CNN's Jim Sciutto takes a deeper look at the challenges authorities are facing with smuggling at the Arizona border. #CNN #News

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said he was opposed to a bipartisan agreement struck last week that would create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. #CNN #News

House Republicans voted to remove Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position last week, and in the process reaffirmed the “Big Lie” peddled by former President Donald Trump. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains Cheney’s last-ditch warning to the GOP and why it matters. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: Liz Cheney ousted from GOP leadership role over Trump criticism https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/liz-cheney-gop-vote-05-11-21/index.html Cheney shames colleagues who purged her for disloyalty to Trump https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/liz-cheney-house-gop/index.html Here's the big tell on the real reason Republican leaders want to dump Liz Cheney https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/politics/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik/index.html William Barr says there is no evidence of widespread fraud in presidential election https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/william-barr-election-2020/index.html Former acting defense secretary to say he worried about appearance of 'military coup' at US Capitol on January 6 https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/capitol-riot-miller-coup-rosen-testimony/index.html Trump and his allies filed more than 40 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results. All of them failed. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-lawsuits-election-results-2020-11 The Supreme Court was *never* going to hand the election to Donald Trump https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/politics/scotus-pennsylvania-supreme-court-donald-trump/index.html Supreme Court rejects Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn election https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/supreme-court-texas-trump-biden/index.html https://www.donaldjtrump.com/desk/desk-qt8ayyzxe7/ About me: I was named "best dressed" in 7th grade. That, along with being CNN's editor at large and author of the daily "Point" newsletter are my proudest achievements. Look for me here every Tuesday and Thursday to find out what’s really going down in politics. CREDITS Writer: Chris Cillizza Producer: Paul Dwyer & Moira Donohue The Point Editor: Leigh Munsil Video Editor: Michelle Cho Follow Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cillizzac/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cillizzacnn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.cillizza/ Subscribe to The Point newsletter: https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/the-point-with-chris-cillizza?source=Point_Youtube. #CNN #Cillizza #LizCheney

India has been hit by the strongest storm on record to reach its west coast, hampering authorities' response to the Covid-19 crisis in some of the country's hardest hit regions. CNN's Anna Coren has more. #CNN #News

The UK's vaccine rollout is reaching even the most isolated parts of the country. CNN boards a small plane bound for Fair Isle, off the coast of Scotland, along with Margaret Cooper, a nurse on a mission to vaccinate the entire island. CNN's Phil Black reports. #CNN #News #CNNi

Epidemiologist Dr. Céline Gounder says the US promise to send an extra 20 million vaccines to other countries is just a "tiny drop in the ocean of what's needed." #CNN #News #CNNi

CNN's Chris Cuomo talks to Sean Cahil, retired US Navy Chief Master-at-Arms, and Christopher Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, about the forthcoming government report on UFO sightings. #CNN #News

Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, speaks to CNN's Selina Wang exclusively that it's a "suicide mission" to be hosting the Tokyo Olympics this year - the opening ceremony for which is set for July 23. #CNN #News #CNNi

Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and close confidant of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), admitted to a federal judge that he knowingly solicited and paid a minor for sex. #CNN #News