| 'Dixie' Chicks no more: As Confederacy loses its luster, bands and brands rush to abandon its symbols Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  The decision by the Dixie Chicks to change their name follows weeks of demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, and is the latest instance of a nationwide move to abandon symbols of the Confederacy, slavery and Jim Crow.
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| Trump suddenly has a bigger problem than his plummeting poll numbers | Analysis Posted: 26 Jun 2020 06:21 AM PDT  Losing politicians rarely miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Donald Trump is undefeated in political races, but he missed a major opportunity on Thursday night.During a friendly interview at a town hall event in Wisconsin -- a state he needs to win and collect its 10 Electoral College votes – Fox News commentator and host Sean Hannity lobbed what in basketball terms should have been alley-oop for the president.
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| Jon Stewart says he doesn't remember Republicans being mad about erasing history when the Saddam Hussein statue was toppled in Baghdad Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:07 AM PDT  On "The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah", Jon Stewart lampooned Republicans' hypocrisy over tearing down Confederate statues.
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| Fact: A French Nuclear Submarine 'Sunk' an American Aircraft Carrier Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:30 PM PDT  How did a tiny submarine kill a ship almost fifty times larger than itself?
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| Gunmen wound Mexico City police chief; 3 dead Posted: 26 Jun 2020 05:46 AM PDT  A high-sided construction truck and a white SUV pulled into the path of Mexico City's police chief just as dawn was breaking Friday on the capital's most iconic boulevard and assailants opened fire with .50-caliber sniper rifles and grenades on his armored vehicle. The cinematic ambush involving two-dozen gunmen left chief Omar García Harfuch wounded with three bullet impacts and shrapnel. The high-powered armament and brazenness of the attack suggested the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and hours after the attack, García blamed them via Twitter from the hospital.
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| ‘Leadership Matters.’ Researcher Says Rate of Fatal Police Shootings Is Lower in Cities With Black Police Chiefs Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:23 AM PDT  The study looks at five years of police-involved shootings in the nation's 60 biggest cities.
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| Former Washington congressman slams Seattle mayor for proposed $20M police budget cuts: 'It's the biggest mistake they can make' Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:15 AM PDT  Former Washington Congressman and Sheriff Dave Reichert describes the CHOP violence as 'third world action,' while also slamming Seattle's mayor Jenny Durkan for proposing to slash millions of dollars from the police budget in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Digital.
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| Judge orders Roger Stone to surrender July 14, denying his request for an extended delay Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:47 PM PDT  Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, requested a two-month delay to his prison sentence, citing his age and medical concerns.
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| Coronavirus kills 93 U.S. meatpacking, food-processing workers, union says Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:40 AM PDT  At least 65 U.S. meatpacking employees and 28 food-processing employees have died from COVID-19, the country's largest meatpacking union said on Thursday, reflecting the steep toll the contagious respiratory disease has taken on essential workers. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said that more than 196 of its members who work in meat and food plants, grocers and healthcare facilities have died from COVID-19, which is caused by the new coronavirus. New daily COVID-19 cases around the country have recently climbed to a near-record high and U.S. government experts said the coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans than reported.
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| Russia reportedly paid Taliban-linked militants bounty money to kill American troops Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:29 PM PDT  Russian officials said they were not aware of the allegations that the country's military offered bounties to kill US troops.
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| Op-Ed: Why California needs affirmative action more than ever Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT  California's Proposition 209, an anti-affirmative action law, never did "level the playing field"; instead it reinforced historic patterns of discrimination.
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| Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast Posted: 25 Jun 2020 11:18 PM PDT  The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil is at risk of rupture or exploding, causing massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life, desalination factories and international shipping routes. Meanwhile, Houthi rebels who control the area where the ship is moored have denied U.N. inspectors access to the vessel. Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press shows that seawater has entered the engine compartment of the tanker, which hasn't been maintained for over five years, causing damage to the pipelines and increasing the risk of sinking.
