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💥 Donald Trump's campaign has sent North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to at least 10 different states to campaign with or for the former president, Axios has learned.

• The campaign's frequent deployment of Burgum to swing and Democratic-leaning states the Trump campaign wants to put in play has set Burgum apart from most contenders vying to be Trump's running mate.
• Trump has said he plans to name his VP pick next month.

🐘 This week, Burgum will be in Michigan for a meet-and-greet with the state's Republican Party, and in Wisconsin to campaign for Trump-endorsed congressional candidate Tony Wied.

🚀 Zoom in: The visits will be the latest in a long series of Trump campaign stops for Burgum, who briefly ran for the White House but quickly endorsed the former president after dropping out of the primary race in December:

Donald Trump's campaign has sent North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to at least 10 different states to campaign with or for the former president, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The campaign's frequent deployment of Burgum to swing and Democrat-leaning states the Trump campaign wants to put in play has set Burgum apart from most other contenders to be Trump's running mate.

Democratic lawmakers in battleground states are worried that their long-running support from union voters may be the latest casualty of a political realignment that's threatening President Biden's re-election.

Why it matters: Republicans have made a concerted effort to court workers this year, and — even more worryingly for Democrats — the head of one of the country's largest unions is making overtures to the GOP.

The Los Angeles Unified School District voted 5 to 2 on Tuesday to ban cellphone and social media use for its more than 429,000 students during the school day.

Why it matters: The nation's second-largest school district is joining others in cracking down on students' access to cellphones and social media through updated school policies over fears that the devices distract them from learning and affect their social development.

President Biden will rake in $8 million during a Virginia fundraiser tonight with former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Democratic officials tell Axios.

Why it matters: Before Biden buckles down for debate prep later in the week, he's been vacuuming up cash at big-dollar events.

Senate Republicans blocked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) attempt to move forward legislation to ban bump stocks, reigniting a pre-election messaging battle over gun control measures.

Why it matters: The Supreme Court's decision to toss a Trump-era ban on bump stocks has given Schumer an opening to put some of the chamber's Republicans in the position of defending the gun attachment, which was used in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun in his first appearance before a Senate panel Tuesday since a mid-flight accident with a 737 MAX 9 earlier this year said the company's culture is "far from perfect" but is improving.

Why it matters: The Alaska Airlines accident and multiple recent misconduct allegations from former and current employees have renewed intense scrutiny on the aerospace giant.

Update: The 911 system came back online around 4pm Tuesday, per state officials.

The 24-year-old shooter who killed five people and wounded nearly two dozen others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs in 2022 pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 74 federal hate crimes and firearm charges.

The big picture: The agreement means federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for Anderson Lee Aldrich.

Increased immigration to the U.S. is expected to drive higher economic growth and labor supply, grow federal revenues and shrink deficits over the next 10 years, according to new Congressional Budget Office estimates on Tuesday.

Why it matters: Immigration is a central issue for the 2024 presidential campaign, and the nonpartisan agency's forecasts demonstrate the considerable impact to the nation's economy from the surge in foreign workers.

1. Three Venezuelan opposition campaign workers were arrested for unclear reasons this weekend, the Plataforma Unitaria coalition says.

• Polls show opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia leading by about 30% against President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, for the July 28 presidential elections.
• González Urrutia's team has been warning the arrests are fraudulent and antidemocratic.

2. About 49,000 acres of Mayan rainforest in Guatemala burned in May, according to new figures pointing to the worst forest fire season in the country since 1998.

• Most of the fires in that affected area were started by cattle ranchers and farmers, local fire chief Walter Mayorga told the news agency EFE yesterday.
• The government of President Bernardo Arévalo said on Friday that all forest fires that hit Guatemala since late spring have been extinguished.

Johan Díaz with his mom at home, being measured for the toupees and after first putting one on. Source: via Telemundo

A Colombian child who lost most of his hair after suffering third-degree burns now has a custom-made toupee, courtesy of a local organization.

