Biden: “we’re still digging out of an economic collapse”; April jobs report falls way short of economic forecasts; U.S. added 266,000 jobs in April, well below the 1M expected; Treasury secy. admits she expected a better jobs report; Republicans argue some people aren’t looking for work because there’re making more money from unemployment; Montana will end pandemic unemployment benefits, will offer $1,200 return to work bonus instead;

CDC: 33% of U.S. fully vaccinated, pace of shots slows; NYC restaurants can now seat 75% of customers; Kentucky aims to end all COVID restrictions by July; Ex-FDA chief: COVID restrictions should be “aggressively” lifted; CDC: pace of Johnson & Johnson vaccinations lags two weeks after U.S. lifted pause; Colleges, companies, cities hype incentives to promote vaccines;

Rep. Stefanik says she wants to “unify” GOP by being a “fighter” like Donald Trump; Conservatives criticize Stefanik’s moderate voting record; U.S. capitol police: threats against congress up 107% from 2020;

Federal grand jury indicts four ex-officers in Minneapolis for violating Floyd’s civil rights; Chauvin faced second federal inditement for 2017 incidents involving 14-year-old boy; NC judge allows family to see more body cam video if Andre Brown Jr being killed by deputies; Court order restricts Brown’s family to 20 minutes of nearly 2 hours of body cam footage that exists;

After 17-year-wait, billions of cicadas are about to emerge; Telescope captures image of out-of-control Chinese rocket; China: “extremely low” chance of harm from falling rocket;

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Biden admits there is a long way to go” in economic recovery; Pfizer applies for full FDA approval of its COVID vaccine; In 2015 Stefanik harshly blasted Trump’s rhetoric and policies;