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 …

‘Ugh’: Republicans cringe after Trump's attack on 75-year-old protester  —  If there was ever a tweet from President Donald Trump that Senate Republicans didn't want to touch, it's this one.  —  For four years, Senate Republicans have endured a regular gantlet of reporters' questions about Trump tweets …

The Head Of CrossFit Told Staff On A Zoom Call, “We're Not Mourning For George Floyd”  —  We may all be at home, but that hasn't stopped our reporters from breaking exclusive stories like this one.  To help keep this news free, become a member.  You can also share tips with BuzzFeed News securely.

White House Seeking Ways to Repair Race Relations  —  George Floyd was laid to rest today in his hometown of Houston, with the eulogy delivered by Rev. Al Sharpton.  —  The White House is preparing a speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller, who crafted the Trump Administration's …

‘A hot, flaming mess’: Georgia primary beset by chaos, long lines  —  Some voters in Georgia are experiencing hourslong lines to cast their ballots in Tuesday's primary, with officials trading blame for who, exactly, is responsible for the latest trip-up in holding an election during the pandemic.

Bon Appétit's editor-in-chief just resigned — but staffers of color say there's a ‘toxic’ culture of microaggressions and exclusion that runs far deeper than one man  — Business Insider spoke to 14 current and former contributors or employees at Bon Appétit.  All identify as people of color.

‘Cops’ Canceled at Paramount Network  —  The move follows the ViacomCBS cable network's decision to pull episodes of the show in the wake of protests against police brutality.  —  Paramount Network has pulled the plug on Cops for good.  —  The ViacomCBS-owned cabler had removed …

HBO Max Pulls ‘Gone With the Wind,’ While ‘Cops’ Gets Canceled  —  Moves come as entertainment companies reassess their content amid nationwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality  —  “Gone with the Wind” was pulled from HBO Max while the long-running TV show “Cops” …

Trump Wanted to Fire Esper Over Troops Dispute  —  How defense secretary's stand against federal troops at protests prompted president's plan to fire him  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump last week was on the brink of firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper over their differing views of domestic use …

‘What I saw was just absolutely wrong’: National Guardsmen struggle with their role in controlling protests  —  Pvt. Si'Kenya Lynch, a member of the D.C. National Guard, was on duty at Lafayette Square near the White House last Monday when U.S. Park Police cleared the area of protesters ahead …

No Sign Of Antifa So Far In Justice Department Cases Brought Over Unrest  —  Attorney General William Barr has repeatedly blamed anti-fascist activists for the violence that has erupted during demonstrations over George Floyd's death, but federal court records show no sign of so-called Antifa links …

Trump Jr.'s Mongolian sheep hunting trip cost taxpayers about $75,000, documents show  —  (CNN)Donald Trump Jr.'s trip to Mongolia last August, where he hunted a rare breed of giant sheep, cost US taxpayers about $75,000 in Secret Service protection, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group.

Counter protest reenacting George Floyd's death in South Jersey goes viral  —  FRANKLIN TWP.  - Videos of a man apparently re-enacting the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd during a Black Lives Matter protest Monday in Gloucester County has gone viral, spurring immediate backlash for the incident on social media.

Trump May Compare Himself to Nixon in 1968, but He Really Resembles Wallace  —  The president has employed the same kind of inflammatory language as George Wallace did in the 1968 campaign.  Richard Nixon ran that year seeking the middle between the Alabama governor and Hubert Humphrey.

So this is why Bill Barr is such a bully  —  Police in Buffalo shove a 75-year-old man to the ground and blood pours from his ear.  Police in Brooklyn knock down a young woman and call her a “bitch” because she asked why she had to leave the street.  Federal authorities in Washington fire tear gas …

Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives  —  Minneapolis police initially told the public that George Floyd died after a “medical incident during a police interaction.”  The Buffalo, New York, department said a protester “tripped and fell.”  Philadelphia police alleged …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Fauci Delivers Grim Assessment, Saying, 'It Isn't Over Yet'  —  The W.H.O. walks back comments that asymptomatic transmission is rare.  New Jersey's governor lifts the state's stay-at-home order.  —  RIGHT NOW Senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Senate Health Committee …

The Parallel Universe of Ivanka Trump, America's Disassociated Princess  —  It's a stunning misread of this turbulent moment for one of the most privileged and powerful people in the nation to tell students about how important it is to listen to her, when she should be doing the listening.

