Deseret News

• A. Scott Anderson: Balanced bonding program can boost Utah’s economy
• Editorial: Supreme Court strengthens religion’s freedom from government intrusion
• Jobless claims in Utah remain at high level despite 3% drop in new applicants
• Romney, McAdams urging sanctions against China over alleged forced sterilization of ethnic minorities
• Students will ‘rise to our expectations’ on mask wearing, superintendent says
• Salt Lake police legally justified in high-profile killing of fleeing man, D.A. says
• Utah’s Republican governor faces ‘fine line’ politically on face masks
• Police and protesters clash after D.A. declares police shooting justified

Salt Lake Tribune

• Protesters smash windows and riot police respond with force after officers who killed Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal avoid criminal charges
• Police killing of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal won’t lead to charges, a decision that infuriates his family
• Worried about effects on recreation economy, Moab, Grand County urge feds to cancel energy lease sale
• Supreme Court’s exception to federal bias laws could impact teachers at BYU, other religious schools
• Utah to end postcard reminders to renew vehicle registration
• Utah kids who qualified for free or reduced fee lunches will now get $308 from a federal program
• Darren Parry wins Democratic nomination in 1st Congressional District
• Gov. Gary Herbert requires masks for all in K-12 schools this fall, but does not impose statewide mandate

• Vivint Solar swallowed by competitor in $3.2 billion deal (Deseret News)
• From Everest to the Mighty 5, Utah trek firm pivots amid COVID-19 pandemic (Deseret News)
• Nearly 51,000 Utah businesses shared more than $5 billion in paycheck loans (Salt Lake Tribune)
• Emergency COVID-19 business loans kept paychecks going to 800,000 Utahns (Deseret News)

• Professor doubles down on prediction model of Trump's chances in 2020 (FOX News)
• The woke mob’s ‘Reign of Terror’ moment (Complete Colorado)
• An Open Letter to Robin DiAngelo about 'Anti-racism' (New Discourses)
• Barack Obama Abruptly Halted H1N1 Testing, Undermining Biden's Attacks on Trump (PJ Media)
• Academics Seek to Retract Study Disproving Racist Police Shootings After Conservative Cites It (CNS News)
• Harper’s vs Vox – and the bonfire of the liberal values (Spectator)
• Let's Get Ahead of the SJW Cancel Crowd and Ban Sports Mascots Altogether (PJ Media)
• Are We Living in Crazytown? The bizarre reaction to the anti-cancel culture letter (Reason)
• I Cited Their Study, So They Disavowed It (Wall Street Journal)
• Stanford expert says 80-85 percent of Texas hospital patients 'have nothing to do with COVID-19' (The Hill)
• CDC director: Keeping schools closed poses greater health threat to children than reopening (The Hill)

Jimmy, Keep on Showing Up
“Yeah, Trump gave a speech at a church, and the biggest part of that speech is where he showed everyone how he can drink communion wine out of one hand.” — JIMMY FALLON

Keep All Your Friends

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." Thomas Jefferson: to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800

Scotus

The Supreme Court ruled President Trump cannot block the release of his financial records. The ruling cleared the way for prosecutors in New York to obtain his financial records, but Congress has been stopped from obtaining his tax returns for now [NYT].

The Justices also ruled that a large part of eastern Oklahoma is a Native American reservation belonging to the Creek Nation [NPR].

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Coronavirus

The U.S. hit another new single-day record for new cases of coronavirus with 60,646 instances. It's the third time this week the country has set a single-day record [NYT].

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the states hit hardest by the coronavirus should consider shutting down again to control the spread of the virus [CNN].

The World Health Organization says the coronavirus may become airborne and may spread through particles in the air in indoor crowded spaces [CNBC].

FEMA says 56 hospitals in Florida are out of ICU beds. Another 35 medical centers have less than 10 percent capacity available [ABC News].

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School opening

The CDC said Thursday they would not revise their guidelines for schools to open safely despite criticism from President Trump [AP].

CDC Director Robert Redfield said Thursday that the health risks of keeping schools closed in the fall is great than opening classrooms to students [The Hill].

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2020 election

Presumptive Democratic Nominee Joe Biden released his economic plan which includes $700 billion for the development of new technologies [NYT].

Republicans are exploring holding their convention in Florida outdoors [WaPo].

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is discouraging donors from giving money to stage the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month because of a feud with his former campaign manager who is advising convention organizers [NYT].

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Stimulus round four

When the Senate returns from recess on July 20th, lawmakers will begin working on another coronavirus stimulus bill which could include another round of direct payments for Americans [Forbes].

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Justice Department

Geoffrey Berman, the ousted top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, told the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr repeatedly pressured him to resign so the Trump administration could install a candidate they preferred in the post [Politico].

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Hmmm...

President Trump implied in a pair of interviews Thursday that he was preparing to grant clemency to longtime ally Roger Stone who was convicted of lying to Congress and is set to go to prison later this month [CNN].

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Economy

About 1.3 million people filed for first time unemployment benefits last week, the 14th straight week the number of new claims has declined [NBC News].

Wells Fargo is readying to cut thousands of jobs [Bloomberg].

Starbucks will require customers to wear masks in all their stores [CNN].

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Sportsball

The Big 10 Conference announced their teams will only play games within the conference this fall [ESPN].