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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside the Revolts Erupting in America's Big Newsrooms — Staff members' demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post. Part of the story starts in Ferguson, Mo.
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James Bennet Resigns As Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times; Katie Kingsbury Named Acting Editorial Page Editor — The New York Times announced today that James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May, 2016, is resigning effective immediately. The Times also announced …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor — “Last week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing processes, not the first we've experienced in recent years,” said A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher. — James Bennet, the editorial page editor of The New York Times …
Jay Willis / The Appeal:
Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband The Police Department, Invest In Proven Community-Led Public Safety — The move follows the police killing of George Floyd and more than a week of uprisings, where hundreds of thousands of people around the world have protested …
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Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department
Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Defund the police! Defund the police!
Byron York's Daily Memo: Defund the police! Defund the police!
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Washington Post:
‘Defund the police’ gains traction as cities seek to respond to demands for a major law enforcement shift
‘Defund the police’ gains traction as cities seek to respond to demands for a major law enforcement shift
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CNN:
White House is considering a Trump speech to the nation on race and unity — (CNN)After a weekend of massive peaceful protests around the country, White House officials are currently deliberating a plan for President Donald Trump to address the nation this week on issues related to race and national unity …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the room: Trump's top aides plot new theme — President Trump's top political advisers, in a private meeting last week, said their boss needs to add more hopeful, optimistic and unifying messages to balance his harsh law-and-order rhetoric. — Why it matters: They're deeply concerned about …
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Associated Press:
Virus, racial unrest force Trump campaign to recalibrate — WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than five months before voters will decide his fate, President Donald Trump is confronting a vastly different political reality than he once envisioned. For starters, if the election were held today, he'd likely lose.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump losing ground to Biden amid chaotic week — (CNN)As protesters gather daily near the White House and the coronavirus pandemic rages on, the American public is souring on President Donald Trump. A new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds Trump's approval rating down 7 points …
Christy E. Lopez / Washington Post:
Defund the police? Here's what that really means. — Christy E. Lopez is a professor at Georgetown Law School and a co-director of the school's Innovative Policing Program. — Since George Floyd's death, a long-simmering movement for police abolition has become part of the national conversation …
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Washington Post:
John Bolton plans to publish a tell-all about his time in the White House in late June — John Bolton is forging ahead with plans to publish a scathing memoir about his time in President Trump's White House and is in negotiations with network television channels to promote the book, according to people familiar with the talks.
Politico:
2 longshots rise in Biden VP search — Wide-scale protests that have exposed deep racial tensions across the nation in the last two weeks are reshaping the contours of Joe Biden's search for a vice presidential pick, sharpening the focus on an African American woman as his running mate …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds — Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a research study published Monday that examined how stay-at-home orders …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Is This the Last Stand of the ‘Law and Order’ Republicans? — On the seventh day of convulsive demonstrations sweeping across the United States in response to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, George W. Bush issued …
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Michelle Obama / Washington Post:
Graduates, don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry — Given the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, schools across the country have canceled their in-person commencement exercises. To celebrate the graduates whose final years of school have been upended, former first lady Michelle Obama …
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Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Stalks Large Families in Rural America — Remote regions with crowded households have turned deadlier than some city blocks — The Woods family did everything together at the house on Paden Road in Gadsden, Ala. They gathered there before going to high-school football games on Friday nights.
Linda Givetash / NBC News:
Man drives into Seattle George Floyd protest, shoots one protester — A man drove into a Seattle crowd protesting the death in police custody of George Floyd before shooting one of the demonstrators on Sunday, police said. — The suspect was detained and the 27-year-old man who was shot …
Washington Post:
The military isn't at war with the public. Trump seems to want to change that. — His threats to use active-duty troops to quell protests may do lasting damage. — President Trump has made little effort to mask his contempt for the norms guiding the relationship between military and society …
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Cop charged after bodycam footage shows ‘horrible use of force’: Police chief — Body camera footage appears to show a white cop stun a disoriented black man. — A white Virginia cop has been charged with assault after police and prosecutors reviewed body camera footage that appeared …
Bruce Bartlett / New Republic:
He Is Even Dumber Than We Thought — A Washington Post-ABC News poll taken the last week of May 2020 asked Americans, “Do you think Trump has the mental sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president?” Fifty-two percent of respondents said no, with only 46 percent saying yes.
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John Harwood / CNN:
Trump's evident character flaws leave him unable to meet the historic moment — (CNN)"In a president, character is everything," wrote the renowned speechwriter Peggy Noonan. And therein lies President Donald Trump's inability to meet this American moment.
ABC News:
Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier: Researchers — Researchers say surge in cars at hospitals may indicate outbreak in fall. — Dramatic spikes in auto traffic around major hospitals in Wuhan last fall suggest the novel coronavirus may have been present …
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