Arizona Governor Orders Partial Shutodwn As White House Ignores Spread

The United States death toll nears 126,000. The rate of new coronavirus cases in the United States are trending up in 31 states and down in four states. Arizona governor orders partial shutdown as the White House ignores its own advice on containing spread. The White House responds by says they are aware that "embers" need to be put out. At least 14 states pause reopening plans as cases surge. California sees a 45 percent increase in coronavirus cases in the past week. 28 members of one California family contracted coronavirus; the family's father died one day before Father's Day. 

Texas reports a record number of hospitalizations, as its governor warns that the pandemic is taking a "very dangerous turn." 

White House officials say that Trump "has no problem with masks" despite not wearing one in public. 

At a Pence event, a choir of over 100 people performed without masks, despite Washington choir outbreak deemed a "superspreader" event. 

A source says that intelligence on Russian plot to put bounty on Untied States troops was included in Trump's daily briefing earlier this year. White House officials say Trump wasn't "personally briefed" on bounty plot. 

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