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| 'Please for the love of God do not vote for my dad': Republican's daughter voices opposition Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:20 AM PDT  Robert Regan blames daughter's 'socialist university' but says he's 'happy she feels confident' to oppose him publiclyIt's not the usual rallying cry one might expect from a political candidate's child as their father runs for office, but the daughter of a Republican candidate has urged people in Michigan to "please, for the love of God" not vote for her father."Tell everyone," Stephanie Regan wrote in a viral tweet – which has now been liked more than 180,000 times on Twitter.In a follow-up tweet, she called on voters to research the background of her father, Robert Regan, for themselves, writing: "I don't feel safe rn sharing further information regarding his beliefs, but please look him up and just read for yourself."Regan is running in Michigan's primary for a state house seat this August.> if you're in michigan and 18+ pls for the love of god do not vote for my dad for state rep. tell everyone> > — STEPH (@streeganz) June 23, 2020Stephanie Regan's words seem to have come as a blow to her father, who has espoused a commitment to his family on his campaign website, using multiple photos of himself and his children to support his campaign.Robert Regan has spoken on local TV since his daughter sent out the tweet, blaming her liberal college education for her views."When they go off to college, quite frankly they get involved with these Marxist, socialist universities ,and they start getting indoctrinated with things that are completely polar opposite from where you raised them," Regan told local TV.Regan, who describes himself on his own website as "so conservative [he] makes Rush Limbaugh look like a liberal," says he and his daughter have disagreed on systemic racism, white privilege and Black Lives Matter."She's a big believer in that," he told the Hill. "The only place where I really see systemic racism would be the abortion clinic, because they seem to target the African American community."His tone seems to have taken a turn since Thursday, when he posted a lengthy statement to Facebook that seemed appreciative of his daughter's political engagement."I am happy that she feels confident enough in our relationship to express her opposing thoughts so publicly" while encouraging her and others to voice their own opinions, he said. * This article was amended on 26 June 2020 to correct a misspelled name in a photo caption.
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| U.S. sets one-day record for COVID-19 cases, Texas pauses reopening Posted: 25 Jun 2020 08:18 AM PDT  The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state's reopening on Thursday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day increase in cases. Texas, which has been at the forefront of efforts to reopen devastated economies shut down in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, has seen one of the biggest jumps in new cases, reporting more than 6,000 in a single day on Monday. "This temporary pause will help our state corral the spread until we can safely enter the next phase of opening our state for business," Governor Greg Abbott, a two-term Republican, said in a statement.
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| Pelosi says the House won't impeach AG Barr: 'Let's solve our problems by going to the polls and voting on Election Day' Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:20 PM PDT  "One hundred and thirty one days from now, we will have the solution to many problems, one of them being Barr," Speaker Pelosi said.
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| Iran explosion: Blast seen near military base in Tehran Posted: 25 Jun 2020 06:12 PM PDT  Iranian authorities are investigating after an explosion east of the capital near a site linked to the regime's nuclear testing programme. A bright and large flash of light was seen in the night sky over Tehran early on Friday in images shared widely on social media, Iran's Fars news agency reported. "In the early hours after midnight on Friday, a number of social media users reported seeing an orange light in the eastern part of Tehran," said Fars. "In the videos sent by (our) readers, this light is seen for a few seconds," it reported, adding it was following up the issue with the relevant authorities. Fars said later that the flash was caused by "an industrial gas tank explosion" near a facility belonging to the defence ministry.
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| A Black man who was punched in the head several times by a Buffalo police officer plans to sue the city Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:49 PM PDT  In a video of the interaction, a woman can be heard telling Quentin Suttles to stop resisting. He replies, "I'm not."
