In the day's other news: President Biden
formally released his $6 trillion budget

for the new fiscal year. The plan
would sharply increase federal
spending on infrastructure,

public health and education. It would
be funded largely by tax increases on

corporations and wealthy
Americans. Even so, it forecasts
a deficit of nearly $2 trillion,

sending overall national
debt to new highs.

On the pandemic, the CDC says tonight that
fully vaccinated children do not have to

wear masks at camp this summer.
It also says that children
not yet vaccinated should use

masks in crowds or when they
are inside. The new guidance has
been much-anticipated by parents.

With COVID restrictions easing,

Americans are traveling in near record
numbers this Memorial Day weekend.

Today, the secretary of homeland
security, Alejandro Mayorkas,

warned of long lines at airports, with
traffic hitting pre-pandemic levels.

ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security:
People will see lines because

there's going to be a tremendous
amount of people traveling
this weekend, but patience

is required. This is a partnership
between TSA and the people we serve.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Mayorkas also said
that officials are considering
possible vaccine passports

for people going abroad. Later,
however, his agency said there
are no such current plans.

The issue has become a
flash point for opponents,

who say the passports would
violate personal freedoms.

Also today, the World Health Organization
said that it's formulating a plan

for more studies on the
origins of COVID-19.

Overnight, the U.S. criticized
the initial study as -- quote --
"insufficient and inconclusive."

That report found it was
extremely unlikely that the
virus escaped from a Chinese lab.

A new cyberattack has hit more than 150
U.S. and foreign government agencies,

think tanks and humanitarian
groups. Microsoft says that the
culprits are the same Russians

behind the SolarWinds hack.
This time, they accessed an
e-mail service used by the U.S.

Agency for International Development,
and then targeted 3,000 other accounts.

Vice President Kamala Harris
told graduates at the U.S.
Naval Academy today that they

will face challenges unlike anything that
came before. She spoke to about 1,000

graduating midshipmen in Annapolis,
Maryland, the first woman to do
so in the school's 175 years.

And she warned, it's a new era.

KAMALA HARRIS, Vice President of
the United States: Adversaries
have their sights set on our

military technology, our intellectual
property, our elections, our
critical infrastructure.

The ransomware attack by criminal
hackers earlier this month,
well, that was a warning shot.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Last year,
the academy held its first

virtual graduation ceremony
due to the pandemic.

Three police officers in
Tacoma, Washington, pled

not guilty today to killing
a Black man, Manuel Ellis,

in March of 2020. Two white officers
are charged with second-degree
murder. An Asian American

officer is accused of manslaughter.
Prosecutors say he held Ellis
down until he suffocated.

Organizers in Oklahoma have
canceled Monday's main event

commemorating the Tulsa race massacre of
1921. They cite unexpected circumstances.

U.S. Homeland Security officials
had issued general guidance
about possible attacks at

such events. The massacre
involved white mobs killing some
300 people, most of them Black.

In economic news, the Postal Service
is asking to raise first-class
stamp prices by 3 cents to 58

cents. It is part of a general
increase filed today with the
Postal Regulatory Commission.

And on Wall Street today, the Dow
Jones industrial average gained
64 points to close at 34529.

The Nasdaq rose 12 points.
The S&P 500 added three.

And the investigation continues
tonight in the rail yard shooting
that killed nine people in San

Jose, California. The motive
remains unclear, but officials
have identified the victims.

Stephanie Sy has a remembrance.

STEPHANIE SY: Thirty-six-year-old
Taptejdeep Singh spent his final
moments trying to keep others

safe, his family said. A husband
and father to two, Taptejdeep
was committed to serving others.

Michael Rudometkin started
at VTA as a mechanic, before
becoming an overhead line worker.

The 40-year-old was described
on Facebook as a great friend.

Jose Hernandez III lived life with zest,
his family told the Associated Press.

He was described by his father as a
man with many friends. Jose was 35.

Alex Fritch was described as
optimistic, passionate, and a dreamer,

a husband and father to two
teenage boys. Alex, who worked at
a substation, was 49 years old.

Paul Megia was an assistant
superintendent at VTA and
always willing to help employees

and accept tasks with a smile, his
colleague said. Paul was 42 years old.

Timothy Romo was described as caring
and selfless, and he had endless
jokes. The 49-year-old husband,

father, and grandfather worked
at VTA for more than two decades.

Lars Lane was the first to help his
neighbor, and he loved his family

fiercely, his son said. According
to local news outlets, Lars would
have turned 64 this weekend.

Abdolvahab Alaghmandan worked
for VTA for two decades. He

often worked overtime and throughout
the pandemic. He was 63 years old.

Adrian Balleza was a light rail operator
at VTA. He was a loving family man,

who still had so much to give, his
family said. Adrian was 29 years old.

Such an enormous loss.

And still to come on the
"NewsHour": why the mega-drought
is dangerous for the Western U.S.;

how QAnon is dividing families;
art inspired by the Tulsa massacre
100 years later; and much more.