Release Detail  —  June 11, 2019 - Top Dems Lead Trump In Head-To-Head Matchups, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Democratic Primary Race Narrows As Biden Goes Flat  —  In a first look at head-to-head 2020 presidential matchups nationwide, several Democratic challengers lead President Donald Trump …

CNN BREAKING NEWS: ‘Biden to Eviscerate Trump Today in Iowa Speech’  —  CNN's New Day previewed an advance copy of a stump speech that Joe Biden plans to give during a campaign visit today in Iowa later on Tuesday, and according to the on-screen chyron, the former Vice President will “eviscerate” President Donald Trump.

NBC announces five moderators for first Democratic debate  —  The presidential primary face off, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, will take place in Miami on June 26-27.  —  NBC announced on Tuesday the five moderators for the first Democratic presidential primary debate, set for later this month.

What Nancy Pelosi Wants to Do Before Impeachment  —  In the conference room Nancy Pelosi once used as Democratic minority leader, she displayed only one item on the walls.  She positioned it strategically, just behind and above her seat at the head of a long mahogany table that could accommodate about 30 people.

Exclusive: Trump campaign considering putting resources in Oregon  —  CNN gets rare look into Trump's re-election campaign  —  (CNN)The Trump campaign is considering putting resources into Oregon, CNN has learned, a state where Hillary Clinton beat the President by 11 percentage points in 2016.

Tech Insider Blows Whistle on How Pinterest Listed Top Pro-Life Site as Porn, “Bible Verses” Censored  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  Insider: Search Term “Christian” Won't Auto-Complete, Others Can't Trend, No Notifications, or Recommendations

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg reached out to Speaker Pelosi.  She hasn't called him back.  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg contacted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss how his company handles viral misinformation, but she has not called …

Meet your new public editors  —  Last week at Columbia, CJR hosted more than three dozen public editors from around the world, gathered together for their annual meeting.  Brazil, India, Australia, Denmark, Estonia, and South Africa were among the nations represented.  And the official delegation from the United States?

Trump may be having second thoughts about Shanahan as Defense Secretary  —  While in Europe to commemorate D-Day, Trump asked at least 3 people if they had any suggestions for different candidates, said 4 sources.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears to be having second thoughts …

Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood Which may help explain why she's out of place in today's Democratic Party.  And her long-shot 2020 candidacy.  —  The Poet  —  It was 1970-something, and Sina was not yet teaching at the University of Hawaii — a Samoan poet who had not yet become …

Netflix's False Story of the Central Park Five  —  Ava DuVernay's miniseries wrongly portrays them as totally innocent—and defames me in the process.  —  At about 9 p.m. April 19, 1989, a large group of young men gathered on the corner of 110th Street and Fifth Avenue for the purpose …

Jon Stewart excoriates lawmakers for skipping hearing on 9/11 victims fund  —  Jon Stewart on Tuesday torched lawmakers in emotional testimony for failing to attend a September 11 victim's fund hearing, calling it “shameful” and “a stain on this institution.”

YouTube's Bungled Crackdown On Steven Crowder Only Made Him Stronger  —  A week after Steven Crowder's bullying of a Vox journalist pitted conservative media against Big Tech, it's official: Crowder has won.  —  In an interview Monday night at the Code Conference in Arizona …

Buttigieg puts focus on foreign policy as he hammers Trump  —  Facing questions on the trail about whether his campaign has put forward enough big ideas, Pete Buttigieg plans to make one area his own: foreign policy.  —  The South Bend, Ind., mayor will give a major address on his national security …

In 1991, Joe Biden Was Skeptical Clarence Thomas Would Be Extreme On Abortion  —  Abortion rights advocates warned senators that putting Thomas on the Supreme Court would be a disaster for women's rights.  Biden was less convinced.  —  Even before Anita Hill went public …

Justin Amash leaves the conservative Freedom Caucus  —  (CNN)Rep. Justin Amash on Monday stepped down from the conservative House Freedom Caucus less than a month after becoming the first Republican member of Congress to say President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses.

Gillibrand Compares Pro-Life Viewpoint to Racism, ‘Not Acceptable’  —  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) compared pro-life beliefs to racism and suggested the pro-life viewpoint is “not acceptable” during an interview with the Des Moines Register.  —  Gillibrand's comments came in response …

We Need Fully Automated Luxury Communism  —  Asteroid mining.  Gene editing.  Synthetic meat.  We could provide for the needs of everyone, in style.  It just takes some imagination.  —  Mr. Bastani is the author of the forthcoming “Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto.”  — June 11, 2019

As He Blocks Election Security Bills, McConnell Takes Checks from Voting Machine Lobbyists  —  The bills McConnell is blocking would subject the voting machine vendors to new cybersecurity regulations and could reduce their overall sales to states.  —  EDITED BY

Mexico, Cuba, and Trump's Increasing Preference for Punishment Over Diplomacy  —  In his approach to the carrot-versus-stick equation that is central to statecraft, Donald Trump always opts for the stick.  Apparently unaware of, or unconcerned with, the advantages offered by the canny use …

Leaked documents reveal Russian effort to exert influence in Africa  —  Exclusive: Kremlin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin leading push to turn continent into strategic hub, documents show  —  Russia is seeking to bolster its presence in at least 13 countries across Africa by building relations with existing rulers …

What Jim Acosta is doing is exactly right  —  Sam Donaldson served as White House correspondent and as an anchor for ABC News.  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.  —  (CNN)Reading Jim Acosta's new book “Enemy of the People” …

New York Times to Cease Political Cartoons After anti-Semitic Depiction of Netanyahu  —  ‘Maybe we should start worrying,’ one cartoonist says  —  The New York Times announced on Monday that it will cease publishing political cartoons, weeks after the newspaper came under fire for publishing …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Already Demanding Higher Pay, and Says She Will Become Corrupt if Not Rewarded  —  To say you deserve more pay to keep from becoming corrupted is a politically shallow shakedown.  —  To call Freshman Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “brazen” is to traffic in redundancy.

McConnell softens his tariff criticisms: ‘You have to give the president credit — it worked’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell eased up on his criticism of President Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, saying Tuesday the president deserved applause …

With Most States Under One Party's Control, America Grows More Divided  —  When J.B. Pritzker took over as the governor of Illinois this year, Democratic lawmakers, who had spent four years at an impasse with his Republican predecessor, vowed that their party's new grip on the State Capitol would bring immediate change.

Why does the U.S. need trolls to make its Iran case?  —  This weekend, a new wrinkle was added to the ongoing saga about the information war over Iran policy: the stunning revelation that an online persona that was cited by the Trump administration to justify leaving the Iran nuclear deal is likely not a real person, after all.