Friday, June 19th, 2020

The total cases in Canada surpasses 100,000, with 8,266 deaths recorded. (Reuters)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5–4 decision that the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy was “arbitrary and capricious” under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and reversed the order rescinding it. Chief Justice John Roberts casts the deciding vote, along with the four liberal Justices. (NPR)

Local sporting events, such as equestrianism, resume in the Gaza Strip today. With soccer, competitions will be played to empty audiences starting tomorrow. (Reuters)

Another 1.5 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week  The Labor Department on Thursday said 1.508 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, down from the 1.566 million jobless claims reported last week, and the 11th week of declines. Still, it was more claims than forecasted; a Dow Jones survey found economists were expecting 1.3 million claims. This is the 13th consecutive week with unemployment claims above one million; before the pandemic, the record for most claims in a week was 695,000. Thursday’s report also showed continuing claims declined to 20.5 million.”The continued influx of claims … is raising doubt among some economists that the U.S. will experience a rapid recovery,” Politico writes. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said even amid reopenings, “a full recovery is unlikely to occur until people are confident that it is safe to re-engage in a broad range of activities.” Source: The Associated Press