“WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol planned to use the testimony of former President Donald J. Trump’s own campaign manager against him on Monday as it laid out evidence that Mr. Trump knowingly spread the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him in an attempt to overturn his defeat.
Bill Stepien, the final chairman of Mr. Trump’s campaign, had been expected to testify in person about what the campaign and the former president himself knew about his fictitious claims of widespread election fraud. But he had to cancel because his wife went into labor, and he sent his attorney instead to read a statement. The start time of the hearing was also delayed.
The details of what the campaign and Mr. Trump knew about his claims of fraud will be the focus of the hearing, the second in a series of hearings the panel is holding this month to reveal the findings of its sprawling investigation.
After an explosive first hearing last week in prime time, leaders of the committee are aiming to keep up a steady stream of revelations about the magnitude of Mr. Trump’s plot to overturn the election and how it sowed the seeds of the violent siege of the Capitol by his supporters last year.
On Monday, they plan to describe the origin and spread of Mr. Trump’s election lies, including the former president’s refusal to listen to advisers who told him that he had lost and that there was no evidence of widespread irregularities that could change the outcome. Then they plan on demonstrating the chaos those falsehoods caused throughout several states, ultimately resulting in the riot.
A committee aide said the panel would focus in particular on Mr. Trump’s decision on election night to declare victory even though he had been told he did not have the numbers to win.
Other witnesses will include Byung J. Pak, a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta who resigned abruptly after refusing to say that widespread voter fraud had been found in Georgia.
According to an internal memo made public as part of a court case, the Trump campaign knew as early as November that its outlandish fraud claims were false. Last week, the panel showed videotaped testimony of his top advisers and even the attorney general at the time, William P. Barr, saying that they had told Mr. Trump and top White House officials as much.
Mr. Stepien was present for key conversations about what the data showed about Mr. Trump’s chances of succeeding in an effort to win swing states, beginning on election night. He was part of a meeting with Mr. Trump on Nov. 7, 2020, just after the election had been called by television networks in favor of President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in which he told Mr. Trump of the exceedingly low odds of success with his challenges.
Mr. Trump, urged on by his lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, wanted to press forward anyway.
Mr. Stepien, who rarely speaks in public, was originally scheduled to appear under subpoena, raising questions about how much the statement read by his attorney would reveal about Mr. Trump.
He is currently serving as an adviser to Harriet Hageman, a Republican endorsed by Mr. Trump who is mounting a primary challenge to Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming and the panel’s vice chairwoman, setting up a potentially adversarial dynamic.
The Jan. 6 committee suggested in a letter sent to Mr. Stepien that it had evidence that he was aware that the campaign was raising money by making false claims about election fraud.
‘As manager of the Trump 2020 re-election campaign, you oversaw all aspects of the campaign,’ the letter said. ‘You then supervised the conversion of the Trump presidential campaign to an effort focused on ‘Stop the Steal’ messaging and related fund-raising. That messaging included the promotion of certain false claims related to voting machines despite an internal campaign memo in which campaign staff determined that such claims were false.’
Also expected to appear was Chris Stirewalt, the former political editor at Fox News who was fired after Fox correctly called the 2020 president election in Arizona for Mr. Biden, a move that angered Mr. Trump.
The second part of the hearing will turn to the reverberations of Mr. Trump’s false claims around the country, particularly in competitive states. Along with Mr. Pak, who resigned after learning that Mr. Trump wanted to fire him for rejecting claims of rampant voter fraud in Georgia, the panel is scheduled to hear from Al Schmidt, a Republican former city commissioner in Philadelphia who also stood up to Mr. Trump’s lies. Benjamin Ginsberg, a Republican election lawyer who served as the national counsel to George W. Bush’s presidential campaign and played a central role in the Florida recount of 2000, is also slated to appear.
Monday’s lineup of witnesses suggests that the committee wants to chart the impact Mr. Trump’s lies had in conservative media and in various states, as well as contrasting the baseless nature of Mr. Trump’s claims with legitimate legal challenges from Republican campaigns of the past.