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| Pence: It’s Your Constitutional Right to Get COVID at a Trump Rally Posted: 26 Jun 2020 11:16 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's drive to hold rallies with sparse public health measures Friday, even as officials and health experts are sounding alarm bells that a resurgent coronavirus is causing problems in states across the country. "Well, the freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States and we have an election coming up this fall," Pence said when asked how the administration could justify the events. "And President Trump and I believe that taking proper steps, we've created screening at recent events and giving people the very best counsel that we had. We still want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process and we respect that." It was the first coronavirus task force briefing in almost two months, and Pence spent much of it trying to distance the nation's present public health struggles from the situation that led the nation to shutdown in the first place, saying, "It's different than two months ago." "We slowed the spread, we flattened the curve, we saved lives," Pence said, even as data shows the nation's confirmed cases spiking. On stage at the Department of Health and Human Services Friday, Pence was the only official not to wear a mask while others spoke. Pence did note that cases were rising in the last week "throughout the South" and that task force officials would be heading to hotspots including Texas, Arizona, and Florida in the coming days "to get a ground report." He also pointed to 16 states with "rising cases and rising percentages" as a concern while 34 states are "experiencing a measure of stability." But Pence fretted that there may be a tendency for the public to believe that the nation is back to the place it was "two months ago." "That we're in a time of great losses and great hardship on the American people," Pence said. "The reality is, we're in a much better place." Future Trump Rally Sites Brace as His COVID Roadshow Comes to TownCases have been spiking recently in places like Florida, Texas, and Arizona, according to Johns Hopkins University, with the nation's death toll standing at more than 124,000 as of Friday morning. At the same time, the president's focus on the virus seems to have waned from the amount of attention he gave it in March and April. Even then, he was pushing the country to quickly reopen and threatening to override governors' decisions, despite lacking the authority to make such a move. Now, those reopenings are causing anxiety in some states. In Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a key Trump ally, is facing recent concerns like those from the PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that "Florida has all the makings of the next large epicenter." As cases climbed in his state, DeSantis lamented "we are where we are," this week, telling reporters he wasn't pushing the state to enter the next phase of its reopening. The situation in the state grew even more troubling Friday, according to The Miami Herald, as the state smashed its single-day record set earlier this week for new cases with a count of close to 9,000 testing positive. The previous high, according to the newspaper, came Wednesday when 5,508 new COVID-19 cases marked a new one-day record in the state.And in Texas the situation has grown worrying enough that the state's Republican governor is pausing the state's reopening push, citing rises in hospitalizations from COVID-19 and new cases. On Friday, he rolled back even further by imposing an executive order for bars to close down. The comments from Pence and others came Friday at the first briefing held by the White House coronavirus task force team in close to two months as the death toll and infection rates continue to rise across the country. The lengthy briefing hiatus started shortly after the president used one of them to float bizarre and dangerous ideas about possible coronavirus treatments, like injecting disinfectants.At other times, they often spiraled into lengthy diatribes from the president as he targeted critics, lashed out at reporters, and championed his own administration's response to the pandemic. Public health concerns didn't stop the president from campaigning in Tulsa, Oklahoma last weekend, where he made a strange comment about telling his "people" to slow down testing. He then headed to Arizona for a Students for Trump rally earlier this week despite objections from the mayor of Phoenix and the state being a virus hotspot. After the Tulsa event, several of his campaign staff and Secret Service agents tested positive for the virus and others were required to quarantine because of their exposure. At the end of the briefing, a reporter pressed Pence and the administration for the approach of "saying do as we say, not as we do," and the campaign's ignoring resistance from local officials over events. Pence dodged the question and again returned to the argument about freedom of speech. "And even in a health crisis, the American people don't forfeit our constitutional rights." Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| KT McFarland: Obama admin dragged US for 3 years through divisiveness, made us a dysfunctional nation Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:31 AM PDT  Court documents suggest Joe Biden 'personally raised the idea' of investigating Michael Flynn; reaction and analysis from former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland on 'America's Newsroom.'
