| Good morning from Washington, where Trump supporters aren’t the only ones anticipating a Justice Department report on the origins of FBI spying on the Trump campaign four years ago. Fred Lucas talks with legal experts about what to expect, and also outlines the president’s crackdown on urban violence. On the podcast, a reporter in the thick of that violence describes what she’s witnessed. Plus: federal health officials make sure faith has a place in hospitals; China targets a Muslim minority for sterilization; and space exploration gets more crowded. On this date in 1996, at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team wins gold for the first time. | |
| | | | By Rachel del Guidice
“In Portland, we saw a guy with an American flag kneeling and begging people not to break into the courthouse and not to further the damage,” says The Daily Caller’s Shelby Talcott. | |
| | | By Fred Lucas
“This may be literally the greatest abuse of power in history, but it could be hard to identify a specific statute that was violated,” says Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice. | |
| | | By Fred Lucas
“The principal danger to the lives of our inner-city communities is violent crime,” says Attorney General Barr, adding: “Each year approximately 7,500 black Americans are victims of homicide. Every one of those lives matter.” | |
| | | By Virginia Allen
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services takes two important steps to protect religious freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| | | By Virginia Allen
In China, “Uighurs are being subject to forced sterilization, forced abortion, forced birth control in ways that are really severe,” says The Heritage Foundation’s Olivia Enos. | |
| | | By Dean Cheng
Both the United Arab Emirates and the People’s Republic of China are launching missions to Mars. | |
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