in some trials to be as low as 50 percent, and domestic officials have said they are looking into mixing their vaccine stock with stronger kinds. [BBC]
- Bahrain vaccinated much of its population with the Chinese Sinopharm shot early in the year. Now experiencing yet another Covid-19 wave, the island nation is pushing those over 50 to supplement their immunity with a Pfizer booster shot. [WSJ / Yaroslav Trofimov and Summer Said]
| | | | | | | Who is Naftali Bennett? What to know about Benjamin Netanyahu's ultranationalist former protégé, now poised to succeed him as Israel's PM. | | | [NYT / Isabelle Kershner] - 75 percent of the UK's adult population has now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, a major milestone as the country seeks to achieve a new normal heading into the summer. [Euronews]
- The White House is partnering with Anheuser-Busch to offer free beers if the country reaches President Joe Biden's goal of getting 70 percent of all adults vaccinated by Independence Day, signs of a more targeted political approach to vaccine-hesitant populations. [CNN / Kate Sullivan, Kaitlan Collins, and Jeremy Diamond]
- Iran and the United States continue to make progress in a fifth round of nuclear talks, according to European leaders — though a group of British, German, and French diplomats, known as the E3, said the "most difficult decisions lie ahead." [Reuters / Francois Murphy]
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