A committee aide said the panel would present evidence during the hearing from witnesses who had investigated Mr. Trump’s claims of fraud and found them to be false.
The panel also plans to show how Mr. Trump’s fiction of a stolen election was used as a fund-raising tool, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars between Election Day 2020 and Jan. 6. A fraudulent fund-raising effort could be grounds for a possible criminal referral to the Justice Department against Mr. Trump and his allies.
And some on the committee have long believed that one way they could break through to Mr. Trump’s supporters would be to prove to them that they had been duped into donating their money to a bogus cause.
Aides said the committee would also try on Monday to show how the rioters who stormed the Capitol had echoed back Mr. Trump’s words, and cited him as their motivation in storming the building in an attempt to stop Congress from formalizing his defeat.
Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California and the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, is slated to play a key role presenting evidence at the hearing, aides said.
Shortly after the election, as ballots were still being counted, the top data expert in Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign told him bluntly that he was going to lose.
In the weeks that followed, as Mr. Trump continued to insist that he had won, a senior Justice Department official told him repeatedly that his claims of widespread voting fraud were meritless, ultimately warning him that they would “hurt the country.”
Those concerns were echoed by the top White House lawyer, who told the president that he would be entering into a “murder-suicide pact” if he continued to pursue extreme plans to try to invalidate the results of the 2020 election.
“I told the president it was bullshit,” Mr. Barr is heard telling the committee’s investigators. “I didn’t want to be a part of it.”
Committee members previewed some of the evidence they plan to present at Monday’s hearing during television news interviews Sunday.
“Former President Trump was told by multiple people — it should have been abundantly clear — that there was no evidence that showed the election was stolen, and he ignored that,” Representative Elaine Luria, Democrat of Virginia and a member of the committee, said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, drew a contrast between those close to Mr. Trump who told him the truth and the “yes people” who encouraged his fantasy of a stolen election in order to please him.
“If you truly believe the election was stolen, then if the president truly believed that, he’s not mentally capable to be president,” Mr. Kinzinger said on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” adding: “I think he didn’t believe it. I think the people around him didn’t believe it. This was all about keeping power against the will of the American people.”” Read more at New York Times
A Ukrainian army field medic in a base camp in a wooded area of eastern Ukraine. He rotates into the battlefield, treating and evacuating wounded. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
“Russia isn't close to victory in Ukraine. But in a notable momentum shift, its forces ‘appear to be making slow, methodical and bloody progress toward control of eastern Ukraine,’ the N.Y. Times reports (subscription):
Why it matters: The ‘heady early days of the war — when the Ukrainian underdog held off a deluded and inept aggressor and Mr. Putin’s indiscriminate bombardment united the West in outrage — have begun to fade.’
What's happening:Russia is picking off regional targets, Ukraine is running low on ammo and Western support is ‘fraying in the face of rising gas prices and galloping inflation,’ The Times says.” Read more at Axios
“A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on gun safety legislation Sunday in the wake of several deadly mass shootings. The proposal includes ‘needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals and those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can't purchase weapons,’ the group said in a statement. Notably, the plan has the support of 10 Republican senators, which would help overcome a Senate filibuster. But many of the details of the plan are still to be sorted out and maintaining support for it throughout the legislative process will be challenging. A few major reforms were left out of the proposed deal, including a provision to expand background checks. Also absent is a ban on military-style assault weapons. Plus, there will be no change to the minimum age to purchase guns, which is 18 years old.” Read more at CNN
“The CDC has ended the Covid-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country. The move went into effect for US-bound air travelers at midnight on Sunday. The travel industry has lobbied against the restriction for months, calling it outdated and no longer necessary ‘based on the science and data.’ The measure has been in place since January 2021. Separately, the FDA has found that Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in younger children and will evaluate next week whether it should be granted emergency use authorization. Children under 5 years old -- about 18 million people -- are the only US age group that still isn't eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine.” Read more at CNN