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| Canada's treatment of some farm workers a 'national disgrace': minister Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:58 PM PDT  The treatment of migrant workers in Canada by some farmers is disgraceful and the federal government is seeking to fix the problem, the country's health minister told a parliamentary committee on Friday, as farms battle COVID-19 outbreaks among their employees. Outbreaks of coronavirus infections have killed three people and infected hundreds more on farms in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, in recent weeks. Health Minister Patty Hajdu said she had heard stories about the treatment of migrant workers that "would curl your hair," and the way some farms treat them now is "a national disgrace."
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| Pakistan's national airline has grounded 150 pilots after an investigation into the Karachi crash highlighted exam cheating and fake flying licenses Posted: 26 Jun 2020 09:26 AM PDT  An inquiry into a crash in Karachi last month in which 97 people were killed pointed to the pilots not following procedures.
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| Why even ‘the Atlanta way’ faces a reckoning on policing Posted: 25 Jun 2020 07:13 AM PDT  The arrest of former officer Garrett Rolfe on murder charges for shooting Rayshard Brooks has put Atlanta at the forefront of a wrenching debate.
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| US Navy’s chief learning officer announces departure as Pentagon exodus continues Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:20 AM PDT  Another Navy leadership shakeup, and another high-profile Pentagon departure.
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| ‘This Is About True Reparations.' Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the Movement to Defund Police Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT  'This is simply about a refund. This is about true reparations. This is about investment in communities'
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| UNICEF: Millions of Yemeni children may starve amid pandemic Posted: 25 Jun 2020 10:08 PM PDT  Millions of children could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across war-torn Yemen amid a "huge" drop in humanitarian aid funding, the U.N. children's agency warned Friday. The stark prediction comes in a new UNICEF report, "Yemen five years on: Children, conflict and COVID-19." "As Yemen's devastated health system and infrastructure struggle to cope with coronavirus, the already dire situation for children is likely to deteriorate considerably," warned UNICEF.
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| ‘He’s Done With That’: Trump’s Already Bored With Police Reform Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:27 AM PDT  It's been a month since the police killing of George Floyd sparked mass protests across the United States and compelled various prominent Democrats and Republicans, including Donald Trump himself, to vow serious action and police reform. In that time, the president has lost interest in doing much of anything about it, according to two people who've discussed the matter with him in recent days."He's done with that," one of the sources said. Never known for his sustained focus, the president's mind has been particularly adrift this week, wandering to various tangential topics such as the desire to defend monuments and statues—particularly those honoring racist and Confederate figures of history—from being torn down by protesters. Late Monday night, Trump took to Twitter and began posting videos of random Black men attacking a white man and a woman, lamenting why social and racial justice protesters in America weren't out in the streets about that instead. By Thursday morning, he was accusing leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement of treason and insurrection.And he's already signalled that should nothing on police reform get done, he will simply heap blame on his political enemies. When asked about the Senate reform bill on Wednesday, the president told reporters it would be nice if it were to pass but then accused Democratic politicians of wanting to "take away a lot of the strength from our police."Trump's interest in police reform always appeared to be fleeting. But early on after the Floyd killing became national news, the White House put together stakeholder meetings and solicited ideas to create some sort of reform framework. Trump himself met with law enforcement officials and family members of victims of police killings. Laura Ingraham to Black Americans: Trump Understands Police Violence Because of Russia ProbeBut the president grew impatient. In mid-June, he signed an executive order that fell far short of what numerous reform advocates and protesters have been calling for, but did offer grant incentives to departments that increased their police training on use of force.At that point, said the source who discussed the issue with Trump, the president believed he was basically done. "He believes his executive [order] was a home run," the source said.Alas, few feel the same way. But progress on filling in the massive gaps has proved difficult for lawmakers on the Hill and the window to craft a compromise has likely shut for the time being, possibly until after the election.Democrats and Republicans' dueling proposals, rolled out within days of each other earlier this month, had areas of common ground. But the Senate GOP bill, led by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), does not include several reforms that Democrats consider must haves, including