5 things to know for June 27: Debate day, Supreme Court, Bolivia coup attempt, Midwest flooding, Cell phone ban
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Car dealerships across the US are trying to resume normal operations after a crippling cybersecurity incident left around 15,000 auto sellers at a standstill. Some dealers say the financial impact will be felt for years as the outage hit in the middle of a busy car-buying season. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are set to make history on CNN today as they meet for their first 2024 debate. The debate, set to start at 9 p.m. ET on CNN, is the first between a sitting president and a former president. The topics slated for discussion over 90 minutes will center around issues most important to American voters — from immigration and taxes to foreign affairs and abortion. But that’s just where moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will begin. Where the candidates go from there, especially in Trump’s case, is the wild card. Analysts anticipate Biden is prepared to confront Trump about his criminal conviction, denial of the election results that led to the events of January 6, 2021, and other grievances that could spark contentious riffs. Against the backdrop of the highly anticipated CNN debate, the Supreme Court could rule on Trump’s criminal immunity in the coming hours. The case questions whether the former president may claim immunity from federal election subversion charges. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also appears poised to side with the Biden administration and allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, Bloomberg reports, citing a document that was inadvertently posted on the court’s website in an astonishing breach of protocol. The unsigned opinion showed that three conservatives — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — sided with the court’s three liberals to block the state from enforcing the ban in certain emergency situations. An attempted coup in Bolivia failed Wednesday after President Luis Arce called on the public to mobilize in defense of democracy. In response, soldiers and armored military vehicles withdrew from surrounding government buildings in La Paz. Former army chief Gen. Juan José Zuniga, who led the coup attempt, was detained shortly after he was seen storming into the presidential palace hallway. Bolivia has a long history of political instability, including military coups, and the failed takeover comes as the landlocked South American country of about 12 million people struggles with a spiraling economic crisis that has sparked street protests. At least two people are dead after days of severe storms and catastrophic flooding in the Upper Midwest inundated homes and forced evacuations. The latest bout of intense rainfall put pressure on the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, Minnesota, prompting alerts about its “imminent” collapse. Assessment and response efforts are underway as the area has seen significant damage and loss of infrastructure and property. As a result of the partial failure and raging waters, the river has swallowed a home, a power substation and power poles, a steel shipping container, county equipment and more, said Blue Earth County Administrator Robert Meyer.
Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for alleged treason after she expressed support for a US bipartisan bill that seeks to block Washington from doing business with any entity that has commercial ties with the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.