Top of the Fold

• Barrett to praise Scalia in opening hearing statement, say court should not make policy (Fox News)

• Biden says voters don’t deserve to know his position on court packing (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Democrats collude to accuse GOP of “court packing” ahead of Barrett hearings (Washington Examiner)

Politics

• Barr tells Republicans Durham report won’t be ready by election (Axios)

• Hillary Clinton maintains 2016 election “was not on the level,” and “we still don’t know what really happened” (National Review)

• Trump preparing new $1.8T coronavirus relief package, urges Congress to “go big” (Fox Business)

• Trump picks up another Nobel Peace Prize nomination from Europe after diplomatic victories (Fox News)

• Dem group spends millions on Fake News Facebook stories in key districts (National Review)

• Nearly 50,000 Ohio voters receive wrong ballots (The Washington Free Beacon)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• One dead after leftist BLM-antifa groups clash with Patriot rally in Denver (The Federalist)

• Planned Parenthood audit shows accusations of multiple incidents of racism (The Daily Wire)

• Lakers win NBA title; no one watches (Washington Examiner)

• Washington Post blames “systemic racism” for George Floyd robbing a Latino woman at gunpoint (Front Page Mag)

• Security guard hired by local NBC News station charged with murder of right-wing protester (The Daily Wire)

The Latest on COVID-19

• Trump is no longer a COVID-19 “transmission risk,” says the White House doctor (National Review)

• Trump says he seems immune to COVID, Twitter labels his tweet “misleading” (Washington Examiner)

• Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns (News.com.au)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: How China is overtaking the U.S. with the world’s No. 1 navy (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Nationalizing 5G is the wrong way for the U.S. to compete with China (The Daily Signal)

• Humor: Biden: “I won’t reveal whether I plan on abolishing the Constitution and establishing a glorious communist utopia until after I’m elected” (The Babylon Bee)

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