an outright ban of the kind of chokehold that Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin used to kill Floyd; a ban on the no-knock serving of warrants that led to Breonna Taylor's killing by cops in Kentucky; or anything related to qualified immunity, which can shield officers from lawsuits stemming from their conduct on the job.Instead, the Senate GOP bill emphasizes various areas of additional training for police officers and would establish a national database of cops' records so that police departments know if potential hires have records of misconduct. The bill would also make lynching a federal hate crime. Can a New Algorithm Prevent Police Brutality? Minneapolis Wants to Find OutCivil liberties groups have panned the measure, with the American Civil Liberties Union saying it "throws billions of dollars at studies and commissions when we know the real problem at the core of American policing." And congressional Democrats have insisted that their House legislation should be the barometer for reform—Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Karen Bass's (D-CA) bill, which passed the chamber on Thursday, addresses all the areas that Scott's does not. They also say they are keenly aware that, no matter what happens, Trump will tout his own executive order as the be-all, end-all solution to police brutality."Regardless of how little Republicans actually do, how many more Black Americans are murdered or how many dog-whistles Trump sends, he will lie and claim he alone solved the problem," said a Senate Democratic aide.But Republicans like House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have accused Democrats of wanting to defund the police and "push[ing] bills that will make our officers less safe." And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has argued that Democrats should focus on simply improving their chamber's bill through the amendment process. Both he and congressional Republicans have aggressively blasted what they see as Democrats' obstructionism: Scott, the Senate GOP's only Black member, sought to torch Democrats in a floor speech Wednesday, arguing that they didn't want to do anything now but instead wait until after the November elections to see if they won back the White House and the Senate, a feeling that is widely shared within the Senate GOP ranks.Democrats, charged Scott, were working to "not allow this party to be seen as a party that reaches out to all communities in this nation."With negotiations coming to near a standstill, the White House could play a role in brokering some sort of compromise. But, so far, the president's team has shown no interest in that route. "The White House is behind Sen. Tim Scott's bill, we've made that clear," said a senior administration official. "The president acted, and acted quickly, but we've more or less exhausted the options that could be done through an [executive order] and need the legislative branch to act."Trump's absence from the talks comes as his own advisers recognize the debate over police reform, and racial justice matters more broadly, could have a significant impact on his reelection. And it's taking place as some have privately attempted to get him to engage on the matter more, mindful that they could tag former Vice President Joe Biden with having helped create the criminal-justice pitfalls that are consuming the United States today. But according to three sources familiar with the discussions, there is growing frustration that Trump routinely jumps between adopting a "tough on crime" persona and trying to grab the mantle of a criminal justice reformer—never comfortable settling on just one. "He wants to have it both ways," said one senior White House official. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Florida Orders Bars to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases Hit New Record Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:51 AM PDT  Florida on Friday ordered all bars to close as cases of the coronavirus in the state continue to spike."Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide," Secretary Halsey Beshears of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced on Twitter.Florida reported a record daily high of 8,942 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the state's Department of Health said. Friday's cases smashed the state's previous record from Wednesday, 5,508 new cases, and bump the state's total number of coronavirus cases to 122,960.Just a day earlier, Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, vowed not to impose new restrictions on businesses even as the virus spread more rapidly across his state."We're not shutting down. We're going to go forward we're going to continue to protect the most vulnerable, we're going to urge continue to advise, particularly our elderly population, to maintain social distancing and avoid crowds," DeSantis said last week.However, the governor indicated Thursday that Florida would not be moving to the next phase of reopening in the immediate future."We are where we are," the governor said Thursday. "I did not say we are going to go on to the next phase.""We did the opening at the beginning of May, had very steady, manageable cases. Obviously we've seen that turn lately," DeSantis added.Florida entered in Phase Two of the state's three-phase reopening plan earlier this month. In Phase Three, the state will begin operating close to normally again. The state started to re-open its economy on May 4.Texas, another state that has seen its coronavirus cases spike in recent weeks, also imposed new restrictions on Friday, ordering bars to close and restaurants to operate at a more limited capacity.
