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First look:   Facebook whistleblower heads to the Hill today Schumer sets Wednesday as the day for debt ceiling vote World leaders, stars, companies: who's in the Pandora Papers? Pfizer vaccine effectiveness diminishes after just 6 months

Facebook whistleblower heads to Congress today Headline: Facebook whistleblower goes to Congress, after WSJ, '60 Minutes' reports on bombshell allegations The First take: First it was an unflattering "60 Minutes profile, then Monday's global outage of Facebook and Instagram. It's only Tuesday and this could be Mark Zuckerberg's worst week ever. READ IT ALL HERE BONUS: What did people do their time without Facebook and Instagram???

Schumer sets Wednesday for vote on the debt ceiling Headline: Schumer sets up Wednesday vote to suspend debt ceiling The First take: We can't decide... is Schumer holding this vote to get people on record for midterm campaign ads or to again make the case for abolishing the filibuster. Perhaps both? GET THE WHOLE STORY HERE Bonus: Manchin breaks with Biden and Dems on debit ceiling Bonus: McConnell lectures Biden and Dems: "We're doing what you used to do"

Who is on the Pandora Papers list? Headline: Ukrainian Politicians Dominate List Of Elites Exposed In 'Pandora Papers' The First take: The Pandora Papers leak gets more interesting by the day. More than 100 billionaires (a few Americans among them) join the list of current and former world leaders hiding money offshore and maybe from the tax man.  GET  THE STORY Bonus: See the latest list of who is the list

Study: Pfizer vaccine's effectiveness tumbles about 6 months Headline: Study shows Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness declines after six months The First take: We would really like to see a statement from health care professionals about the difference between vaccines and natural immunity created by contracting and beating COVID-19. Just once. Is that too much to ask? CHECK OUT THE DETAILS Bonus: Pfizer scientists caught on hidden video promoting natural immunity over vaccine

Must-see video: Bill O'Reilly: Schumer calls for open borders   Dana Loesch: China flies 149 planes near Taiwan  Buck Sexton: Biden's border crisis just got a lot worse Jesse Kelly: The debt freight train is coming Mike Slater: Striking the root of COVID rules

Don't miss it: Dana Loesch has the detail you need to hear tonight on COVID, the Facebook debacle, and everything in-between. Don't miss it at 6p ET on on The First! Watch live on The First app, TheFirstTV.com, or on Pluto TV channel 244!

Bonus links: Biden hits the road to sell his big spending bills The DOJ appears to be targeting protesting parents like terrorists Journalism! Watch CNN grill a Dem over deleting his old tweets Russia launches hypersonic missile from nuclear submarine Welcome to "Shrinkflation" -- higher prices for smaller goods Pence says he parted amicably with Trump Largest healthcare provider in NY fired 1400 people yesterday NIH Director stepping down -- could Fauci be far behind? Australia says no foreign visitors until 2022 J&J pitches for emergency use authorization on its booster  CBS tells Katie Couric the network won't be promoting her book Ex-NBA player arrested for using a fake COVID test in Hawaii

Today's dose of good: "Captain Kirk" (William Shatner) is finally going to space   More good news:   Joyful reuniting of rescued dog stuck in a cavern for two weeks Kentucky and Tennessee are big winners in Ford plant news Why do animals play? Because they need to... just like kids!