The Supreme Court said the Trump administration repealed the DACA program incorrectly last time, and gave the White House a road map for a do-over. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

THE BUZZ IN THE WHITE HOUSE is that, at some point over the next week or so, there is a plan in place to resubmit paperwork to do away with DACA. Remember: The Supreme Court said the administration repealed it incorrectly last time, and gave the White House a road map for a do-over.

OF COURSE, this will elicit head slaps from many corners of the Republican Party, but it follows in line with the TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS consistent political belief that they are somehow at risk of losing their base.

-- NEW THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS has sent the president a letter urging him to fully maintain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program until Congress passes legislation that would enable Dreamers people who have lived in America since they were children and built their lives here to earn lawful permanent residence and eventually American citizenship, if they meet certain criteria. Full letter, led by Louisville, Ky., Mayor Greg Fischer

TAKE THREE!! TRY TO PUT THIS ON A BUMPER STICKER! SEAN HANNITY had President DONALD TRUMP on his show Thursday night, and again tried to get him to lay out his second-term agenda. REMEMBER: HANNITY has asked the president before, and so did ERIC BOLLING. Both times, the answer was panned as jumbled and underwhelming.

HANNITY: I asked you a question in Wisconsin and you got criticized for the answer. I want to ask you again. You are now asking America in 117 days to give you a second term as president of the United States. Lets -- what is your second-term agenda?

TRUMP: First of all, I didnt know it was criticized for that answer because its a simple question. First of all, were going to defeat the invisible enemy, and we are well on our way. And again, I told you, the mortality rate is tenfold down. Were going to rebuild the economy, were going to bring back jobs from all of these foreign lands that have stolen our jobs on horrible trade deals. We are going to continue to make great trade deals.

Were going to finish rebuilding our wall. Were going to finish, were going to have that -- its going to be almost complete by the end of this year, shortly thereafter its finished. Its made a tremendous difference. You see, were doing record numbers on the border. Very few people are able to get through. Were rebuilding with our military. Weve rebuilt the military. $2.5 trillion. We are fixing up the VA for our vets. The job weve done there, between choice and accountability.

We have choice, where they go out and get a doctor. If they are sick, they dont have to wait for five weeks, six weeks, two weeks. So we are doing great with the vets, and the vets are loving Trump. We are protecting our Second Amendment, so. We need more judges and more justices. You see that now with the Supreme Court more than ever. And the next president, Ive had two, the next president is going to be able to pick two or three or one or whatever, but a lot of justices. And that means everything, whether its for life or other things, I mean it means so much.

But protecting the Second Amendment, getting more judges. All of the things that weve done, nobodys done what this administration has done in the first three and a half years. Nobodys even come close. When you look at everything that were doing. Now what were doing is working on lowering drug prices and knocking out special interests, because its not easy. Were fighting for choice. We did it for the veterans and now we are doing it for school too. One choice in school so a parent can take their child to a school of their choice, and thats happening -- very good, very, very well.

And we have many things we are doing and many things that we have already completed, and you cant do more than what weve done. I think weve set records. We actually set a record on judges. We are going to be, by the time of the end of this year, we will be up to almost 300 federal judges, and thats a record. Thats incredible, including D.C.

-- BIDEN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA: Biden releases U.S.-centered economic plan, challenging Trumps America First agenda, by WaPos Sean Sullivan and Jeff Stein

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THE FOLKS AT THE RNC ARE QUITE SENSITIVE to the notion that their convention this summer in Jacksonville, Fla., may be in trouble. But all publicly available evidence would suggest that, in fact, it is in trouble, and to think otherwise would be burying your head in the sand.

ABOUT A HALF DOZEN SENATE REPUBLICANS have suggested they wont go, and even more have cast doubt on the convention or said that they havent made their mind up. RNC-ALIGNED REPUBLICANS say its two months away, and its too early to make any determinations about the prospect of a large-scale gathering in hard-hit Florida. There are reports of efforts to study holding it outdoors. In August. In Florida.

ON THURSDAY, THE RNC and TRUMP were dealt another blow. APPEARING IN KENTUCKY, Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL was asked if he would be attending the convention in Jacksonville this summer. He said he didnt have any idea whether the event would even be happening.

-- MCCONNELL: Well, I think the convention is a challenging situation. And a number of my colleagues have announced that theyre not going to attend, and well have to wait and see how things look in late August and determine whether or not you can safely convene that many people. The clip

AND THEN THERES THIS GREAT ANNIE KARNI and PATRICIA MAZZEI story on A15 of the NYT today, which suggests the Republican governor of Florida is trying to sabotage the convention because of a beef he has with a consultant!

