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Harris to meet with Guatemalan president; Supreme Court begins its sprint to finish — and a decision by one justice might be the most important; Trump and his allies try to rewrite, distort history of pandemic while casting Fauci as public enemy No. 1; Biden embraces symbolism, but substance on some issues proves more difficult; Vaccination rates fall off, imperiling Biden's July Fourth goal; How the national push by Trump allies to audit 2020 ballots started quietly in Pennsylvania; Amid controversy, Justice Dept. says it won't seek to compel journalists to give up source information; Meghan and Harry announce birth of baby girl, Lilibet Diana; Manchin says he will not support voting rights bill, in blow to Biden agenda and a warning to his colleagues; Fact Checker: Hunter Biden's laptop: The April 16, 2015, dinner ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     WASHINGTON, DC ‐ June 4, 2021: US President Joe Biden on the phone after arriving on the Ellipse of the White House on June 4, 2021. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Biden to host NATO secretary general; Harris to meet with Guatemalan president The president also plans to speak again with the lead Republican negotiator on an infrastructure bill. By John Wagner ●  Read more »   Supreme Court begins its sprint to finish — and a decision by one justice might be the most important As the court's term winds down, decisions await on the future of the Affordable Care Act, gay and religious rights, and whether Justice Stephen G. Breyer will create an opening for President Biden to fill. By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   Trump and his allies try to rewrite, distort history of pandemic while casting Fauci as public enemy No. 1 The focus on where the virus came from appears to be an attempt to distract from the chief failure of the Trump administration — its uneven and chaotic response to the outbreak once it began spreading within the United States. By Matt Viser and Yasmeen Abutaleb ●  Read more »   Biden embraces symbolism, but substance on some issues proves more difficult Biden came to office with an abiding belief in the potency of symbols and in the ability of a president's utterances to influence not just policy, but the course of a nation. By Tyler Pager and Ashley Parker ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Vaccination rates fall off, imperiling Biden's July Fourth goal The 'last mile' of delivering coronavirus shots has become a marathon, with health officials showing up at stores, parks and factories to entice people who might not otherwise get immunized. By Dan Diamond, Dan Keating and Chris Moody ●  Read more »   How the national push by Trump allies to audit 2020 ballots started quietly in Pennsylvania In December, Republican state senators asked several counties in the state to allow a private company to scrutinize ballots cast last fall, a tactic that allies of former president Donald Trump are seeking to employ around the country. By Rosalind Helderman ●  Read more »   Amid controversy, Justice Dept. says it won't seek to compel journalists to give up source information The announcement came a day after the New York Times revealed the department had prohibited the newspaper's lawyers and executives from disclosing an effort to seize email records of four reporters. By Matt Zapotosky ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Meghan and Harry announce birth of baby girl, Lilibet Diana Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, named for Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana, was born Friday in Santa Barbara, Calif. By Jennifer Hassan ●  Read more »   Manchin says he will not support voting rights bill, in blow to Biden agenda and a warning to his colleagues "I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act," Manchin wrote in an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Sunday. By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Fact Checker: Hunter Biden's laptop: The April 16, 2015, dinner A recent report suggested that then-Vice President Joe Biden attended a dinner with Hunter Biden's business associates. But participants say he just briefly stopped by to meet with a Greek Orthodox priest. Analysis ●  By Glenn Kessler ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Access to all stories in the newsletter is free. Sign up »

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