“Police in Idaho arrested 31 men believed to be affiliated with the White nationalist group Patriot Front who allegedly had plans to riot at a local Pride event Saturday in Coeur d'Alene, officials said. Authorities received a call from a concerned citizen to report that the group was meeting in the parking lot of a hotel and ‘looked like a little army’ equipped with shields and masks, the city’s Police Chief Lee White said. They intended to riot at an event that included a Pride walk and performances by local musicians, dancers and drag artists, police said. All 31 men were charged with conspiracy to riot, which is a misdemeanor.” Read more at CNN
“Global markets and US stock futures fell early today, indicating a downbeat start to the trading week after a broad sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow plunged 880 points, or 2.5%, on Friday. The S&P 500 shed 2.7% and the Nasdaq dropped about 3%. The Consumer Price Index rose by 8.6% in May, raising fears that the Federal Reserve will have to act even more aggressively to try to tame inflation. The shockwaves were felt most acutely in Asia today. Japan's Nikkei closed down 3%, and the yen weakened to the lowest level in more than 20 years.” Read more at CNN
“After a preliminary count, Sarah Palin leads the field in a special primary for Alaska’s sole congressional seat.” Read more at New York Times
“WASHINGTON—The Brookings Institution said retired Marine Gen. John Allen resigned as the think tank’s president, following a controversy over his alleged lobbying efforts for Qatar.
Gen. Allen is under FBI investigation for allegedly trying to help Qatar navigate a diplomatic crisis in 2017 and then covering up that he did so, according to a recent Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit.
In a statement Sunday, Washington-based Brookings thanked Gen. Allen for his leadership in successfully guiding the institution during the pandemic as well as for his many years of service to the U.S. He had led Brookings since November 2017.” Read more at Wall Street Journal
“Google put an engineer, Blake Lemoine, on paid leave after he claimed that the company’s A.I. language model had a soul. (The Washington Post profiled him.)” Read more at New York Times
“Vladimir Putin has boasted that the West won’t be able to give up its dependency on Russian oil and gas for years, according to a report. “In terms of rejecting our energy resources—thion in 2022, an increase of around 20 percent on last year’s haul. The massive spike in Russian energy income is predicted to take place despite widespread sanctions imposed by countries around the world following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February. The European Union, which has sanctioned Russia in many areas, has not sanctioned imports on Russian gas, on which it is still reliant. Germany has vowed to end imports of Russian gas by 2024, but now receives over a third of its natural gas from Russia.” [Daily Beast] Read more at Business Insider
“Taking pot shots at the European Union got Boris Johnson into Downing Street and the UK prime minister is betting the same tactic will help keep him there.
Johnson is trying to steady the ship after months of missteps and controversy culminated in a confidence vote last week that saw more than 40% of lawmakers from his Conservative Party vote against him.
Today, the government is due to present legislation that could revoke commitments to the EU that Johnson sold to the electorate as part of his “oven ready” deal to deliver on his promise to “get Brexit done.”
On the face of it, the bill is about the Northern Ireland Protocol — part of the Brexit accord that agreed to customs checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from mainland Britain to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland.
The bill would give the UK power to override parts of the protocol, and may seek to downgrade the European Court of Justice’s role in ruling on disputes. Johnson says the protocol is disrupting trade between Britain and Northern Ireland, but the hardline Brexit supporters seem to be more upset about still having to follow EU rules.
While this would appear to be a breach of the UK’s commitments to the EU, the government insists it will still comply with international law, though so far it doesn’t plan to publish its detailed legal advice.
The legislation comes with risks for Johnson. If Brexiteers think it doesn’t go far enough in peeling back provisions in the protocol, they'll oppose it. And party moderates are concerned that it would breach international law and damage Britain’s reputation as a result.
It may also stoke tensions with the US, where President Joe Biden has consistently stressed the importance of not allowing Brexit to put at risk the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
The deeper rationale is to revive the Brexit coalition that swept him into power, forced party moderates to fall into line and helped him to make major inroads into the former Labour heartlands of the North.
