C M Y K Nxxx,2020-06-27,A,001,Bs-4C,E1

U(D54G1D)y+$!.!.!?!z

Cherish Patton recalled spring-ing into action when a friend senther a message that a New YorkCity police officer had grabbed apetite protester by her hood andhad flung her to the pavement.

Ms. Patton, who has organizedseveral Black Lives Matter pro-tests, posted a plea on social me-dia for help identifying the officer.She also called her friend for de-tails on the protester, who hadbeen whisked to the emergencyroom. “Oh, it’s Michelle,” herfriend told her.

“Wait, white Michelle who I ar-gued with for three years? WhiteMichelle?” asked an astonished,and confused, Ms. Patton, who isblack. The hurt protester was aformer classmate, MichelleMoran, 18, whose conservativecommentary on politics and socialissues had made Ms. Patton, 18,cringe in high school in Manhat-tan.

George Floyd’s death in policecustody in Minneapolis pushedanguished black people into thestreets, as had happened count-less times after police killings ofblack people. But this time, theblack protesters have been joineden masse by white people, in ral-lies across New York City and

around the country.Now, though, the protests in

New York City are ebbing some-what, though they are still draw-ing thousands of people to someevents, particularly on weekends.

And outside City Hall, there is agrowing encampment of diversedemonstrators who are demand-ing deep cuts in the police budget.

And so that naturally raises aquestion for black activists who

have long been dedicated to themovement: Will the commitmentof white protesters endure?

Some of the white protestersidentify as liberal and said they

Black Activists Welcome White Allies, but Wonder if They’ll StayBy NIKITA STEWART

Continued on Page A15

Cherish Patton, a Black Lives Matter organizer, has been heartened by the white presence at rallies.SIMBARASHE CHA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Affordable Care Act, thelandmark health law that hasbeen a subject of caustic debatefor more than a decade, is beingtested as never before, as millionsof Americans lose their jobs andmedical coverage in the midst ofthe nation’s gravest health crisisin a century.

The law is offering a vast major-ity of newly unemployed people apath to stopgap health coverage,providing a cushion that did notexist during the last crushing re-cession — or ever before. But thecrisis has also highlighted funda-mental weaknesses with its patch-work system — ones magnified byRepublican efforts to undermineand dismantle it, but also seizedon by some Democrats pushingfor a sweeping overhaul.

On Thursday, as the coro-navirus pandemic surged and thecountry reported a daily record innew virus cases, the Trump ad-ministration continued the Re-publican Party’s push to abolishthe law. Shortly before midnight,the Justice Department filed abrief asking the Supreme Court tooverturn the law, in a case broughtby a group of Republican attor-

Economic WoesIncrease StakesFor Obamacare

By ABBY GOODNOUGHand REED ABELSON

Continued on Page A19

DINUBA, Calif. — When the co-ronavirus first spread to the fieldsand food processing factories ofCalifornia’s Central Valley, Gra-ciela Ramirez’s boss announcedthat line workers afraid of infec-tion could stay home without pay.

A machine operator at RuizFoods, the nation’s largest manu-facturer of frozen burritos, Ms.Ramirez stayed on the job to makesure she did not lose her $750-a-week wages.

“I have necessities,” Ms.Ramirez, a 40-year-old mother offour, said in Spanish. “My food, myrent, my bills.”

Soon her co-workers started toget sick, and when Ms. Ramirezbecame congested and fatiguedand could not smell the differencebetween the rice on her stove andthe sopa de fideo in her soup bowl,her test, too, came back positive.

It was a variation on what hasbecome a grim demographictheme, and not just in California.Infections among Latinos have faroutpaced the rest of the nation, atestament to the makeup of thenation’s essential work force asthe American epidemic has

Latinos BearingHeavier BurdenIn the OutbreakThis article is by Shawn Hubler,

Thomas Fuller, Anjali Singhvi andJuliette Love.