Terry McAuliffe recorded saying Dems prefer Biden stay ‘in the basement’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Top Joe Biden surrogate Terry McAuliffe told a videoconference meeting of Virginia Democrats over the weekend that the former vice president should remain in his basement — where he has famously campaigned remotely during …

Ban the Confederate flag?  NASCAR could see the end of an era  —  The familiar scene of Confederate flags waved by fans at NASCAR tracks could soon be a relic of racing's good ol' boy roots.  —  Bubba Wallace — the lone black driver in the sport — wants the stock car series with deep ties …

How Antifa Became The Bogeyman Of Small-Town Protests  —  Rumors of roving bands of Antifa have followed small protests all over the United States.  Why are people so ready to believe them?  —  Copy  —  The rumor that shadowy leftists planned to start trouble in Great Falls, Montana …

Report: FBI found weapons, booby traps after arrest of 3 Las Vegas men  —  FBI agents found rags, gasoline, aerosol cans and weapons along with booby traps, fireworks and handwritten notes of military and survival tactics while serving search warrants on three Nevada men who authorities …

Porn actor running for office in Wilton Manors … A porn actor is bidding for a role in something new: politics.  —  Adult film actor Juan Melecio submitted his paperwork Monday to run for a commission seat in Wilton Manors.  He also goes by several other names, including Juan Davila (his mother's last name).

“This Has To Stop”: A Court Invoked George Floyd's Death In Denying Qualified Immunity To Cops Who Shot A Man 22 Times  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday invoked the recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in denying legal immunity to five cops in West Virginia who were sued …

Trump's Task Force Warns Governors of COVID Spike Tied to Protests  —  In calls obtained by The Daily Beast, Dr. Birx said 70 testing sites were destroyed during the marches.  —  Top officials on President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force told governors on Monday they were worried …

With no public bathrooms, the Big Apple is now ‘the Big Toilet’  —  Working at a beer store on St. Mark's Place, Brittany Spano, 27, has seen the Big Apple's robust social life return, albeit in an abridged form.  —  Drink windows selling to-go cocktails and beers have sprung up throughout the city …

Kentucky governor vows universal coverage for black residents  —  Act on the news with POLITICO Pro.  —  QUICK FIX  — Kentucky's governor promised health coverage for all of the state's black residents, but it's not clear if he can deliver.  — Lawmakers want Congress …

G.O.P. Scrambles to Respond to Public Demands for Police Overhaul  —  Republicans have been startled by the extent to which public opinion has shifted in recent days after the killings of unarmed black Americans by the police and the protests that have followed.

Pompeo's ‘deafening’ silence angers diplomats as protests over racial injustice spread globally  —  Washington (CNN)As protests against racial injustice engulf America and spread globally, State Department officials have suggested Secretary of State Mike Pompeo address his workforce on the issue that …

Georgia Betrays Its Voters Again  —  In November of 2018, Alyssa Thys, a twenty-nine-year-old communications manager in Atlanta, waited in line for more than two hours to vote for Stacey Abrams, at her precinct in a working-class, predominantly black neighborhood.

Biden Campaign Quiet on Staff Donations to Group Backing Defunding of Police  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is remaining quiet about its staffers donating to a criminal justice group championing the defunding of police.  —  As Breitbart News noted last month …

Scientists around the world will go on one-day strike to protest institutional racism  —  Thousands of researchers and STEM professionals, including two prominent scientific journals, have vowed to not partake in business as usual on Wednesday as an act of solidarity with ongoing protests against racial injustice.

At George Floyd's funeral, Sharpton calls out Trump in eulogy  —  The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday used his eulogy at George Floyd's funeral service to take aim at President Trump after former vice president Joe Biden in a somber video linked Floyd's death in police custody to the nation's enduring struggle for civil rights.

Bipartisan group of lawmakers, with Speaker Gunn's blessing, pushes to change Mississippi state flag  —  A bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers, with the blessing of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, began whipping votes and drafting a resolution on Monday to change the state flag …