“He's Going to Broom Kushner and Parscale”: “Malignantly Crazy” About Bad Poll Numbers, Trump Is Thinking of Replacing His Son-In-Law  —  After a botched response to two national crises, Trump's polls are cratering, and “no one is telling him what he wants to hear,” says a source, igniting a new round of grumbling about Kushner.

Asymptomatic coronavirus patients aren't spreading most new infections, WHO says  — Coronavirus patients who don't have symptoms aren't driving spread of the virus, the World Health Organization said Monday.  — Preliminary evidence from the earliest outbreaks indicated the virus could spread even if people don't have symptoms.

Officers slashed tires on vehicles parked amid Minneapolis protests, unrest  —  Dozens of vehicles left in Kmart lot were targeted, said one victimized driver.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  Two law enforcement agencies acknowledged Monday that officers patrolling Minneapolis during the recent protests knifed …

Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus  —  Donald Trump is planning to restart rallies in the next two weeks in a major turning point for the president since the coronavirus shut down traditional campaigning.  —  Trump's advisers are still determining where the rallies …

What It's Like to Get Doxed for Taking a Bike Ride  —  New York Is Committed to Covering This Essential Moment … By the standards of the pandemic, Thursday had been a normal day for Peter Weinberg.  A 49-year-old finance marketing executive, he worked from his home in Bethesda, Maryland …

Falwell's Blackface Tweet Brings Racial Dissent to Liberty University  —  A tweet by Liberty University's president, Jerry Falwell Jr., has sparked an angry protest in the evangelical college's community and a rare apology from Mr. Falwell.  —  WASHINGTON — The racial strife roiling …

‘KKK President’ arrested for hitting protester with his truck  —  A hate crime investigation is underway.  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — The Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney said a hate crime investigation was underway against the self-proclaimed president of the Virginia KKK.

Sen. Cotton rallies conservatives and raises national profile as op-ed on military intervention causes uproar  —  With his call for the military to be deployed in U.S. cities gripped by protests over police brutality, Sen. Tom Cotton has found himself in a familiar position: Rallying conservatives …

Axios Allows Its Reporters to Join Protests  —  In a company memo, the chief executive of the politics news site said he supported staff members' right to march, adding that the publisher would cover bail for any employee who is arrested.  —  In an unusual move at a news media organization …

Kamala Harris Schools Meghan McCain on ‘Defund the Police’  —  “The View” host demanded a yes-or-no answer to a very complicated policy question.  —  Meghan McCain asked Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) what she may have thought was going to be a gotcha question Monday morning on The View.

Chris Cuomo apparently caught naked in wife Cristina's yoga video  —  If you think you've seen enough of Chris Cuomo after his much-publicized contraction of coronavirus and nightly TV reminders of “you know who my brother is,” think again.  —  The CNN anchor was apparently caught in the nude …

Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport Resigns After Backlash Over Treatment of People of Color  —  Trump's Twitter Account Likes Only One Tweet — About Issa Rae's ‘Insecure’ — and No One Knows Why  —  Refinery29 Top Editor Christene Barberich Steps Down After Backlash Over Lack of Diversity, ‘Racist Aggressions’

When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again  —  When will life return to normal?  This is the answer of epidemiologists, as embroidered by one of them, Melissa Sharp.  —  Eve Edelheit for The New York Times  —  Many epidemiologists are already comfortable …

Chicago's Bloody Sunday  —  “We've never seen anything like it, at all,” said Max Kapustin, the senior research director at the University of Chicago Crime Lab.  —  A hardworking father killed just before 1 a.m.  —  A West Side high school student murdered two hours later.

Defying Police Unions, New York Lawmakers Ban Chokeholds  —  Legislators, responding to protests over the death of George Floyd, are approving a package of bills aimed at police misconduct.  —  Inspired by the protests sweeping the state and nation, New York legislative leaders on Monday began …

Manufacturer that burned as Minneapolis protests turned violent plans to relocate from city  —  'They didn't protect our people,' 7-Sigma owner says of city officials.  —  Video (01:42) : Drone video shows the damage from rioting and looting in Minneapolis, as well as images of the memorials for George Floyd.

Army reverses course, will consider renaming bases named for Confederate leaders  —  Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is now “open” to renaming the service's 10 bases and facilities that are named after Confederate leaders, an Army spokesperson told POLITICO, in a reversal of the service's previous position.

As the New York Times Goes, So Goes Biden  —  The resignation of the editorial page editor of the New York Times for publishing an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton calling for the military to quell the riots marks the completion of the long, slow transformation of the Democratic Party.

Determination of the February 2020 Peak in US Economic Activity  —  The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research maintains a chronology of the peaks and troughs of U.S. business cycles.  The committee has determined that a peak in monthly economic activity occurred …

Hill Democrats squash liberal push to ‘defund the police’  —  “I think it can be used as a distraction, and that's my concern,” said Rep. Karen Bass, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.  —  Rep. Lacy Clay, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …

The GOP has gone from tea party libertarianism to Trumpian authoritarianism  —  In 2014, Tom Cotton ran for the U.S. Senate proclaiming: “I believe in less government and more freedom.”  Seven days ago, amid massive anti-racism protests accompanied by scattered looting …

Biden Walks a Cautious Line as He Opposes Defunding the Police  —  As gruesome videos and energetic protests reshape public opinion about racial discrimination, Joe Biden tried to balance protesters' calls for a law enforcement overhaul while not alienating moderate voters.

“Round Up The Green Hats”: NYPD Accused Of Deliberately Targeting Legal Observers In Brutal Bronx Mass Arrest  —  On Thursday evening before curfew, Rex Santus was standing alone on a quiet Mott Haven street corner when he caught the attention of NYPD officers passing in an unmarked minivan.

Why Military Leaders Like Me Are Speaking Out  —  A retired four-star admiral explains how a troubling trend is becoming a constitutional crisis.  —  The demonstrations set off by the death of George Floyd are creating remarkable crosscurrents in American society, from new ideas about police reform …

Gov. Beshear announces plans to provide 100-percent health coverage for black residents  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced the state will begin working toward correcting inequalities in health care coverage across the state.  —  During his daily updates …

Ex-U.S. diplomat: Trump evokes memories of Mussolini  —  Bella ciao, Donald Trump — or at least that's what former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner is hoping American voters decide in November.  —  In an interview with Jack Blanchard, the editor of POLITICO's London Playbook …

St. Paul Man Charged In Minneapolis Police Third Precinct Arson  —  United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against BRANDEN MICHAEL WOLFE, 23, charging him with aiding and abetting arson at the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct.