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5:30 PM ET, June 26, 2020

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New York Times:
Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says  —  The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Referendum  —  He still has no second term message beyond his own grievances.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump may soon need a new nickname for “Sleepy Joe” Biden.  How does President-elect sound?  On present trend that's exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4 …
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Trump Disapproval Hits All-Time High And He Trails Biden By 8  —  After weeks of protests against police brutality and racism, and amid a renewed spike in coronavirus cases, the number of voters disapproving of the job President Trump is doing is at an all-time high, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
Discussion: Fox News
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Trump Is in a Deep Hole.  Can He Dig Himself Out Before November?  —  Every single poll that has come out in these last two weeks has painted a dire picture for President Donald Trump's chances at re-election.  His overall job approval rating sits somewhere around 41 percent.
Discussion: Associated Press
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
Texas rolls back its reopening a day after pausing plans, as coronavirus cases rise  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will roll back some of the state's reopening as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.  —  “As I said from the start …
Discussion: The Hill and Disrn
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas bars to close again and restaurants to reduce to 50% occupancy as coronavirus spreads  —  The moves, announced Friday morning, represent Abbott's most dramatic action yet in response a surge in cases after he allowed businesses to reopen in the state.
David Lim / Politico:
Trump administration restores federal funding for Texas testing sites
Discussion: The Hill
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
House approves DC statehood bill, GOP calls move Dem ‘power grab’  —  The bill is presumed dead on arrival in the GOP-led Senate and is opposed by President Trump  —  The House of Representatives on Friday voted to make Washington D.C. the 51st state, a move cheered by Washingtonians …
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
D.C. statehood approved by U.S. House for first time in history
Discussion: IJR
Haley Byrd / CNN:
House Democrats pass DC statehood bill Friday
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and CNBC
Politico:
House passes bill to provide D.C. statehood
Discussion: Fox News, Axios, New York Post and The Hill
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's legal argument for throwing out all of the ACA is a nightmare for Senate Republicans  —  President Trump insists on the campaign trail that he wants to protect insurance coverage for people with preexisting conditions.  His legal team just told the Supreme Court otherwise.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:   More Americans Are Unhappy With Trump Policies: Campaign Update
Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Republican nightmare: Trump vote-by-mail demonizing driving down GOP participation  —  President Trump's extreme opposition to mail-in ballots is more likely hurting him and down-ballot Republicans than it is helping him.  —  Mounting evidence in voter registration data, a survey …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't make Texas allow everyone to vote by absentee ballot
Discussion: The Hill
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Why Do These Trump Campaign Ads Link to Brad Parscale's Facebook Page?  —  For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones' newsletters.  —  The Trump campaign is running Facebook ads from a page for campaign manager Brad Parscale …
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Caroline Randall Williams / New York Times:
You Want a Confederate Monument?  My Body Is a Confederate Monument  —  The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from.  Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?  —  Ms. Williams is a poet.  —  NASHVILLE — I have rape-colored skin.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Coronavirus task force returns, but downplays new flareups as local ‘hot spots’  —  The White House Coronavirus Task Force is back on camera — but it wants Americans to know that everything is under control.  —  The panel held a public briefing on Friday for the first time since late April …
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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
Pence claims ‘remarkable progress’ as Covid-19 cases hit new record in US
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's reality TV presidency is being crushed by reality  —  President Donald Trump holds a Bible outside of St. John's Church on June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC, after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd.  Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Week It Went South for Trump
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald.  Now her book describes a ‘nightmare’ of family dysfunction.  —  Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Family Makes New Attempt to Kill Niece's Tell-All
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden Is Getting a Lot of Advice on His V.P. Here's What Voters Think.  —  A large majority of voters say race should not be a factor in his decision, and none of the best-known candidates has emerged as a favorite.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears to face limited political pressure from voters …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:   Kamala Harris's Very Open Secret
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump Retreats to His Hannity Bunker  —  Beaten by the pandemic and down in the polls, a President and his propagandist create an alternate reality.  —  June began poorly for President Trump, and it's ending worse.  Despite his optimistic pronouncements about the coronavirus …
Stuart Stevens / The Bulwark:
My Confederate Past  —  Everyone who grew up in Mississippi was steeped in the Confederacy.  Even if they didn't realize it.  —  On Friday, the Mississippi legislature is scheduled to vote on changing the Mississippi state flag.  As I write this, I have no idea what the outcome will be.
