WHAT'S BREWING
JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS RELEASE OF TELL-ALL BY TRUMP'S NIECE A tell-all book by President Donald Trump’s niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims by the president’s brother that its publication would violate a pact among family members, a judge said Tuesday. New York state Supreme Court Judge Hal B. Greenwald in Poughkeepsie, New York, issued an order requiring the niece, Mary Trump, and her publisher to explain why they should not be blocked from publishing the book: “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.” A hearing was set for July 10. [AP]
OKLAHOMA VOTERS APPROVE MEDICAID EXPANSION FOR 200,000 Oklahoma will become the latest state to adopt the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion after voters passed a ballot measure Tuesday that aims to cover an estimated 200,000 low-income adults. Prior to the vote, 36 states and the District of Columbia already had expanded Medicaid using money from the 2010 health care law. Oklahoma, where Medicaid is called SoonerCare, had been among the 14 holdouts. The result also marks the fifth time voters implemented Medicaid expansion at the ballot box after waiting years for their Republican governors and legislatures to act. [HuffPost]
OFFICIALS TRACE OVER 100 COVID-19 CASES TO MICHIGAN BAR At least 107 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been linked to a bar in Michigan. Some 95 people who visited Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing June 12-20 have now tested positive for COVID-19, Ingham County Health Department announced Monday. A further 12 people “who were in contact with a primary case but did not go to Harper’s themselves” have also been infected with the virus, per a statement released by the department. This comes as cases spike all over the country, following Republicans' push to reopen the economy. [HuffPost]
HOW JAMAAL BOWMAN BEAT REP. ELIOT ENGEL IN THE BRONX The left is getting more sophisticated at winning campaigns, and progressive Democratic primary challengers now have an “ecosystem” at their disposal. If there is one mistake that will likely haunt Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) for years to come, it was when a live TV broadcast captured him begging to speak at a June news conference about vandalism in the Bronx. The problem wasn’t that he wanted to speak. It was why he wanted to: “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” he said. The moment was pivotal in the race, in large part because Engel’s challenger, Bronx middle school principal Jamaal Bowman, had the infrastructure in place to take advantage of it. [HuffPost]
QANON SUPPORTER BEATS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN COLORADO Lauren Boebert, a restaurant owner who encourages her employees to openly carry firearms while working and has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, won the Republican primary in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday night, ousting incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton. Boebert will face Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush, a former state representative, in the November general election. The seat, which covers Colorado’s Western Slope, leans toward the GOP but not overwhelmingly. Tipton defeated Mitsch Bush in 2018, 52% to 44%. [HuffPost]
YEMEN'S CORONAVIRUS CATASTROPHE IS A GLOBAL EMBARRASSMENT In Yemen, the coronavirus pandemic is overwhelming hospitals and cemeteries. More young people are dying there than in most other countries, and the virus is spreading so fast the World Health Organization believes it could infect nearly the entire Yemeni population. Meanwhile, almost everyone who is in a position to prevent a catastrophe is instead making the situation worse. The Houthis, the armed group under whom most Yemenis live, are refusing to acknowledge the extent of the outbreak and threatening people who do, fueling panic and conspiracy theories among the public. [HuffPost] |
