Global: Total confirmed cases: ~9,037,000; deaths: ~471,000; recoveries: ~4,394,000. (Johns Hopkins University)

U.S.: Total confirmed cases: ~2,306,000; deaths: ~121,000; recoveries: ~641,000.

Trump claimed that he told “his people� to “slow the testing down� for the coronavirus, calling testing “a double-edged sword� because the “bad part� is the increase in recorded coronavirus cases. Speaking at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, Trump remarked that “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases, so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please.’� (Washington Post / Axios / BuzzFeed News / Daily Beast)

Trump, Pence, and administration officials all gave conflicting explanations as to what Trump meant when he said he instructed staff to slow down coronavirus testing. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed Trump had not “directed� a coronavirus testing slowdown and that his comment had been made “in jest.� White House trade adviser Peter Navarro claimed that Trump’s comments were clearly “tongue in cheek� and a light moment. Pence, meanwhile, told governors that Trump’s testing comments at the rally were “a passing observation.� Trump, however, wouldn’t directly answer whether he had ordered slowing testing down, saying “If it did slow down, frankly, I think we’re way ahead of ourselves, if you want to know the truth.� Trump also declined to confirm that he was joking about his comment to slow down testing. (Politico / NBC News / Daily Beast / Bloomberg / USA Today / Axios)

Trump referred to the coronavirus in racist terms, calling it both the “Chinese virus� and “Kung Flu� during his rally in Tulsa. In March, CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang, who is Chinese-American, said a White House official referred to the coronavirus as the “Kung Flu� to her face. And then in May, Trump told Jiang to “ask China� about his administration’s efforts to ramp up testing. (BuzzFeed News)

The Trump administration has yet to distribute up to $14 billion in funding authorized by Congress for coronavirus testing and contact tracing. Top Democrats sent a letter to Heath and Human Service...