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KUDLOW: NO 'TRANSPARENCY' PROMISE ON BAILOUT LOANS White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow claimed the Trump administration never promised to disclose which businesses received more than $500 billion in coronavirus relief loans, contradicting an earlier statement by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, made his statement to Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” about the Paycheck Protection Program, which Congress authorized in March to bail out companies harmed by the coronavirus pandemic. [HuffPost]
HEALTH EXPERT: TRUMP'S TULSA RALLY IS 'EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS' Trump on Saturday plans to head to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to rally his reelection supporters inside a 19,000-seat arena. Trump’s rallies typically draw tens of thousands of screaming fans. They usually stand outside in line for hours before passing through airport-style security and cramming inside. Many attendees are older, which would put them at higher risk of severe complications from COVID-19. Dr. Ashish Jha, director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute, called the rally “an extraordinarily dangerous move for the people participating and the people who may love them and see them afterward.” [AP]
BIDEN HAS PROBLEMS HE CAN'T SOLVE FROM HIS BASEMENT All of Joe Biden's public events in recent weeks have been in the Philadelphia metro area. And in that time, which coincided with Trump’s near-constant delivery of divisive rhetoric about the death of George Floyd, racism and police brutality, his lead has grown. This has led to a loose conventional wisdom that Biden should continue to shun the spotlight. He's prone to gaffes, and campaign officials have long said a straight-up referendum on Trump is a race they win. But Biden’s team and are increasingly battling for more news coverage of the former vice president. [HuffPost]
TRUMP LABOR SECRETARY SAYS WORKERS AREN'T BEING FORCED BACK TO WORK. WORKERS DISAGREE. Trump’s labor secretary didn’t like it this week when Democrats accused him of forcing workers off unemployment insurance even if their jobs presented a risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. But the Trump administration, in coordination with state workforce agencies, has been forcing workers to make that choice for weeks. The president has called for workers to be “warriors” for the economy, and the Labor Department is prodding them into battle as the virus continues to spread. [HuffPost]
FAR-RIGHT PROTESTERS CLASH WITH ANTI-RACIST PROTESTERS IN LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned “racist thuggery” after far-right protesters clashed in London with anti-racist demonstrators and police trying to keep the two sides apart. Fights broke out between groups outside Waterloo station, with fireworks thrown before police cordoned off areas. On a nearby bridge, stones were lobbed at police. Sporadic skirmishes continued in parts of the city center. The Metropolitan Police said they arrested more than 100 people for offenses including violent disorder and assault on police. Six officers suffered minor injuries. [Reuters]
INDIA TO TRANSFORM TRAIN CARS INTO HOSPITAL WARDS India’s home minister has offered 500 railway carriages for use as makeshift coronavirus hospital wards as the capital New Delhi struggles to contain a spike in cases. Amit Shah, India’s second-most powerful politician after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was set to convene a meeting Monday with all major political parties represented on the deteriorating situation in the capital. Delhi has about 9,000 beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients among public and private hospitals, but a state government panel of experts has said that Delhi will need at least 15,000 beds by the end of June. [AP] | 
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