Daily Beast, Morning Edition: July 2, 2020

Good morning from The Daily Beast. It's Thursday, July 2, and these are the top six stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: President Trump gives Russia a pass for bounties on American soldiers so that he can focus on attacking U.S. media instead, the Republican National Convention is allegedly paying a former "Apprentice" staffmember to keep quiet on Trump dirt, Mary Trump's tell-all book is back to being released on July 28th after a judge lifts the restraining order against it, a man who contracted the coronavirus at a party warned that the disease was "no joke" and died the next day, Richmond—and former Capital of the Confederacy—orders all Confederate statues to be axed, fired Fox News anchor's book release gets canceled amid sexual assault allegations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices