If We Were Friends With John Paulson, Part V

Trump asserted that “more white people” are killed by the police, ignoring basic demographic realities about the country.

6:20 p.m.

vision 2020

Joe Biden Needs to Win Big to Avoid a Contested Election

If Donald Trump is ahead on Election Night even with a majority of the vote uncounted, look out!

5:38 p.m.

executions

Feds Restart Executions, Killing in Our Name During a Deadly Pandemic

By Andrew Cohen

After a 17-year hiatus on federal executions, the Justice Department had no good reason to execute prisoners this week.

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5:36 p.m.

Liberals hold their breath, again

#SCOTUS Public Information Office announces that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital today “for treatment of a possible infection,” had a procedure to “clean out a bile duct stent” placed last year. RBG is “resting comfortably & will stay” for a few days.

—@AHoweBlogger

5:36 p.m.

All the States Reimposing COVID-19 Restrictions

By Adam K. Raymond

As COVID-19 cases spike around the country, many governors are reversing their orders to reopen parts of their states’ economies.

5:19 p.m.

education

Trump Administration Cancels ICE Plan to Block International Student Visas

The rare reversal comes after Harvard and MIT sued ICE for requiring foreign students to leave the U.S. if they are taking online-only courses.

4:34 p.m.

pivot

Facebook Still Doesn’t Get It

By Intelligencer Staff

A lead organizer of the ad boycott targeting the company discusses why its response has been so discouraging.

4:07 p.m.

Both sides

Wow, Trump to CBS when asked why Black people still die at the hands of police:

“So are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people, more white people, by the way. More white people”

—@Jordanfabian

3:58 p.m.

2020 elections

Control of the U.S. Senate May Not Be Decided Until January in Georgia

There’s a nontrivial chance that there may be one or even two general-election runoffs for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats on January 5.

3:24 p.m.

A piece of unalloyed good news

BREAKING: The Trump administration will rescind its order blocking foreign students from living in the U.S. while taking classes online.

A federal judge in Massachusetts just announced that the government and plaintiffs reached a resolution, @JuliaEAinsley reports.

—@GeoffRBennett

2:15 p.m.

the national interest

Unemployed Should ‘Find Something New,’ Urge Heirs to Fred Trump’s Fortune

By Jonathan Chait

Have you thought about online courses? Or inheriting your dad’s crooked real-estate fortune?

1:56 p.m.

Good luck with that one

BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell proposes that she serve her pretrial detention in a luxury Manhattan hotel.

—@jkbjournalist

12:35 p.m.

vision 2020

Kanye’s Short-Lived Attempt to Get on the 2020 Ballot

By Ben Jacobs

West briefly hired a campaign professional last week to gather signatures in Florida and elsewhere.

12:17 p.m.

joe biden

Biden’s New Climate Plan Is Also His Stimulus Plan

By Eric Levitz

And that’s the best thing about his $2 trillion vision for making America run on 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.

11:58 a.m.

Everything We Do and Don’t Know About New York’s Reopening Plan

By Chas Danner, Matt Stieb, and Adam K. Raymond

Governor Andrew Cuomo released guidelines this week for reopening schools in the state.

11:01 a.m.

Cases down considerably, but deaths up

Florida reported 9,194 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday and 133 deaths, a record for fatalities during a single day of the pandemic.

—@PatriciaMazzei

10:45 a.m.

death penalty

U.S. Government Executes First Federal Inmate Since 2003

By Adam K. Raymond

An early morning Supreme Court ruling, split 5-4 down ideological lines, allowed the government to proceed with Daniel Lewis Lee’s execution.

8:58 a.m.

Federal executions are back after a long absence

The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in a 1990s in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family.

Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.

“I didn’t do it,” Lee said just before he was executed. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I’m not a murderer. … You’re killing an innocent man.”

US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

—AP

7:00 a.m.

games

The Washington Football Team Is Finally Changing Its Name. Who’s Next?

By Will Leitch

The worst moniker in sports is no more. It may soon have company.

12:55 a.m.

vision 2020

The Republican National Convention Suffers Another Round of Dropouts

Two more senators — and eight House representatives — have announced they will not attend the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville.

12:21 a.m.

jeffrey epstein

Prosecutors: Ghislaine Maxwell Put Her Phone in Tinfoil to ‘Evade Detection’

On Monday, prosecutors alleged that Maxwell put her phone in tinfoil to avoid detection, and that her wealth and connections make her a flight risk.

Behold Governor Cuomo’s Pandemic Mountain Poster, for Some Reason

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By Chas Danner

The governor has made another overstuffed, antique-style poster to celebrate himself — this time regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tucker Carlson Suddenly Leaves for Vacation After Writer Quits Over Racist Posts

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The Fox News host announced a “long-planned” fishing trip days after his top writer resigned for posting racist comments on a message board.

7/13/2020

An ambitious plan from the Democratic candidate

Biden plans to call for a a 100% clean energy standard by 2035 tomorrow. SCOOP w/ @jeneps and @jendlouhyhc

—@arinatter

Supreme Court to Delay Arguments on Obamacare Case Until After Election

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It’s a small break for Republicans who didn’t want more preelection attention on their efforts to deny even more people health insurance.

California Reorders Shutdowns on Indoor Activity As COVID-19 Cases Spike

Governor Newsom cracks down on most indoor business activities with infections on the rise again.

Coronavirus Hot Spot States by the Numbers

By Matt Stieb and Adam K. Raymond

A rundown of states — like Arizona, Florida, and Texas — facing alarming summer outbreaks, including closures, caseloads, and hospitalizations.

Los Angeles and San Diego Counties Will Begin the School Year Online Only

education