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 …

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.

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.

‘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.

2 long shots 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 …

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 …

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 …

The Tom Cotton op-ed affair shows why the media must defend America's values  —  New York Times editor James Bennet resigned yesterday after backlash from publishing an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton.  Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images  —  It cannot remain neutral when those values …

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 …

‘Black Americans want to stop being killed’: Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill  —  Top Democrats unveiled a major police reform bill Monday morning in an effort to galvanize public pressure into legislative action as protesters nationwide demand racial justice after the killing of George Floyd.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

If you really want to show America you care about race and national unity, President Trump, then take the knee live on TV in the Oval Office  —  There was a barbecue in the town of Griffith, Indiana yesterday.  —  It was possibly the most unusual and unexpected barbecue in US history.

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 …

Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments  —  When you talk to activists who are pushing to defund police departments, there's a specific word that comes up often: Reimagine.  —  The idea that police are the only answer to preventing crime and protecting people is one that has been so ingrained …

Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying C.E.O.s Millions  —  Dozens of top recipients of government aid have laid off, furloughed or cut the pay of tens of thousands of employees.  —  HCA Healthcare is one of the world's wealthiest hospital chains.

Why Romney Marched  —  The clip was short, but surreal: Mitt Romney—his face wrapped in a white mask, his sleeves rolled at the wrists—marches toward the White House alongside protesters chanting about police brutality.  A reporter asks him what he's doing there, and the Republican senator …

The Disturbing Appeal of Boogaloo Violence to Military Men  —  OUTSIDE AGITATORS  —  The fringe movement is the latest in a long series of paramilitary scenes to court U.S. soldiers.  —  A decade ago, Stephen Parshall served in the Navy as an aviation mechanic.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …