While President Trump agreed with Rep. Trey Gowdy's appearance on CBS' "This Morning" in a morning tweetstorm, he may have missed Gowdy's hit on Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum" last night — where Gowdy largely dismissed the president's concerns about FBI surveillance of his campaign.
Go deeper: Gowdy, who is retiring from Congress at the end of this term, hasn't been shy about breaking with Trump on the Russia issues.
Roger Stone arriving at his sentencing hearing on Feb. 20. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
President Trump on Friday evening commuted the sentence of his longtime associate Roger Stone, according to two senior administration officials. Stone in February was sentenced to 40 months in prison for crimes including obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress.
Why it matters: The controversial move brings an abrupt end to the possibility of Stone spending time behind bars. He had been scheduled to report to prison on July 14.
13 states this week surpassed records set just last week for their highest number of coronavirus infections in a single day, according to the COVID Tracking Project and state health department data. 16 states in total reported new highs.
The big picture: The United States' alarming rise in coronavirus cases isn't just due to increased testing — particularly where the number of cases has grown fastest over the last month, Axios' Andrew Witherspoon and Caitlin Owens report.
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