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Daily Bafflements

Elizabeth Holmes not pictured here. / Photo by Alex F.
Elizabeth Holmes not pictured here. / Photo by Alex F.

• Headline of the Day, presented without context: “Billionaire Elizabeth Holmes, 30, Wants Your Blood.”

• “Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky may be only four days old, but she’s already influencing politics,” says MSNBC’s Alex Seitz-Wald, in a piece with the headline “Grandbaby shakes up Hillary and Bill Clinton’s calendars.”

• Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will face questions about the White House fence-jumping intruder today at a hearing with the the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, reports Bloomberg, but “only about seven of the 40 committee members are expected to attend, as most are at home campaigning.” (Via Mike Nizza.)

• Hugs are in, reports the New York Times. Sample quote: “What accounts for the rise in hugging in the first place? Theories abound.”