Tuesday's Headlines: States mandate masks, begin to shut down again as cases soar
Coronavirus relief loans benefited well-connected firms, businesses that didn't mention saving jobs; 'We're all starved for hope'; Florida orders schools to reopen in the fall, even as virus cases soar; Major U.S. cities, gripped with crises, now face spike in deadly shootings, including of children; White woman who called police on black birdwatcher is charged with false reporting; Pentagon considering a base-wide ban on Confederate flags; McEnany defends Trump's view on Confederate flag by claiming he doesn't have one; Removing an offensive mural from the University of Kentucky isn't 'racial justice'; What 11 Republican senators had to say about Trump's racism; The game's in the fourth quarter, and Trump can barely get a first down; Four more years? Four more months will be hard enough.; Donald Trump, the unbriefable president; What's happening in Xinjiang is genocide; Supreme Court says presidential electors can be required to back their states' popular-vote winner; Tell-all book by President Trump's niece to be published two weeks earlier on July 14; Teachers face threats, books are banned as China pushes party line in Hong Kong schools
After a holiday weekend that drew large crowds to fireworks displays and yielded scenes of Americans celebrating without masks, health officials warned of hospitals running out of space and infection spreading rampantly.
Businesses owned by members of Congress and the law practice that represented President Trump were among those that received aid from the $660 billion relief program.
By Jonathan O'Connell, Aaron Gregg, Steven Rich, Anu Narayanswamy and Peter Whoriskey ●Read more »
As the nation faces massive social justice protests, a pandemic and financial catastrophe, it is suddenly also confronting a spike in violence in some of its major cities.
By Mark Berman, Shayna Jacobs, Ben Guarino and Mark Guarino ●Read more »
Amy Cooper falsely claimed she was threatened by a black birdwatcher in Central Park in late May. The incident was captured on video and shared widely on social media.
As institutions across the country take steps to remove Confederate imagery from the public square, Trump and his White House allies are struggling to mount a defense for increasingly antiquated views.
Colorado and Washington state officials had asked the court to settle the matter in case the November election is so close that a small number of what are sometimes called "faithless electors" could determine the result.
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