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Washington Post:
How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’  —  PHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.  —  A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend …
Washington Post:
Almost one-third of black Americans know someone who died of covid-19, survey shows  —  Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic's profoundly disparate impact.
Discussion: TheGrio and Raw Story
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CREW:
The DOJ Decided Not to Prosecute Trump.  It's Hiding the Reason Why.  —  The Department of Justice has confirmed the existence of a memo laying out its rationale for not bringing charges against President Trump, but it refuses to make its reasoning public.  In response to ongoing litigation involving …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Law & Crime
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Appeals court rules funding for Trump border wall construction ‘unlawful’  —  The Trump administration does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday.  —  In a 2-1 ruling, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Didn't Give Up on Covid-19.  Republicans Did.  —  Partisanship has crippled our response.  —  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19.  More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Florida governor under fire over claims state is ‘cooking the books’ on Covid-19  —  Ron DeSantis angrily dismisses allegation from fired scientist that officials are massaging figures to hide true impact of coronavirus  —  Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis's faltering response …
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Unilever to Halt U.S. Ads on Facebook and Twitter for Rest of 2020  —  The company cites hate speech and polarized politics as reasons for ad suspension  —  Consumer goods giant Unilever UL -.46% PLC said it will halt U.S. advertising on Facebook Inc. FB -6.95% and Twitter Inc. TWTR -6.98% …
Politico:
Senate panel demands testimony from ex-Obama officials in revived Biden probe  —  A Senate committee is re-engaging former Obama administration officials as part of an investigation targeting Joe Biden's son, demanding transcribed interviews and documents for the Republican-led probe.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
People Spent Thousands To Go On A Cruise With Glenn Beck.  Now They Can't Get Their Money Back.  —  Last June, Jeff and Jennifer Welliver heard about a cruise around the Mediterranean, to be hosted by conservative radio host Glenn Beck and featuring other right-wing luminaries like Bill O'Reilly.
Melissa Mahtani / CNN:
Bill Gates: US ‘not even close’ to doing enough to fight pandemic  —  (CNN)Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Thursday that the current coronavirus picture, both globally and in the US, is “more bleak” than he would have expected.  —  Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta …
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Feds Point to Daily Caller Writer as Part of Abramoff Payola Scheme
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and Politico
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
MSNBC may soon reward homophobic conspiracy theorist with plum prime-time gig
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
After midnight, legislature punts on NC's anti-mask law
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Why Does Trump Want a Second Term?
Discussion: Politico
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Are Streamers Muzzling Controversial Documentaries?
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
Border state surge: Rise in serious southwestern cases driven by border-crossers from Mexico
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Beyond ‘White Fragility’
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
FEC losing quorum again after Caroline Hunter resigns
Allison Ross / Tampa Bay Times:
Previously unreleased video shows Pasco County deputies shooting unarmed man
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
CNBC:
Trump cancels trip to New Jersey, but White House says it's not related to coronavirus quarantine rule
LancasterOnline:
By shutting out this newspaper's reporters, Biden campaign sends wrong message to Lancaster [editorial]
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Florida shutters bars as coronavirus cases hit new record
Discussion: NBC News, Fortune and The Hill
jsonline:
Trump falsely claims Wisconsin lawmaker was ‘rooting on’ destruction of Madison statues before being assaulted
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
11 Top Antitrust Experts Alarmed by Whistleblower Complaint Against A.G. Barr …
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis. Now It Has Its Own.