POLITICOPublic Health Supreme Court denies Illinois churches' bid for lockdown relief POLITICO - By JOSH GERSTEINJustices suggest dispute was moot; action is awaited on parallel California fight. The Supreme Court has turned down a bid by two Chicago-area churches for relief from stay-at-home orders Illinois Gov.
POLITICOU.S. Politics Trump backs DeVos plan to limit student debt relief POLITICO - By MICHAEL STRATFORDThe president vetoed legislation that would have blocked a policy by DeVos limiting debt relief for defrauded student loan borrowers. President Donald Trump on Friday sided with Education Secretary Betsy
POLITICOU.S. Politics Merkel rebuffs Trump invitation to G7 summit POLITICO - By MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, JACOPO BARIGAZZI and ANDREW GRAYThe president wants a landmark event but the German chancellor ‘cannot agree’ to travel due to ongoing pandemic. BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rebuffed Donald Trump’s invitation to attend
POLITICOCalifornia Republican Party Conservatives turn to San Francisco lawyer to fight coronavirus orders POLITICO - By CARLA MARINUCCIHarmeet Dhillon has emerged as a conservative thorn in the side of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, suing on behalf of pastors, gun shop owners, protesters, cosmetologists, beachgoers — and Republicans. —
POLITICOU.S. Politics Millions of paper tax returns go unopened at short-staffed IRS POLITICO - By TOBY ECKERTOverall, the IRS estimated it had a backlog of 10 million pieces of mail to open and process. The IRS estimates that nearly 5 million unopened paper tax returns had piled up at the agency by mid-May amid
POLITICOU.S. Politics U.S. diplomats wary of new watchdog's plans for probes into Pompeo POLITICO - By NAHAL TOOSIThe State Department's acting inspector general, Stephen Akard, is keeping his old job — raising concerns in Foggy Bottom. State Department officials are increasingly uneasy with their new acting inspector
