Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading  —  CNN poll: Trump sees big drop in approval rating  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign is demanding CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed him well behind presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

‘Everything about this is irregular’: Ex-judge tapped to review Flynn case blasts Trump DOJ  —  A former judge selected to advise on a path forward in the criminal case against Michael Flynn is accusing the Justice Department of exercising a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power” …

The White House vs. John Bolton  —  Officials are attempting to use national security as a pretext to prevent the publication of his memoir.  —  President Trump doesn't want John Bolton to publish his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.”

More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role in clearing demonstrators from Lafayette Square  —  More than 1,250 former Justice Department workers on Wednesday called on the agency's internal watchdog to investigate Attorney General William P. Barr's involvement …

Trump Job Approval Slides to 39%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 39% amid nationwide protests about racial injustice.  His ratings this year had been the best of his presidency but are now back near his term average of 40%.

White men mocked George Floyd's death at a protest.  Now a corrections officer in the group has been suspended.  —  As a peaceful Black Lives Matter march made its way through Franklin Township, N.J., the group protesting against police brutality and systemic racism walked past a white man kneeling …

Beheaded Christopher Columbus Statue In Boston Will Be Removed From North End Park  —  BOSTON (CBS) - The Christopher Columbus statue in Boston's North End will be removed Wednesday, hours after it was beheaded overnight.  Mayor Marty Walsh said it will be put in storage and there will now be conversations …

White House goes quiet on coronavirus as outbreak spikes again across the U.S.  —  The coronavirus is still killing as many as 1,000 Americans per day — but the Trump administration isn't saying much about it.  —  It's been more than a month since the White House halted its daily coronavirus task force briefings.

Trump Will Return to Campaign Trail With Rally in Tulsa  —  The president is set to hold his first rally since the coronavirus shuttered most of the country, with polls showing Joe Biden establishing a significant national lead over his rival.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump will return …

Coronavirus hospitalizations rise sharply in several states following Memorial Day  —  As the number of new coronavirus cases continues to increase worldwide, and more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico are recording their highest averages of new cases since the pandemic began …

J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues  —  This isn't an easy piece to write, for reasons that will shortly become clear, but I know it's time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity.  I write this without any desire to add to that toxicity.

The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names.  Then Trump Said No.  —  “My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations,” President Trump tweeted Wednesday.  —  Monuments and memorials bearing the names of men who fought …

POLITICO Playbook PM: White House crafting police overhaul executive order  —  NEW: POLICE REFORM EXECUTIVE ORDER ...  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP and the White House are in the process of discussing and drafting an executive order to begin the process of overhauling police laws, according to multiple sources involved in the effort.

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin “bumped heads” while working at nightclub, former coworker says  —  As mourners in Houston honor the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, CBS News is learning new details from a nightclub coworker about alleged history between Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former officer who is charged in Floyd's death.

America, We Are Leaving  —  This is the hardest thing I have written.  —  I grew up in a law enforcement family.  My father worked his way up to the rank to Captain at the Ft. Smith (AR) Police Department.  As I kid I remember going with him on Friday to pick up his check and I was in awe of these super heroes he worked around.

The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’  —  A backlash is mounting against depictions of “good cops,” on television and in the street.  —  It was only a matter of time before the protests came for “Paw Patrol.”  —  “Paw Patrol” is a children's cartoon about a squad of canine helpers.

Louisville police release the Breonna Taylor incident report.  It's virtually blank  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly three months after Louisville Metro Police officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her South End apartment, the department has released the incident report from that night.

Former DIA Director: Please, take your knee off our necks so we can breathe  —  “It's hard to explain what it was like for me on the first day of elementary school, or the pain I felt in high school when I was stopped and searched nearly every time I left my apartment.”

‘Gone with the Wind’ pulled from HBO Max until it can return with ‘historical context’  —  New York (CNN Business)HBO Max has pulled “Gone with the Wind” from its library of films.  —  The removal of the film comes as mass protests sweep across the United States following the death of George Floyd …

Biden: We must urgently root out systemic racism, from policing to housing to opportunity  —  From the moment I launched my campaign, I have said that we are in the battle for the soul of this nation.  And after two weeks of daily protests, with thousands of people coming out to march …

Republicans fear Trump's weakened standing jeopardizes the party in November  —  President Trump's incendiary responses to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus pandemic have left him politically isolated and profoundly weakened less than five months from the election …

Two more White House staffers to exchange vows at president's hotel  —  Trump Hotel D.C. will have hosted wedding celebrations for at least eight Trump administration staffers  —  Sarah Trevor and William Russell's story “began in the fall of 2017 while both [were] working at The White House,” their wedding website reads.

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller  —  Co-founder Neil Patel now owns controlling stake in conservative news website  —  Tucker Carlson is leaving the Daily Caller, the conservative digital publication he co-founded a decade ago, a move that he said would help him focus on his prime-time opinion show on Fox News.

Jim Sensenbrenner sides with Democrats on proposal for ‘bad cop’ national registry  —  MADISON - U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner wants to make it easier to identify police officers prone to brutality by creating a national registry of “bad cops” — siding with Democrats at a time of deep division …

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday.

Pelosi Sends Letter to Joint Committee on the Library Calling for Removal of Confederate Statues from the United States Capitol  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to the leadership of the Joint Committee on the Library, Chair Roy Blunt and Vice Chair Zoe Lofgren …

Iowa State Fair canceled for the first time since World War II  —  The Iowa State Fair will not be held in 2020 because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.  —  After months of review and discussion, the Iowa State Fair board made the decision in a live vote during Wednesday's board meeting.

How the Coronavirus Compares With 100 Years of Deadly Events  —  Only the worst disasters completely upend normal patterns of death, overshadowing, if only briefly, everyday causes like cancer, heart disease and car accidents.  Here's how the devastation brought by the pandemic in 25 cities and regions compares with historical events.

Whitmer says she supports ‘the spirit’ of ‘defund the police,’ then clarifies  —  LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an interview Tuesday she supports “the spirit” of defunding the police as a way of reallocating resources, but later tried to clarify her remarks in an interview with the Free Press.

In email, Pompeo rejects ‘false’ comparisons between U.S. unrest and authoritarian crackdowns  —  After days of silence that drew internal criticism, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday addressed the State Department workforce about the fallout from the death of George Floyd …

Fed Expects Unemployment Rate to Stay High: Live Updates  —  Here's what you need to know:  — Tesla shares hit $1,000 weeks after Elon Musk said they were ‘too high’.  —  The Federal Reserve offered a grim outlook for the economy in 2020.  —  The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged …

Wall Street Journal Staff Faults Column on Race by Former Top Editor  —  After a letter of protest from the newspaper's union, Gerard Baker, now an editor at large, was reassigned to the opinion department.  —  Staff members of The Wall Street Journal sent a letter to newsroom leaders …

McConnell accuses NYT of ‘lying’ over Tom Cotton op-ed  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered scathing criticism of The New York Times on Wednesday for its recent handling of a controversial opinion piece by Sen. Tom Cotton that led to the resignation of a top editor at the publication.