Global: Total confirmed cases: ~8,140,000; deaths: ~441,000; recoveries: ~3,934,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~2,135,000; deaths: ~117,000; recoveries: ~584,000.

The FDA revoked the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat COVID-19 because it’s “unlikely to produce an antiviral effect,� according to the FDA’s chief scientist. Doctors still have the option to prescribe hydroxychloroquine as an “off label� treatment for coronavirus because the drug is approved for other uses, and clinical trials will also be allowed to continue. (Politico / The Guardian / NBC News / New York Times)

Trump and Pence downplayed the latest spikes in COVID-19 cases and misleadingly attributed the rise in new cases to increases in testing. On a private call with governors, Pence urged them to “make sure and continue to explain to your citizens the magnitude of increase in testing� and said that “in most of the cases where we are seeing some marginal rise in number, that’s more a result of the extraordinary work you’re doing.� In reality, experts have warned that seven-day averages have increased since May 31 in several states with coronavirus outbreaks, and positive cases in at least 14 states have outpaced the average number of tests that have been administered. Trump also downplayed the rise of new cases across the country, suggesting during a White House event for seniors that if the United States “stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.� (New York Times / The Independent / The Hill / CNN)

In late July, the Trump administration plans to end the $600 additional weekly unemployment benefit created in response to the nationwide job losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. “I mean, we’re paying people not to work. It’s better than their salaries would get,� said National Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow. “That might have worked for the first couple of months. It’ll end in late July.� He added that the White House is instead considering a “reform measure� that would provide a smaller incentive for people to return to work, but said it won’t be as substantial. (Politico / HuffPost / Common Dreams)

At least four members of Congress benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program. The bipartisan group of lawmakers acknowledged that businesses either run by their families or employ their spouse as ...