Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:


NY judge temporarily prevents Trump's niece from publishing tell-all book
Stocks power to best quarter since 1998 despite coronavirus cases
Biden says he won't hold rallies due to coronavirus

McConnell eyes next coronavirus package after July recess
Biden compiling list of potential Black women nominees for the Supreme Court
Biden says Trump doesn't seem "cognitively aware" of Russia bounty intel
McConnell warns Democrats not to change filibuster rule

Cheney takes on Trump
Oklahoma woman shot in the back while trying to steal man's Nazi flag, authorities say
Progressive groups urge Biden to tap Warren as running mate
Mississippi governor signs bill retiring last state flag with Confederate battle emblem

Pompeo warns Taliban leader against attacking Americans in Afghanistan
Senate GOP starting to draft next coronavirus proposal

Biden says he may request classified briefing on alleged Russian bounties

Amy McGrath fends off progressive opponent in Kentucky Senate primary

Democrats call WH briefing on Russian bounties inadequate
House Dems attend White House briefing on Russian bounty reports

Support for Putin wanes in his former Russian stronghold
Biden to attack Trump's handling of COVID-19 as U.S. cases rise
Top diplomats from US and Iran at UN on Iran nuclear deal

Careers hang on mail-in ballots for 2 House Democrats

Schiff demands U.S. weigh Russia sanctions after bounty briefing

Lawmakers urge ICE to release migrant families together following court order
Dems say Russia bounty intel is 'red flag' that could show Trump-Putin relationship compromised

Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
Trump says government is ‘tracking down the two anarchists’ who threw paint on Washington statue
On last day for small businesses to apply for PPP, $134B remains in emergency relief fund

Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench

Venezuela's Maduro orders EU envoy to leave after sanctions

Kentucky Democrats to learn party's pick to take on Republican Mitch McConnell

Supreme Court’s abortion ruling raises stakes for election

Russia bounty intelligence 'may have been' in Trump brief but wasn't deemed 'actionable,' senior Republican says

AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019

The coming intel power struggle

Powell, Mnuchin enter the lion's den again to discuss pandemic response

Millions fear eviction without more aid from Congress

GOP lawmakers urge action after Russia-Afghanistan briefing

Pentagon says ‘no corroborating’ evidence to stand up NYT report on Russian bounties

Treasury decides to stick with July 15 tax deadline

Top intelligence officials release statements criticizing leaking of Russian bounties information

Trump's 'white power' retweet set off 'five-alarm fire' in White House

Why Trump’s administration is going after the GDPR

Dems tweet then delete post linking Trump's Mt. Rushmore event to ‘glorifying white supremacy

GOP skeptical of polling on Trump

Progressive groups urge Warren for vice president

U.S.'s Pompeo to address U.N. Security Council on Tuesday on Iran arms embargo

China conducting mass sterilization on Muslim minorities that could amount to genocide: Report

Why Alabama voters are turning on native son Sessions in favor of a carpetbagging football coach

Bob Woodward talked out of exposing Brett Kavanaugh as anonymous source by Washington Post editor: report
United States not on EU's 'safe' travel list, diplomats say

Multiple intelligence streams suggest Russians paying bounties for US troops, Trump not briefed: official

Appeals court reverses Wisconsin voting restrictions rulings

Republicans have been skipping House Intelligence meetings for months

Hong Kong leader says national security law won't undermine autonomy

China passes national security law in turning point for Hong Kong

Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski: 6,000 supporters at Tulsa rally ‘a success’

More advertisers fleeing Facebook as boycott grows

Jon Stewart says Trump's 2020 campaign strategy is 'all fear mongering'

Couple that pointed guns at protesters in viral video speaks out: We were 'in fear for our lives'

Putin to address Russians on TV amid vote on his rule, Kremlin says

Behind the Trump team’s U-turn, mounting fears about a mission-accomplished message

Cops probed over photos of them at Elijah McClain memorial

Coranavirus News and Updates:

Texas breaks record with nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases
Coronavirus updates: Savannah requires face masks as cases 'explode'

Fauci warns U.S. could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day
Coronavirus updates: Miami mayor says people treated reopening 'like COVID didn't exist'
U.S. coronavirus cases double in June in at least 10 states

Fauci and health officials update Senate on returning to work and school amid COVID
Local officials frustrated as governors change rhetoric and send mixed messages on coronavirus
Exclusive: After pandemic, U.S. senators want review of drug supply chain

AP FACT CHECK: Actually, 20% of US lives in a virus hot spot

Growing number of MLB players opting out of 2020 season over coronavirus
House GOP resolution condemns Chinese cyberattacks on US coronavirus research, calls for sanctions

As states halt reopening of bars and indoor dining, public health experts urge more caution

Despite new mandatory mask rules, Trump insists it's everyone's 'personal choice'

Birx tells governors she wants to try new large-scale COVID testing techniques

India's daily coronavirus cases at about 20,000 as some cities extend lockdowns
Pandemic unleashes a spike in overdose deaths

'Face mask exempt' cards circulating online are fraudulent, says DOJ

Los Angeles County closes beaches for July 4 weekend, citing coronavirus risk
India's first COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for human trials
Covid swamps Trump Country
After 500,000 deaths, WHO warns worst of coronavirus pandemic is "yet to come"