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Capital Journal
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Good morning from the WSJ Washington bureau.
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Trump's Day: President Trump visits Maine to participate in a discussion with commercial fishermen and visit Puritan Medical Products, a manufacturer of swabs used to test for Covid-19.
Jobs Report: The jobless rate likely soared to a new post-World War II high in May, though there are signs the labor market is slowly recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns.
Washington Wire: Democrats push to block Trump-requested cuts to community policing programs; the Trump administration wants to fold offices into other parts of the Justice Department, and more in the column.
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đź’¬ Join Ask WSJ at noon ET today for a conversation with Executive Washington Editor Gerald F. Seib and National Security Reporter Alexa Corse on how the pandemic might change the 2020 election and voter security.
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▶️ VIDEO: Largely peaceful marches took place on the 10th night of protests following the killing of George Floyd, after a memorial in Minneapolis. In Buffalo, two police officers were suspended without pay after a video showed them knocking down a 75-year-old man. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
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Thousands mourned George Floyd on the 10th night of protests. The Floyd family stood for a memorial at North Central University in Minneapolis, as calls from the podium to change the American justice system were echoed by protesters across the country, report Douglas Belkin, Ben Chapman, Alicia A. Caldwell and Alex Leary.
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Mr. Floyd, a black man, was killed on May 25 after police officers arrested him for allegedly trying to pass off a counterfeit $20 bill. Video showed a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, with his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck as he pleaded for mercy and said he couldn’t breathe.
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A judge in Minneapolis on Thursday set the bail at $750,000 for the three ex-officers charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the killing of Mr. Floyd, the Associated Press reported.
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None of the officers entered a plea, as expected for a first court appearance, according to the AP. Judge Paul Scoggin set June 29 as their next court date.
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Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reminded leaders of the armed forces in a memo of their oath to uphold the values of the Constitution, amid concern that Mr. Trump may order active-duty troops onto American streets, reports Nancy A. Youssef.
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Attorney General William Barr defended the forceful removal of peaceful protesters outside the White House, saying that doing so on Monday before an appearance by President Trump was necessary to protect federal property and law-enforcement officers, as the operation continued to stoke criticism in Washington, reports Sadie Gurman.
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As of Thursday, authorities had arrested 51 people nationwide on federal charges related to rioting. Investigators were examining ideological extremists who Mr. Barr said instigated the violence.
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Government officials and top CEOs talked race and change. On a Zoom call among 300-plus chief executives, mayors and government officials, many participants said they have decided that speaking publicly about issues is part of the job, Kathryn Dill reports.
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Businesses Struggle to Open After Being Hit a Third Time
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Businesses were first hit by the coronavirus pandemic, then by the economic downturn, now some are reeling after being vandalized and looted.
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Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Latest Numbers
6,658,334 cases world-wide and 391,588 deaths.
1,872,660 cases in the U.S. and 108,211 deaths.
Source: Johns Hopkins University, as of 7 a.m. ET.
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President Trump's focus has shifted away from the coronavirus. U.S. health experts say the pandemic remains a serious concern, but Mr. Trump and his advisers made a strategic decision to shift focus, even before the protests in response to the killing of Mr. Floyd, reports Andrew Restuccia. The president and his aides have turned to issues they believe will animate the president’s conservative base ahead of the election while projecting confidence that the U.S. economy is recovering, according to administration officials and others familiar with the matter.
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Hospitals needed more remdesivir. Hospitalized patients outnumbered remdesivir treatment courses distributed to states by a ratio of more than 2 to 1 during one three-week stretch.
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The presidential campaigns have been targeted by suspected Chinese and Iranian hackers, Google said Thursday. The company said that phishing attacks from China targeted the Biden campaign, and those from Iran were aimed at Trump campaign staff, reports Robert McMillan.
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The race and the spread of Covid-19 are testing the boundaries for political ads. Patience Haggin and Emily Glazer explain how big tech companies decide what can–and cannot–appear on their platforms.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that she was struggling with whether to support Mr. Trump in his re-election, putting a crack in the his wall of support from his own party over his handling of the recent civil unrest, reports Natalie Andrews.
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Iran released U.S. Navy veteran Michael White after nearly two years in custody, after the U.S. freed an Iranian scientist, reports Jessica Donati. Both Washington and Tehran have been calling for prisoners to be released due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus in prisons.
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The Trump administration is weighing placing new requirements on a second tranche of Chinese state-controlled media outlets, a move that would extend a battle with Beijing that has seen reporters expelled by both countries, reports Kate O’Keeffe.
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Republican senators approved subpoena power in Russia-linked investigations, reports Dustin Volz. Over the objection of Democrats, the Senate Homeland Security Committee granted itself expansive subpoena power to seek documents from federal agencies and dozens of Obama-era officials related to the Russia investigation launched in 2016.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley said he would hold up two Trump administration nominees until he received further explanations for why Mr. Trump fired two federal agency watchdogs, report Lindsay Wise and Courtney McBride.​
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The spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee writes that Democrats' desire for "ballot harvesting," in which third parties gather mail-in ballots, is a threat to fair elections. (CNN)
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It is time to consider the unthinkable: that November's election will be subverted. (New Yorker)
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Sen. Tom Cotton's plea to use the military in America's streets reflects "horrible judgment." (American Conservative)
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