-- NYT: DeSantis Is Said to Quietly Hinder Fund-Raising for Trump Convention: [Gov. Ron] DeSantis, a Republican, has directed his top fund-raiser, Heather Barker, to tell donors not to give to the convention because of a personal dispute between the governor and Susie Wiles, his former campaign manager who is serving as an informal adviser to the convention planners, according to multiple people familiar with his actions.

Ms. Wiles is a veteran Republican operative who led Mr. Trumps Florida team in 2016 and who ran Mr. DeSantiss 2018 campaign for governor. Mr. DeSantiss relationship with Ms. Wiles soured over his suspicion that she had leaked embarrassing information.

NEW THE WHITE HOUSE is launching a rapid-response Twitter account to try to drive messages and make announcements. @WHRapidResponse is now live, and will be manned by the White House communications shop, under the direction of KAYLEIGH MCENANY and ALYSSA FARAH.

-- FIRST TWEET: @WHRapidResponse at 12:01 a.m.: Follow @WHRapidResponse as we cut through the bias and provide real-time updates on the historic accomplishments of President @realDonaldTrumps administration!

MERIDITH MCGRAW: The White Houses new briefing strategy: Short, with lots of commentary: The White Houses ever-mutating press conferences have found a new form. Theyre short, with frequent prepared commentary and press critiques.

Its a format that has taken shape under new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who took over her role in April. McEnany initially chose to resurrect the concept of semi-regular briefings in the White Houses press room which had sat unused for over a year under her predecessors. But her briefings, often announced at the last minute, have since clocked in, on average, 25 minutes. And on occasion, they have been scheduled right before President Donald Trumps official events, giving McEnany a pre-planned stopping point.

The strategy has extended to President Donald Trump himself. The president has, in recent weeks, cut back his own free-for-all press conferences from early 2020 taking questions just five times in June from a group of reporters. Instead, Trump has been gathering reporters for a self-described press conference or news conference, only to make long speeches straight into the TV camera before walking off without taking any questions.

For the White House, the tactic has given the administration the opportunity to use the cameras in the room to project its message, surrounded by reporters who arent able to ask many follow-up questions. And it has changed how the White House has conveyed information during two ongoing crises the coronavirus pandemic and the protests against police brutality and racial injustice. POLITICO

TRUMPS FRONTS: NYT, banner headline: PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW, JUSTICES DECIDE The NYT also fronted a Shane Goldmacher/Jim Tankersley story with this headline: Biden Puts Economy at the Center of His Attack WSJ N.Y. POST

CANDACE OWENS RAISING MONEY FOR HERSELF! OWENS -- a conservative activist -- is sending text message solicitations to raise money for herself, through an LLC called Candace Owens LLC. The solicitation says: Hi its Candace Owens. The Black Lives Matter movement is getting more power by the day and we must stop them. Stand with me. That directs to this page, which raises money for the LLC. Paid for by Candace Owens LLC and not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee, the page reads.

-- WHAT MAKES THIS UNIQUE is it looks like a campaign advertisement, but its not. Its directing money not to a campaign committee, but rather to a corporation.

SCOOP A NEW WHISTLEBLOWER BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN: A top terrorism fighters dire warning

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CORONAVIRUS RAGING

-- NYT: U.S. Hits Another Record for New Coronavirus Cases: Officials across the United States reported more than 59,880 cases on Thursday, setting a single-day record for the sixth time in 10 days, according to a New York Times database. The surge has been driven largely by states in the South and the West that were among the first to ease restrictions established during the viruss initial wave in the spring. At least six states set single-day case records on Thursday: Alabama, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Oregon and Texas.

The numbers were especially striking in Texas, which set a record for the fourth consecutive day with more than 10,900 cases. Nearly one in 10 of them were in Hidalgo County, which consists of over a thousand square miles of scrub and urban sprawl on the Mexico border.

-- WAPO: CDC feels pressure from Trump as rift grows over coronavirus response, by Lena Sun and Josh Dawsey: The June 28 email to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ominous: A senior adviser to a top Health and Human Services Department official accused the CDC of undermining the President by putting out a report about the potential risks of the coronavirus to pregnant women.

The adviser, Paul Alexander, criticized the agencys methods and said its warning to pregnant women reads in a way to frighten women as if the President and his administration cant fix this and it is getting worse.

As the country enters a frightening phase of the pandemic with new daily cases surpassing 57,000 on Thursday, the CDC, the nations top public health agency, is coming under intense pressure from President Trump and his allies, who are downplaying the dangers in a bid to revive the economy ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. In a White House guided by the presidents instincts, rather than by evidence-based policy, the CDC finds itself forced constantly to backtrack or sidelined from pivotal decisions.

-- LAT: Coronavirus hospitalizations jump 97% in Orange County in less than a month, by Hannah Fry: The number of patients hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infections reached new heights Thursday in Orange County jumping 97% over the past three weeks an indicator that health experts say makes it clear the virus is spreading more rapidly in the region.