Flashback: The burns suffered by Johan Díaz, 7, in an accident with an oil fryer covered 70% of his body.

• He had to be hospitalized for months, and when he came out, he says, he was bullied because of the bald spots and scarring.

State of play: After local media reported on his case, an influencer with a group called Misión Calvicie reached out and earlier this year set him up with personalized toupees.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading infectious disease expert who became a COVID-era celebrity, is out Tuesday with an autobiography that details his fraught relationship with former President Trump.

Why it matters: Fauci is one of several ex-Trump administration officials who have published books — and his comes as Trump vies for a second term. Whether the tell-alls will impact voters' impressions of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee remains to be seen.

Half a million undocumented immigrants married to U.S. citizens may get an easier path to citizenship with a new program announced by President Biden on Tuesday.

Why it matters: Biden has been in hot water with immigrant advocates after restricting asylum access at the border earlier this month.

Juneteenth's popularity is encouraging more descendants of enslaved people to research their families' history and visit "sites of memory" linked to enslavement, experts tell Axios.

The big picture: Never before in U.S. history have descendants been able to easily access so many historic family documents online, thanks to improvements in technology, AI, DNA tests and genealogy websites.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday indicated he may block Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) from serving on the House Intelligence Committee if he becomes speaker.

Why it matters: Johnson's appointment of the two conservative hardliners has met with bipartisan pushback over concerns about their respective scandals.

The operator of one of the nation's largest freight railroad networks was ordered to pay nearly $400 million for trespassing on a Native American tribe's land.

The big picture: The railway operator's actions fit into a broader pattern of incursion on indigenous lands by businesses — whether for real estate, pipelines or oil and gas drilling — that rarely result in consequences.

A New York court declined on Tuesday to hear an appeal from former President Trump to throw out his gag order in his hush money case, which he was convicted in last month.

Why it matters: It's the latest unsuccessful effort from the former president's legal team to dismiss the partial gag order, which bars him from commenting on witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors and their family members.

Bob Bauer, personal attorney to President Biden and former White House counsel to President Obama, argues in a book out Tuesday that it's wrong to see the crisis for democracy "as beginning and ending with Trump and assume that his departure from the national stage will allow the corner to be decisively turned."

Why it matters: "The crisis of democratic politics is a crisis of public faith in politics," Bauer writes in "The Unraveling." "To restore faith in government, the role of politics has to be defended."

America is reaching the pinnacle of a post-shame society forged by Donald Trump and reinforced by powerful patrons.

Why it matters: Nearly 50 years after Richard Nixon resigned before ever being charged with a crime, the GOP is a month away from nominating a convicted felon to be president. Polls suggest the race is extremely close.

Robert Gibbs, a senior corporate communications executive who formerly served as White House Press Secretary during the Obama administration, is joining Warner Bros. Discovery as the communications chief for CEO David Zaslav, a source confirmed to Axios.

Why it matters: Gibbs is an experienced crisis communicator with extensive ties to decision-makers in Washington.

A Texas man was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in federal prison for making a series of threatening phone calls to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), per the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

The big picture: Brian Michael Gaherty, 61, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner, who found that the Houston man targeted Waters in threats to assault and kill the Democrat because of her race.

A wave of Senate Democrats is backing a bipartisan bill to ban bump stocks after the Supreme Court threw out a federal ban on the gun attachment, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will try this week to pass a bump stock ban — knowing he's likely to draw an objection from at least one Republican, which would thwart the effort but boost Democrats' pre-election messaging.

Several of the Senate's most vulnerable Democrats are pushing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for a vote before the November elections on a tax bill that includes a measure aimed at lifting half a million children out of poverty.

Why it matters: Schumer must decide whether to bring the $78 billion tax package to the floor and risk its failure due to lack of Republican support — or forgo a vote that would provide a boost to frontline Senate Democrats.