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| Greg Abbott is a hypocrite. Pausing Texas' reopening won't fix the damage he's done Posted: 25 Jun 2020 11:19 AM PDT  What we've seen in Gov. Greg Abbott's response to the coronavirus is the damage that hyper-individualism can do and has done to this country.
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| EU holds off decision on borders, Americans set to be excluded Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:21 PM PDT  European Union countries failed to settle on Friday on a final "safe list" of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July, with the United States, Brazil and Russia set to be excluded. Ambassadors from the 27 EU members convened from Friday afternoon to establish criteria for granting quarantine-free access from next Wednesday. The list did not include the United States, Brazil or Russia, one diplomat said.
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| As Biden closes in on VP pick, one longtime adviser hasn't left his side Posted: 26 Jun 2020 03:04 AM PDT  In midst of a campaign interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, Jill Biden's presence is a constant as her husband contemplates his big decision.
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| UK teen who threw French boy off gallery balcony jailed for life Posted: 25 Jun 2020 05:33 PM PDT  A troubled British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy from a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery was on Friday jailed for life. Judge Maura McGowan told Jonty Bravery, 18, he would spend at least 15 years in custody for attempting to murder the boy in front of horrified crowds on August 4 last year. McGowan said what Bravery had done was "callous" and "beyond imagination".
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| Supreme Court Sides with Trump Admin. in Landmark Asylum Case Posted: 25 Jun 2020 09:44 AM PDT  The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration on Thursday in a landmark immigration case involving the asylum process.In the case, Dept. of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam, the court ruled 7-2 that if an asylum seeker is denied asylum during the beginning of the intake process, the applicant may not appeal that decision in federal court. The ruling also defines how the right to habeas corpus is applied to asylum seekers.The case was brought by Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, a Sri Lankan national and ethnic Tamil who fled the country after he was blindfolded, beaten, and abducted by unknown assailants. Thuraissigiam sought asylum in the U.S. His claim was rejected because he did not know the identity of his attackers and therefore could not establish a credible threat of persecution.Thuraissigiam subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, saying that his experience was similar to instances of persecution against Tamils in Sri Lanka.Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the opinion that Thuraissigiam's request for "relief falls outside the scope of the common-law habeas writ."In addition, the court ruled that asylum seekers detained inside the U.S., including Thuraissigiam who was detained 25 yards inside the border, should be treated the same as people detained at the border itself. This means that the government is entitled to reject asylum applications at the intake level, without appeal, for foreigners who are detained anywhere inside U.S. borders.Liberal Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined the majority ruling, but wrote that they believed the ruling only applied in Thuraissigiam's case.Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented, with Sotomayor writing, "Today's decision handcuffs the Judiciary's ability to perform its constitutional duty to safeguard individual liberty and dismantles a critical component of the separation of powers."
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| NYPD Seeks Suspect In Baseball Bat Attack Outside Home Depot In The Bronx Posted: 25 Jun 2020 12:13 PM PDT  The NYPD wants the public's help identifying the suspect in a baseball bat attack. According to police, a 34-year-old man was out front of the Home Depot at Bronx Terminal Market at 8:10 p.m. on June 14 when the suspect walked up and hit him on the head with a bat. Katie Johnston reports.
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| White House does not commit to temperature checks in meeting with U.S. airlines Posted: 26 Jun 2020 04:37 PM PDT  Top U.S. airline executives met on Friday with Vice President Mike Pence and other senior administration officials but did not come away with any commitments from the White House on mandating temperature checks for airline passengers. Airlines want the U.S. government to administer temperature checks to all passengers in a bid to reassure the public.
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| No time to plan, unsure of what's next: Schools aim to reopen but have few solutions Posted: 25 Jun 2020 02:02 AM PDT  "There's not much time to plan, particularly when you don't know what to plan for."
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| US House passes 'George Floyd' police reform bill Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:56 AM PDT  The White House has threatened to veto the measure, which Senate Republicans reject as an overreach.
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