But now there are two fundamental dangers for Johnson: With his party split down the middle, his opponents may not be prepared to swallow such a provocative approach and he could also wind up in a trade war with the EU.” — Ben SillsRead more at Bloomberfrica-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation showed. As Antony Sguazzin reports, the results are further evidence that China is winning the battle for influence against geopolitical rivals such as the US and the EU.” Read more at Bloomberg
“China is starting to re-impose Covid-19 restrictions just weeks after major easing in key cities, raising concern the country may again employ strict lockdowns.” Read more at Bloomberg
“South Africa will oppose any request for bail made by two Gupta brothers after their arrest in Dubai this month, and will seek their extradition to face fraud and money laundering charges.” Read more at Bloomberg
“A widening trucker strike is increasing risks for South Korea’s economy and global supply chains, disrupting output from top steelmaker Posco and the petrochemicals sector.” Read more at Bloomberg
“Footage of a violent attack by men on female diners at a barbecue restaurant in China has sparked outrage online, threatening to revive the MeToo movement that Xi’s government has repeatedly tried to suppress. Nine suspects were arrested and an official in the city of Tangshan vowed to “severely punish” those involved. That didn’t satisfy users of China’s Weibo social media platform, where the assault is turning into a broader conversation about gender inequality.” Read more at Bloomberg
A MeToo rally against sexual harassment in 2019 in Hong Kong. Photographer: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
“Iraq’s parliament. Iraqi lawmakers aligned with Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr resigned their positions en masse on Sunday following the urging of Sadr as efforts continue to break a parliamentary deadlock following October’s presidential election. The decision paves the way for a resurgence of Sadr’s rivals, the Iran-backed Coordination Framework, as Iraqi law gives resigned seats to the second-placed candidate, a measure which favors the pro-Iran coalition.” Read more at Foreign Policy
“Russia’s former McDonald’s outlets returned to business under a new name and new ownership on Sunday, as the rebranded ‘Vkusno & tochka’ (Tasty and that’s it) opened their doors for the first time following the fast food giant’s exit over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
As well as the new branding, the stores have some stark differences from their previous owners: Coca-Cola is unavailable amid the beverage company’s Russia boycott, and core offerings like the Big Mac are not on the menu—although the new owner, Siberian businessman Alexander Govor, plans to create a similar product.
Even though the changes may dismay customers used to the uniformity of McDonald’s offerings, there is some consolation: A double cheeseburger sells for 30 rubles cheaper than it did at the American chain.” Read more at Foreign Policy
Veronica and Maria Sanchez play at a water park as the temperature reaches 115 degrees on June 12, 2022 in Imperial, California.Sandy Huffaker, Getty Images
“Approximately 53 million people are still under excessive heat warnings after 25 cities broke or tied record high temps over the weekend. Today, temperatures in Southwestern Nebraska are expected to top out at 109 degrees as the heat wave moves eastward.” Read more at NPR
“A bipartisan group of senators has reached a deal for new gun-related measures aimed at preventing more shootings like the one in Uvalde. What negotiators are calling a ‘commonsense’ proposal, not yet written into legislative text, includes things like expanded background checks, money for school mental health resources and ‘red flag laws.’” Read more at NPR
“First, he had the symptoms. Then he saw the yellow fog. A thin layer of gold-coloured dust coated the patio furniture, the patio, his children’s swing set – everything in the garden of Ubaka Ogbogu’s home in the Canadian city of Edmonton.
‘The mist was everywhere. Even my kids – who are not typically observant about these things – remarked about this yellow everywhere,’ he said.
It was pollen, the worst Ogbogu had seen in the 20 years he had lived in Canada. This year, his nose has been perpetually aflame with allergic rhinitis and his eyes are extremely itchy.
‘I was really looking forward to this spring and summer because of the pandemic, and so the very first week when it started to get warm we were out in the yard cleaning, bringing all the furniture out. We got a new barbecue. And then the pollen hit, and so I’m back inside,’ lamented Ogbogu.