Continued on Page A7

MIAMI — As coronavirus casessurge across much of the UnitedStates, leaders are urgently re-thinking their strategies to curbthe spread, which the nation’s topinfectious disease expert said onFriday were “not working.”

For the first time, some gover-nors are backtracking on reopen-ing their states, issuing new re-strictions for parts of the economythat had resumed.

Leaders in Texas and Floridaabruptly set new restrictions onbars, a reversal that appeared un-thinkable just days ago. And Gov.Gavin Newsom of California toldrural Imperial County, where hos-pitals have been overwhelmedwith patients, that it must re-instate a stay-at-home order, themost restrictive of requirements.

Florida, Utah and South Car-olina hit daily highs on Friday forreported new cases, but evenleaders outside of the new hotzones in the South and West ex-pressed mounting anxiety.

“This is a very dangerous time,”Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio said inan interview on Friday, as caseswere trending steadily upward inhis state after appearing to be un-der control for more than a month.“I think what is happening inTexas and Florida and severalother states should be a warningto everyone.”

“We have to be very careful,” hesaid.

The stock market respondedbadly, with the S&P 500 dropping2.4 percent. Losses accelerated af-ter the Texas announcement, add-ing to investors’ concerns that thevirus continued to be a threat tothe economy.

The shifting assessments of thenation’s handling of the virusstretched to the highest levels ofthe federal government, where Dr.Anthony S. Fauci, the director ofthe National Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases, madeclear that the standard approachto controlling infectious diseases— testing sick people, isolatingthem and tracing their contacts —was not working. The failure, hesaid, was in part because some in-fected Americans are asymptom-atic and unknowingly spreadingthe virus but also because somepeople exposed to the virus are re-luctant to self-quarantine or haveno place to do so.

In a brief interview on Friday,he said officials were having “in-tense discussions” about a possi-ble shift to “pool testing,” in which

STATES BACKTRACKON RELAXED LIMITS

AS CASES EXPLODENew Restrictions in Florida and Texas —

West and South See New Highs

This article is by Patricia Mazzei,Sarah Mervosh and Shawn Hubler.

Receiving a coronavirus test in Tampa, Fla. New limits were placed on bars in the state in response to an alarming surge in cases.EVE EDELHEIT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

REVERSAL New York and Floridahave changed places on surgingcases and quarantines. PAGE A4

WASHINGTON — Americanintelligence officials have con-cluded that a Russian military in-telligence unit secretly offeredbounties to Taliban-linked mili-tants for killing coalition forces inAfghanistan — including target-ing American troops — amid thepeace talks to end the long-run-ning war there, according to offi-cials briefed on the matter.

The United States concludedmonths ago that the Russian unit,which has been linked to assassi-nation attempts and other covertoperations in Europe intended todestabilize the West or take re-venge on turncoats, had covertlyoffered rewards for successful at-tacks last year.

Islamist militants, or armedcriminal elements closely associ-ated with them, are believed tohave collected some rewardmoney, the officials said. TwentyAmericans were killed in combatin Afghanistan in 2019, but it was

not clear which killings were un-der suspicion.

The intelligence finding wasbriefed to President Trump, andthe White House’s National Secu-rity Council discussed the prob-lem at an interagency meeting inlate March, the officials said. Offi-cials developed a menu of poten-tial options — starting with mak-ing a diplomatic complaint to Mos-cow and a demand that it stop,along with an escalating series ofsanctions and other possible re-sponses, but the White House hasyet to authorize any step, the offi-cials said.

An operation to incentivize thekilling of American and otherNATO troops would be a signifi-cant and provocative escalation of

Russia Offered Afghans BountyTo Kill U.S. Troops, Officials Say

This article is by Charlie Savage,Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz.

Trump AdministrationHas Spent 3 MonthsDebating Response

Continued on Page A13

Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears toface limited political pressurefrom voters about whom to chooseas his running mate, with no con-tender emerging as a clear favor-ite and the great majority of peo-ple saying that race should not bea factor in his decision, accordingto polling conducted by The NewYork Times and Siena College.

