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” …

USA TODAY Poll: Forceful clearing of Lafayette Square protest was defining moment for president and protests  —  The police crackdown to clear protesters from Lafayette Square last week looms as a defining moment in the national debate over race and law enforcement that has been sparked by the death of George Floyd.

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.”

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 …

NASCAR Says It Will Ban Confederate Flags  —  The announcement came two days after Darrell Wallace Jr., the first black driver in 50 years to win one of NASCAR's top three national touring series, called on NASCAR to ban the flags outright.  —  NASCAR said on Wednesday that it would ban …

LeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group  —  “This is the time for us to finally make a difference,” the N.B.A. superstar said of the new group, which will aim to protect African-Americans' voting rights.  —  WASHINGTON — The N.B.A. superstar LeBron James and a group …

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.

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 …

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%.

We are implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition  —  We're implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon's facial recognition technology.  We will continue to allow organizations like Thorn, the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children …

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.

Cotton and Schumer clash over police reform  —  Sen. Tom Cotton and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sparred on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, after the Arkansas Republican offered a resolution opposing efforts to defund the police.  —  Cotton's resolution calls for …

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.

‘Change agent’ Charles Booker is best Democratic candidate in Kentucky Senate race  —  This is a historic time in our state and nation.  A time when young and old, black, white and brown are calling for change — not just incremental change, but sweeping reform that will usher in true equality and justice for all.

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.

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.

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 …

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.”

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.

Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement, in move some see as a sign of fraying relationship  —  British authorities earlier this month told their American counterparts that they had suspended sending over all evidence in criminal cases because the United States still uses …

House impeachment managers: Trump is as lawless and corrupt as ever  —  Adam Schiff (Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (Calif.), Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Val Demings (Fla.), Sylvia Garcia (Tex.) and Jason Crow (Colo.) were the Democratic House managers in the impeachment trial of President Trump.

A report from the big white suburban guilty girls picnic march  —  Urban trekking around Denver the other day, I happened across a protest march of maybe a thousand people.  Here's what I observed.  —  The marchers were almost all white.  I saw fewer than a dozen black people and no Hispanics.

Aggressive Tactics by National Guard, Ordered to Appease Trump, Wounded the Military, Too  —  The world responded the evangelical guard the eyes of the world were gone.  The National Guard.  The actions that occurred this past week, were absolutely used to work.

Biden repeatedly pushed bill in Senate that critics said would have made investigating police officers for misconduct more difficult  —  (CNN)In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called for more accountability for police officers accused …

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.

Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law”  —  The U.S. video-conferencing company Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre, Axios has learned.

‘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 …

Speaker Pelosi wants Confederate statues in Capitol removed  —  She's pushing for the removal of eleven Confederate statues.  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Wednesday called for the removal of nearly a dozen Confederate statues from the halls of Congress, throwing …

Iowa State Fair canceled for the first time since World War II  —  For the first time since World War II, summer in Iowa will not include a State Fair.  —  After months of review and discussion, the Iowa State Fair Board voted by secret ballot 11-2 in favor of canceling …