Striking image for StoryGraph Biggest Story 2020-06-29

StoryGraph Biggest Story 2020-06-29 -- vice president mike pence (12), the new york times (12), troops afghanistan (10), to wear mask (8), social distancing (8)

A news brief made from 25/85 recently archived news articles
Most frequent entities
Most frequent sumgrams
vice president mike pence (12), the new york times (12), troops afghanistan (10), to wear mask (8), social distancing (8)

Trump Is Panicking And Trying To Find A New Nickname For Biden


Trump knows that he is losing and he thinks that the way to turn around his failing presidential campaign is a new nickname for Joe Biden.


Mike Pence Praises Greg Abbott For Causing Texas Virus Surge


Vice President Mike Pence went to Texas to praise Gov. Greg Abbott for an economic reopening that led to a surge in coronavirus cases.


US Knew About Russia Bounty In January, But Trump Tried To Keep It Secret


US intelligence in Afghanistan alerted their superiors about the Russian bounty on US troops in January, but Trump tried to keep it secret.


Trump’s Russia Bounty Story Falls Apart As Military Tried To Protect Troops


It is being reported that even though Trump claims he wasn't briefed, the US military tried to protect the troops from Russia's bounty.


Russia reportedly offered the Taliban bounties for American soldiers. Trump denies knowing about it.


Democrats and Republicans alike demand answers from an administration that’s long been soft on Russia.


Trump tweets thanks to the "great people" in a video featuring a supporter yelling "white power"


The White House said the president did not hear the repeated use of the white supremacist phrase.


Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Hit 10 Million Worldwide


The U.S. handling of the outbreak has drawn concern from abroad.


More Than 500,000 People Have Died Of The Coronavirus Worldwide


Over the weekend, worldwide coronavirus infections hit the 10 million mark.


Former CDC Head: Surge In Coronavirus Cases Due To New Spread, Not Increased Testing


"The numbers you’re seeing are just a tip of the iceberg of even more spread," warned Dr. Tom Frieden.


U.S. intelligence uncovers Russian plot offering Taliban bounty to kill Americans


American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops, according to new reporting. Reporter Charlie Savage joins Morning Joe to discuss.


Joe: GOP senators, speak out for our troops today


Joe Scarborough weighs in on new reporting that American troops in Afghanistan have been the target of some Taliban operations backed by Russia. Joe calls on Republican senators to speak out on the issue.


‘Feeling Like Death’: Inside a Houston Hospital Bracing for a Virus Peak


As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts.


Florida’s Covid Cases Up Fivefold in 2 Weeks: ‘The Numbers Are Scary’


A surge in coronavirus cases has prompted officials to prohibit alcohol sales in bars and close Miami beaches for the coming holiday. But will it be enough?


Public Spaces Weren’t Designed for Pandemics. N.Y.C. Is Trying to Adapt.


New rules and design will try to keep New Yorkers safe in the usually crowded plazas, parks and streets.


Coronavirus Is Battering Africa’s Growing Middle Class


From Kenya to Nigeria, South Africa to Rwanda, the pandemic is decimating the livelihoods of the once-stable workers who were helping to drive Africa’s economic expansion.


Republican lawmakers confirm intelligence reports on Russian operation to target U.S. troops but say material needs further review


The information was considered significant enough that it was included in the President's Daily Brief.


Analysis | Pence’s Trump-ian turn as the coronavirus downplayer in chief


The president wasn’t present, but his see-no-evil approach to the United States’ unusually resilient coronavirus outbreak was.


Fauci warns of risk if too many people refuse coronavirus vaccine


Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said Sunday that he's "cautiously optimistic" that a coronavirus vaccine will be available by the start of 2021, but warned that the U.S.



Trump: ‘Intel’ did not find Russia-Taliban bounty plot report 'credible'


President Trump said late Sunday night that he had just been briefed by intelligence officials about reports of an alleged Russian plot offering bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers and that "intel" told him they did not assess the intelligence to be "credible."


Carville: There's a 'Case' for 'Treason' if Trump Knew About Russia Bounty


Sunday on MSNBC's "Kasie DC," Democratic strategist James Carville reacted to the report that Russian intelligence offered Afghan militants bounties to kill U.S. soldiers by demanding answers from the White House about what members of the administration knew. | Clips


Vet Sen. Tammy Duckworth Demands Investigation Into Trump And Russia Bounty


Combat veteran Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has demanded an investigation into Donald Trump's non-response to Russia putting a bounty on US troops.


Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty plot


NYT reporter Charlie Savage discusses new reporting on a Russian plot offering Taliban bounty to kill Americans and what the Trump administration knew about the plot.


As the pandemic rages, Trump indulges his obsessions


With the pandemic exploding and setting record infection rates, President Donald Trump spent the weekend on his own often divisive obsessions, piling up new evidence for detractors who say he's not fit for office.


Trump claims intel on Russian bounties was deemed not credible


President Trump claimed in a late-night tweet that he was not briefed on intelligence about a Russian unit offering bounties on American service members in Afghanistan because the U.S.


This story was constructed with the SHARI Process:

  1. The StoryGraph Toolkit extracted URIs from the biggest story of the day from the StoryGraph service
  2. Hypercane performed the following steps:
    1. It accepted the list of original resource URIs from the output of the StoryGraph Toolkit, and queried the Memento Aggregator to find as many mementos as possible
    2. For resources that were not already mementos, it submitted them to web archives with ArchiveNow
    3. It analyzed all mementos to automatically discover the most frequent sumgrams and named entities present in the overall story
    4. It analyzed all images in these mementos to automatically select the best image for the overall story
    5. It then formatted the data for the story based on all of this input
  3. Raintale took the input from Hypercane and rendered the final product with information supplied by MementoEmbed
Author face

Dark and Stormy Archives - Puddles

Visit the Dark and Stormy Archives (DSA) project web site for information on research, software, and more that supports storytelling with web archives.