Mr. Biden has pledged to selecta woman as his nominee for vicepresident, and his advisers arevetting more than half a dozenpeople for the job. In recentweeks, amid continuing demon-strations against racism and po-lice violence, a number of promi-nent Democrats have pressed Mr.Biden to select an African-Ameri-can woman. And his search com-mittee has been reviewing at leastfive black women, one Latina andone Asian-American candidate.

Earlier this month, SenatorAmy Klobuchar of Minnesota, awhite moderate, removed herself

from consideration for vice presi-dent after sustained criticism ofher record as a prosecutor, andshe publicly urged Mr. Biden toput a woman of color on his ticket.

In the Times poll, four in fiveregistered voters said that raceshould not be a factor in Mr. Bi-den’s selection of a running mate.That group included three-quar-ters of the black voters polled, andmore than 8 in 10 white and His-panic voters.

About a fifth of black voters saidthey would like to see Mr. Bidenchoose a black running mate. Thelargest group with that preferencewas very liberal voters, at 37 per-cent; 27 percent of voters withpostgraduate degrees said thesame.

Whom Should Biden Choose?A Poll Shows No Front-Runner

By ALEXANDER BURNSand KATIE GLUECK

A Majority Is AgainstPicking a Running

Mate by Race

Continued on Page A18

DENIAL In the West Wing, littlereaction to a pandemic’s new turn.White House Memo. PAGE A6

TRACKING AN OUTBREAK

Tubing in Texas. The governor has paused the state’s reopening.ERIC GAY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Continued on Page A5

Roger Cohen PAGE A22

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

As Covid-19 rises in Florida, the N.B.A.moved forward with plans to restart itsseason at Walt Disney World. PAGE B8

Still Going to Disney World

Despite the PGA Tour’s precautions,eight golfers have pulled out of a tour-nament after positive tests. PAGE B8

SPORTSSATURDAY B8-10

Also on Tour: Coronavirus

With most orchestral concerts canceled,conductors, like Susanna Malkki, above,have been largely invisible. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-7

From Spotlight to SidelinesAs the city’s salons and barbershopsreopened, New Yorkers relished theopportunity to freshen up. PAGE A8

TRACKING AN OUTBREAK A4-10

Cut, Coiffured and Styled

Talking with two organizers of themovement to reclaim the long-ignoredhistory of Black Wall Street. PAGE C1

Artists Aim for ‘One Tulsa’

Interviews with top Democrats foundstrong support for diverting funds fromthe police — far beyond what Joseph R.Biden Jr. has proposed. PAGE A14

NATIONAL A14-20

Biden Trails Party on Policing

How the police response to a peacefulprotest on a Philadelphia freewayended in chaos, injuries and an inquiryinto what went wrong. PAGE A16

Trapped, Then Tear-Gassed

For the first time, a chamber of Con-gress has approved statehood for theDistrict of Columbia. The bill is all butcertain to die in the Senate. PAGE A20

House Votes to Add a 51st Star

Many designers in the country havelooked to the West for inspiration. Di-vya Thakur seeks to change that. TheSaturday Profile. PAGE A12

INTERNATIONAL A11-13

Championing India’s Aesthetic

The Scottish police responded to a hotelin the city center, though details of theepisode were unclear. Officers shot amale suspect dead. PAGE A12

6 Injured in Glasgow Attack

Companies say employees might bemore efficient when they work fromhome, but at what cost? PAGE B1

BUSINESS B1-7

The Toll of ProductivityCrowds of Britons have flocked tobeaches, parks and streams despite acontinuing lockdown. PAGE A10

Heat Outweighs Risk in U.K.

Late Edition

VOL. CLXIX . . . . No. 58,737 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020

Today, clouds, humid, showers orheavy thunderstorms, high 86. To-night, thunderstorms, low 74. To-morrow, thunderstorms, humid,high 90. Weather map, Page C8.

$3.00