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Trump schedules a controversial rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth; the European Union considers opening borders to boost its tourism industry.    Tonight's Sentences was written by Catherine Kim. TOP NEWS Trump's MAGA rally on Juneteenth Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/MCT via Getty Images President Donald Trump is facing backlash for holding his first rally since the pandemic began on Juneteenth in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of the infamous 1921 Tulsa race massacre. [ The Hill / Marty Johnson ]  Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger emancipated slaves in Galveston, Texas. It's the oldest regular celebration of the end of slavery in the US. [ CNN / Harmeet Kaur ] To h...

NASCAR and the Navy ban the Confederate flag; the media world faces a reckoning.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS NASCAR says no to the Confederacy Ryan M. Kelly/AFP/Getty Images On Wednesday, shortly before the start of a race that evening, NASCAR announced that it was banning the Confederate flag from "all NASCAR events and properties." [ CNN / Steve Almasy ] The news comes just days after Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., the only black driver at NASCAR's top level, called for the ban. "There's going to be a lot of angry people that carry those flags proudly, but it's time for change," Wallace said. "We have to change that." [ NBC News / Doha Madan...