Across North America and beyond, people with scratchy throats and puffy eyes are accusing the trees and grass of emitting more pollen than usual. Scientists say they’re not wrong: it is higher – and it’s likely to stay that way in the coming years.” Read more at The Guardian
Incoming AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler speaks at a voting-rights rally on Capitol Hill last year. Photo: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via Reuters
“Liz Shuler — new leader of the AFL-CIO, and the first woman to hold the job — is zeroing in on the tech sector as one of organized labor's top targets. She also plans to shift more of the powerful group's resources to organizing, she told Axios' Jonathan Swan and Hans Nichols.
‘The emerging workforce is people of color, is young people, is women, particularly women of color,’ Shuler said. ‘This is not your granddaddy's labor movement.’
Shuler will be confirmed today as the group's president at its constitutional convention in Philadelphia, making her leader of 57 U.S. and international labor unions representing 12 million workers.
She has been running the AFL-CIO since the sudden death last summer of former president Richard Trumka.
‘We are looking to seize on this moment to show that the labor movement is wide open — that we are open to transformational change,’ she said in a joint interview with her deputy, Fred Redmond, the group's first Black secretary-treasurer.
Why it matters: The two want to build on unprecedented union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, and reallocate resources toward organizing and pare back AFL-CIO leadership — a shift from Trumka's oach.
Between the lines: Redmond mentioned ‘tech workers’ as one target. But the leaders were cagey about naming specific companies.
‘We can't say who because we don't want, obviously, the companies to be notified,’ said Shuler.
Zoom out: Shuler and Redmond need to harness the energy and enthusiasm of the biggest wave of union organizing campaigns and strikes in decades.
They know this moment won't last: Democrats control Congress at least through November ... Joe Biden is the most pro-labor president in recent times ... and workers are feeling emboldened.
Trumka was a skilled political player. But as The New York Times reported, the rate of union membership fell by about 1.5 points during his tenure, to under 11%.
President Biden talks about New Mexico's wildfires with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe on Saturday. Photo: Jim Watson AFP via Getty Images
“The likeliest matchup for the 2024 election pits President Biden, who'll be 81, against former President Trump, who'll be 78.
Why it matters: Diversity and technology are making the workplace, home life and culture unrecognizable for many older leaders. That can leave geriatric leadership of government out of step with everyday life in America — and disconnected from the voters who give them power.
Washington is run by Biden, 79 … Speaker Pelosi, 82 … Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a comparatively youthful 71 … and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, age 80.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, running the U.S. pandemic response, is 81.
It's a global phenomenon: Pope Francis is 85. Prince Charles, Britain's next king, is 73.
And it's not just the top of the ticket. The average age of the Senate at the beginning of this Congress (last year) was 64.3 years — the oldest in history. Seven senators are in their 80s.
But Democrats now are privately debating whether Biden, already the oldest president, will be fit to run for reelection. At the end of a second term, he'd be 86.
David Axelrod, chief strategist for President Obama, told the N.Y. Times for a story over the weekend about rising worries among top Democrats about Biden's age and tenacity:
‘The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue.’
People close to the president tell Axios that voters' qualms about age will be obviated by Biden being the only candidate who has beaten Trump.
But Axios' conversations show Biden confidants are acutely aware of the issue, and deeply worried about its power in a reelection race.
He found that in focus groups, being 86 at the end of a second term was the kind of issue that average voters talk about and care about.
Famed wise man David Gergen, 80, told Judy Woodruff last month on "PBS NewsHour": ‘I think people like Biden and Trump ought to both step back and leave open the door to younger people.’” Read more at Axios
“The leftwing congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday refused to endorse Joe Biden for another run at the White House, adding to growing anxiety in Democratic circles over the president’s ability to run in and win the 2024 election.” Read more at The Guardian
Shuler indicated the group will put a significantly heavier emphasis on organizing at a moment when workers, including Amazon's Christian Small, are notching up stunning victories, electrifying labor activists everywhere.” Read more at Axios
These Uber Eats delivery robots are deployed in L.A. Photo: Serve Robotics
“We're encountering lots more robots in our daily lives — delivering our food, pouring our drinks, mowing our lawns, Jennifer A. Kingson writes in Axios What's Next.
