https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/north-carolina-governor-demands-smaller-republican-convention-1.1444569

(Bloomberg) – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is insisting that the Republican convention in August be scaled back out of concern about the coronavirus pandemic.

In a letter responding to Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel and committee president Marcia Lee Kelly, Cooper said his state could not agree to their demands for a “‘full convention’ which includes 19,000 delegates,” as well as “full hotels and restaurants and bars at capacity.”

“As much as we want the conditions surrounding COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the Convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely,” Cooper wrote. “Neither public health officials nor I will risk the health and safety of North Carolinians by providing the guarantee you seek.”

Cooper said holding a “scaled-down convention” with fewer participants than the RNC requested, with social distancing measures and face coverings is “a necessity.” He added the state would gladly continue talks to hold a convention with such measures.

Nadler wants to cut funding to DOJ by 50 million

https://www.axios.com/nadler-bill-barr-justice-department-326730b9-8bfb-4866-8b40-b83412958fc7.html

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) announced on Tuesday that Justice Department whistleblowers and former agency officials are expected to testify on what he deemed "the unprecedented politicization" of the DOJ under Attorney General Bill Barr and President Trump.

Driving the news: Nadler listed Barr walking with Trump and other administration officials to Washington D.C.'s historic St. John’s Episcopal Church on Monday as an example of Barr's "unacceptable" behavior. The photo-op was made possible by military police and park rangers using tear gas and physical force on peaceful protestors to clear the area.

Nadler said that he would introduce legislation to slash the DOJ's budget by $50 million.

Nadler attributed the proposed funding cuts and oversight to the DOJ's decision to drop its prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Barr's refusal to testify due to the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/news/21140625/chicago-firefighters-face-record-number-of-blazes-in-30-hours

From late Saturday to early Monday, the Chicago Fire Department responded to 80 fires, and the city hasn't seen that number of calls since the 1968 riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Most of the fires erupted on the city's South and West sides and involved businesses that had been looted before being set ablaze.