Jen Psaki reports on the postponement of a Senate committee vote on the nomination of Donald Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, to be attorney general. A vote was contingent on Blanche agreeing in writing to drop his pursuit of a settlement with the IRS to fund payouts to January 6 rioters. Trump was apparently not willing to allow Blanche to make that agreement.

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President Trump yesterday signed an executive order seeking to reshape vaccine recommendations for children. On the current schedule, children are vaccinated against 18 diseases, but Trump’s plan would only vaccinate against 11. The president’s order also calls for the MMR vaccine — for measles, mumps and rubella — to be separated into three different single shots. The Morning Joe panel fact checks the president’s false claims about the dangers of childhood vaccines and more. 

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Minnesota’s progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan defeated moderate Rep. Angie Craig, D-MN, in Tuesday’s Democratic senate primary. Now, she will face former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya in November’s general election. On Morning Joe, Flanagan slams Tafoya’s history of support for ICE, saying the agency is “completely out of control.”

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Alarming new reporting finds that Donald Trump used his own staff and White House journalists as decoys amid security threats from Iran – having them fly out of Turkey on the old Air Force One while he secretly flew out on a separate unmarked aircraft. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Maggie Haberman for analysis on Deadline White House.

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the White House is attempting to reignite charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn, the man accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, despite U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropping the initial case. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Liz Oyer and Michael Feinberg for analysis on Deadline White House.

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