Tipsheet: Democrats seek to tie GOP candidates to Trump, DeVos

View in your browser     Democrats seek to tie GOP candidates to Trump, DeVos BY JULIA MANCHESTER   Democrats are looking to tie Republicans to President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ahead of the election in November, as the administration's threat to cut funding to schools unless they resume in-person learning galvanizes teachers' unions and the left. Read the full story here     Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence BY BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT   President Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of longtime confidant Roger Stone after the former campaign adviser was sentenced to three years and four months in prison in connection with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Read the full story here     Coronavirus deaths rise again amid mounting outbreaks BY PETER SULLIVAN   Coronavirus deaths are rising in hard-hit states and starting to tick back up nationally, a sign that mounting outbreaks are taking a serious toll.  Read the full story here     Trump says he'll sign order with 'road to citizenship' for DACA recipients BY RAFAEL BERNAL   President Trump said Friday he intends to sign an executive order on immigration within the next month that he said will include a "road to citizenship" for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Read the full story here     Trump tells Treasury to review universities' tax exempt status BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Trump on Friday threatened the tax-exempt status of and funding for universities and colleges, claiming that “too many” schools are driven by “radical left indoctrination.” Read the full story here     Fauci on Trump claim that 99 percent of COVID-19 cases are 'harmless': 'Obviously not' BY PETER SULLIVAN    Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, in an interview published Friday pushed back on President Trump's claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are "harmless," saying that it is "obviously not" the case. Read the full story here     Senate Democrats demand to see copies of Trump's intelligence briefings on Russian bounties BY TAL AXELROD   Senate Democrats are demanding they be allowed to see any copies of intelligence briefs that were presented to President Trump regarding evidence that Russia was paying the Taliban bounties for attacks on U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan. Read the full story here     Army announces review of Fort Hood command in the wake of slaying of Vanessa Guillén BY ELLEN MITCHELL   Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Friday said he has directed an independent review of the command climate at Texas’s Fort Hood following the months-long disappearance and slaying of Army Spec. Vanessa Guillén at the base. Read the full story here     Facebook considering ban on political ads BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   Facebook is considering banning political ads on its platforms in the run-up to this year's election, according to multiple Friday reports. Read the full story here     Trump rally in New Hampshire postponed due to weather BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump's scheduled campaign rally in New Hampshire this weekend will be postponed, the White House said Friday, due to expected storms in the area. Read the full story here     Black lives matter — so stop supporting policies that have failed Black communities BY JUSTIN HASKINS   OPINION | Improving African American communities is, of course, a noble goal. But it’s exceptionally difficult to fix a problem if one doesn’t identify its cause. Read the full story here     US economy will not recover until the elderly feel safe BY DR. DAVID BLUMENTHAL   OPINION | Policymakers trying to boost the economy during a pandemic need to face a fundamental truth: the U.S. economy will not recover until the most vulnerable among us — the elderly — feel safe. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate BY JILL COLVIN and MIKE STOBBE   Whatever top health professionals say, President Trump is determined to revive the battered economy and resuscitate his reelection chances, even as U.S. hospitalizations and deaths keep climbing. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Georgia. Ohio. Texas. Democrats tell Biden to go big BY JONATHAN MARTIN   This election, some Democrats argue, offers the party the provocative possibility of a new path to the presidency, even as others warn against overconfidence. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: On a D.C. street beset by gun violence, calls to fix policing, not defund it BY PETER HERMANN AND CLARENCE WILLIAMS   On Cedar Street, where Davon McNeal was shot and children are taught to duck when they hear gunshots, the residents’ long battle for just policing is intertwined with another reality: Each trip outside their front doors can be deadly. Read the full story here     Reuters: Prosecutors may not get Trump tax records until after election, experts say BY JAN WOLFE   New York City prosecutors are very likely to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns after a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but it may not happen before the Nov. 3 election if he argues in lower courts as expected that their request was too broad and made in bad faith, legal experts said. Read the full story here     NBC News: Inside the detective-style hunt for missed COVID-19 cases BY LISA CAVAZUTI AND EMMANUELLA SALIBA   As cases surge in some parts of the country, some doctors are working to better understand the early trajectory of the virus in hopes of discovering unseen patterns that could help inform future public health policies. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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