County health officials on Thursday reported that 691 patients were being hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infections. Seven days earlier, 556 people were hospitalized. A week prior there were 437 people in hospitals, and a week before that there were 351. The spike has prompted hospitals countywide to begin to prepare for a surge of sick patients, said Orange County Health Care Agency Director Dr. Clayton Chau.

-- NPR: Bolivian President Tests Positive For Coronavirus

MARC CAPUTO: Trump advisers fracture over Roger Stone pardon: Roger Stone is headed to prison next week unless Donald Trump intervenes. And a chorus of outside allies is pressing the president to do just that over the wishes of White House and campaign aides who dont like Stone and think Trump has nothing to gain by helping him.

Both camps expect Trump will at least split the difference by commuting Stones sentence, according to interviews with nine sources familiar with the discussions. A commutation would keep Stone from behind bars without wiping his record clean.

KNOWING ELISSA SLOTKIN TIM ALBERTA: Elissa Slotkins Reluctant War with Donald Trump: She cannot hope to win reelection this fall without persuading a significant number of voters in Michigans 8th Congressional District to split their tickets four more years for Trump, two more years for her and every feud with the White House is equivalent to a few more straight-party ballots being punched.

Whether Slotkin can have it both ways, speaking her mind about the president and winning over some of his supporters, may well determine not only her fate but the fate of Democrats in swing districts and battleground states across the country.

Slotkin didnt want it to be this way. She envisioned another hyperlocal campaign, like the one she ran in 2018, building consensus around kitchen-table issues and eluding perceptions of partisanship. But if her first two years in Congress taught her anything, its that sooner or later, everyone has to pick a side. There is no middle ground when it comes to Donald Trump.

Hes forcing my hand, Slotkin tells me a day after the tweetstorm, resignation dripping from her voice. Hes doing things and saying things that call upon me to think about my fundamental oath of office.

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TRUMPS FRIDAY -- The president will depart the White House at 9:30 a.m. en route to Miami. He will head to U.S. Southern Command in Doral, where hell receive a briefing on enhanced counternarcotics operations at 12:35 p.m. and deliver remarks. Afterward, he will head to Iglesia Doral Jesus Worship Center for a roundtable on supporting Venezuelans.

TRUMP will leave at 3:20 p.m. and fly to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for an event at a private residence in Hillsboro Beach, Fla. He will depart at 6:35 p.m. and return to Washington, arriving back at the White House at 9:45 p.m.

TV TONIGHT -- PBS Washington Week with Bob Costa: Yamiche Alcindor, Cleve Wootson Jr., Eamon Javers and Paula Reid Joan Biskupic.

SUNDAY SO FAR

Gray TV

Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren: President Donald Trump.

NBC

Meet the Press: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Panel: Anna Palmer, Kristen Welker and George Will.

ABC

This Week: Panel: Chris Christie, Rahm Emanuel, Amanda Carpenter and Zerlina Maxwell.

CBS

Face the Nation: Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Terry Shaw Scott Gottlieb Tom Wyatt New battleground tracker for Texas, Florida and Arizona.

FOX

Fox News Sunday: Thomas Inglesby. Panel: Karl Rove, Jane Harman and Josh Holmes. Power Player: Vanilla Beane.

Sinclair

America This Week With Eric Bolling: Horace Lorenzo Anderson Sr. HUD Secretary Ben Carson Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas). Panel: Ameshia Cross and Sebastian Gorka.

PHOTO DU JOUR: Police in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday carry the alleged body of Mayor Park Won-soon, who was reportedly found dead after leaving a will-like message for his daughter. A sexual harassment legal complaint involving him was reported to have been filed Wednesday. | Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

ERIK PRINCE STILL PUSHING ON AFGHANISTAN DAILY WIRE: Top Security Expert Points To History To Show How Trump Can Successfully End The War In Afghanistan

JOSH GERSTEIN: Trump poised to run out political clock on emoluments suits: A key lawsuit over spending by foreign entities at President Donald Trumps businesses appears likely to remain on hold until the fall, effectively blocking what appeared to be the best vehicle for the presidents critics to demand details of such spending in advance of the November election.

A federal appeals court Thursday extended a stay on fact-finding in the lawsuit so the Justice Department can ask the Supreme Court to order dismissal of the suit, filed in 2017 by the State of Maryland and the Washington, D.C., government.

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VALLEY TALK LEAH NYLEN: California investigating Google for potential antitrust violations: California has opened its own antitrust probe into Google, intensifying the pressure on the search giant already in the middle of investigations by the Justice Department and a host of other states, according to three people with knowledge of the inquiry.