Why it matters: As brainy machines take over tasks as diverse as chopping vegetables, driving trucks and assisting the elderly, the human labor force will see major shifts in what jobs are needed.
The number of labor-saving robots on the market is exploding, due to improvements in AI and lower development costs. People have grown accustomed to some of them (Roomba vacuums), but others stun us:
Delivery robots tote meals and groceries on city streets and sidewalks (where they're still a curiosity), and on college campuses (where students are eager to name them).
Professional kitchens are being transformed by robots that can flip burgers, brew coffee and make pizzas, with the dough kneaded on the spot (50 pies an hour, with 35 topping options).
Robot dogs are being employed as tennis-ball caddies.
What we're watching: Robots are poised to make a particularly big difference in caring for the elderly.
Robotic home-monitoring systems will detect if an older person falls — and summon help.
A robot health care worker ‘could take care of us, tell a story ... take our pulse and blood pressure,’ says Professor Lionel Robert Jr., a roboticist at the University of Michigan.
What's next: Robots under development will be able to empty the dishwasher, fold laundry — and collect your child's toys off the floor.” Read more at Axios
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Image caption, Michael R Jackson and Jennifer Hudson won Tony Awards for writing and producing A Strange Loop respectively
“Jennifer Hudson has become the latest star to join the exclusive EGOT club - people who have won the clean sweep of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards - after picking up a Tony on Sunday.
The actress and singer took one of the Broadway honours as a producer of A Strange Loop, which won best musical.
That made her the 17th person to have scored competitive wins in all four of America's main showbusiness awards.
She is the second black woman to do so, after Whoopi Goldberg.
Hudson, 40, won her Oscar in 2006 for the film Dreamgirls. She has won two Grammys, and picked up a Daytime Emmy last year as an executive producer of the interactive animation Baba Yaga.
She is one of more than 35 listed producers for A Strange Loop, along with fellow stars including RuPaul, Don Cheadle, Mindy Kaling, Billy Porter and Alan Cumming.” Read more at BBC
“The Tony Awards were last night, celebrating Broadway’s return and honoring the season’s plays and musicals.
Best musical: “A Strange Loop,” a meta-musical about an aspiring theater writer who is Black and gay, and whose self-critical inner dialogue springs to life in the show.
Best play: “The Lehman Trilogy,” which our critic called “a riveting history lesson” about the rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers financial empire.
Best actress in a play: Deirdre O’Connell for “Dana H.,” in which she lip-syncs the testimony of a woman abducted by a white supremacist.
Best actor in a musical: Myles Frost, who plays Michael Jackson in the biographical jukebox musical “MJ.”
“Kelsie Whitmore, a pitcher and outfielder, is the first woman to play baseball in an M.L.B.-affiliated league since 1994.” Read more at New York Times
“Lives Lived: Alexander Nikitin took on a 10-year-old Garry Kasparov as a student. By the time Kasparov was 17, Nikitin had helped him become a chess grandmaster. Nikitin died at 87.” Read more at New York Times
FILE - Honoree Toby Keith performs at the 46th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis on June 18, 2015, in New York. Keith announced Sunday, June 12, 2022, that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall. The multi-platinum-selling singer said on Twitter that he underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation in the past six months .(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
“Country music star Toby Keith announced Sunday that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall.
The multi-platinum-selling singer said on Twitter that he underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and radiation in the past six months.
“So far, so good,” said Keith, an Oklahoma native who turns 61 on July 8. “I need time to breathe, recover and relax.
“I am looking forward to spending this time with my family. But I will see the fans sooner than later. I can’t wait.”
The status of Keith’s performances for the remainder of this year wasn’t immediately clear. His next performance is scheduled for June 17 in Wheaton, Illinois, according to his website. After Keith’s announcement, the Ohio State Fair announced that his July 28 concert in Columbus, Ohio, has been canceled.
Keith’s publicist, Elaine Schock, said in an email Sunday night that some tour dates will be canceled, “but I’m not sure how many at this point.”
Keith’s foundation has assisted children with cancer since 2006.” Read more at AP News
