Trump's 2020 fantasy is already influencing 2022
CNN
There are multiple major developments on stories we've spent a lot of time covering in What Matters. But I'll focus here on something else: how former President Donald Trump's effort to deny the 2020 election results has ricocheted in Washington and around the country.
10 billionaires could pay for most of the Democrats' social safety net expansion. Democrats say they're on the verge of an agreement to pass their massive expansion of the social safety net. Democrats could tax the capital gains of billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, the Google founders, Mark Zuckerberg and a few others based on the value of their assets instead of the size of their incomes. Read more about how a billionaires tax may work. On the cusp of kids getting vaccines. A key Food and Drug Administration panel voted Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11. This process is in its final stages now. Follow CNN's coverage of the FDA panel.Advantage Republicans in Texas, again. While White and Hispanic Texans each make up just under 40% of the state's population, most of the congressional districts (23) in newly drawn maps approved by the state's governor are majority White. Hispanic voters make up the majority in just seven of the state's 38 congressional districts. CNN's Eric Bradner has the full story.