Good morning. The White House has defended Joe Biden’s searing criticism of Republican governors who ended mask-wearing mandates, after the president described it as “Neanderthal thinking”. The comments were aimed at the Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves, and Texas governor, Greg Abbott, the latter of whom hit back, telling CNBC the comment was “not the type of word a president should be using” – before in turn describing Biden’s handling of the...