The move by California's attorney general comes as Google has come under increasing scrutiny from both Congress and foreign regulators for its market conduct and acquisitions that have turned it into the world's top search engine and the most profitable online advertising company.

In September, attorneys general from 48 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia announced an antitrust investigation into Google focused on the companys dominance of the advertising technology market. Over the past 10 months, that investigation led by Texas has expanded into other aspects of the companys business, including its conduct in the search market.

California which houses Googles headquarters in Mountain View was the most notable holdout in the multi-state group, and Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra has repeatedly declined to answer questions about why the state wasnt a participant. The California antitrust probe is a separate investigation from the multi-state effort, two of the individuals said. All of the individuals spoke on condition of anonymity to talk openly about a confidential probe. Alabama is now the only state that is not investigating the company. POLITICO

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ON THE BORDER -- Arrests at U.S. Border With Mexico Jumped 40% in June, by WSJs Michelle Hackman: The number of migrants arrested at the southern border jumped by 40% in June from the prior month, according to figures released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The jump in numbers came at a time when the Trump administration is immediately turning back most migrants at the border for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Arrests of migrants surged to 30,300 last month, including about 27,000 people who were turned back under the new policy.

MEDIAWATCH -- Trump Appointee Might Not Extend Visas for Foreign Journalists at V.O.A., by NYTs Pranshu Verma and Edward Wong: As many as 100 foreign citizens working in the United States as journalists for the Voice of America, a government-funded news outlet, might not have their visas extended once they expire, according to people familiar with the planning.

Michael Pack, the new chief executive for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has indicated he may not approve extensions for any journalist holding a J-1 visa, which allows foreign citizens to temporarily work in the United States in ways that promote cultural exchanges.

The decision could be a blow to the news-gathering and global-broadcasting abilities of the V.O.A., which operates independently but is funded by the government. Foreign journalists on the specialty visa are often recruited to work there because they are able to translate American news reports into difficult languages like Swahili or Mandarin and can do reporting using those languages. NYT

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TRANSITIONS -- Gina Reis is now video director for Mark Kellys Senate campaign in Arizona. She previously was a video producer/editor for Pete Buttigiegs campaign. Mikka Kei Macdonald is joining Community Change as a senior digital organizer. She previously was associate director for campaigns at the Hub Project.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Eduardo Lerma, COS for Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), and Johanna Lerma, a registered nurse at MedStar Georgetown Hospital, welcomed Noemi Soledad Lerma early Thursday morning. Pic

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Kyle Griffin, senior producer for MSNBCs The Last Word. What hes been reading: Im reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Its not for the faint of heart. Its about a fictional flu pandemic. Im a glutton for punishment when it comes to extracurriculars, but its interesting to compare the book to our real-world experiences. Her writing is clear and vivid -- she knows how to paint a bleak picture. And as a TV news writer, Im a sucker for the teases she writes at the end of each chapter. Playbook Q&A

BIRTHDAYS: CDC Director Robert Redfield is 69 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is 44 Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) is 64 ... Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) is 4-0 ... Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) is 65 ... State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus (h/t Katie Martin) Megan Ortagus (h/ts Sam Vinograd) Sam Stein of The Daily Beast and MSNBC Sarah Boxer Alex Angelson of Michael Best Strategies Ben Napier is 3-0 Katie Pavlich is 32 POLITICOs Chris Cadelago, Matt Daily, Catherine Boudreau, John Appezzato and Ashley Afranie-Sakyi Melanie Seitz David Dinkins is 93 Julianna Smoot, co-founder of WaterWorks (h/t Jon Haber) Rena Shapiro, head of politics and public affairs at a4 Media Sam Harper, VP of comms at SoundExchange Eli Yokley, Morning Consult political reporter Quibis Shawna Thomas Karen Hinton

Kenny Day (h/t Tim Burger) former Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), now chair of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, is 63 former Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) is 62 (h/t Mitchell Rivard) former Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) is 78 Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, who just accepted a job at NEWCO Strategies, is 23 (h/t Claire Goldberg) Emil Caillaux Rob Bogart White & Cases Keir Whitson is 51 Kayla Maree Sanders Remley Johnson is 29 ... WSJs Heather Haddon ... Phillip Hedayatnia ... Jamie Lockhart ... Peter Bondi Barbara Goldberg Goldman is 71 Christine Turner ... Caroline Ciccone ... CUNY Board Chairman Bill Thompson ... Ian Rivera ... Amanda Woloshen Glass ... Kevin Call ... Bill Roberts ... Sarah Hodgkins ... Caroline Gransee ... Clay Haynes ... Chris Terris ... Finlay Lewis is 82 ... Elie Jacobs ... Monty Warner ... Elizabeth Bartz ... Chuck Lewis ... Jeff Mitchell

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