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.

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 …

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 …

The 2020 Cake Is (Almost) Baked  —  Axios reports that Trump's 2020 campaign team met last week to figure out, well, everything.  Jonathan Swan's scoop is really something: … When an incumbent president is trying to figure out his message in June, that's not a sign of strength.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Arizona GOP's 10-Year Plan to Turn the State Blue  —  Are the state's Republicans in trouble because of Trump, or is Trump in trouble because of the state party?  Too close to call!  —  Recent polls suggest that Democrat Mark Kelly is likely to handily win the Senate race in Arizona …

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.

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 …

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.

Family demands answers after unarmed black man killed by N.J. trooper, attorney says  —  On May 23, a routine traffic stop ended with a New Jersey State Police trooper shooting a black man to death on the side of the Garden State Parkway.  —  Maurice Gordon, 28, of Poughkeepsie, New York …

Feds press criminal case against Flynn partner  —  The Justice Department is pressing forward with its criminal case against a former business partner of Michael Flynn, despite Attorney General William Barr's controversial decision to seek to abandon the prosecution of the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump.

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.

Biden campaign launches outreach effort targeting LGBTQ voters in key states  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is launching a nationwide voter outreach effort in June to coincide with Pride Month and engage millions of LGBTQ voters ahead of the November presidential election, campaign officials tell CBS News.

William Barr, Trump's “Law and Order” Enabler  —  Over the past week, Attorney General William Barr has taken a series of actions that will likely forever tie his legacy to that of Donald Trump.  All of them were in defiance of Barr's duty, as the country's chief law-enforcement officer …