As Americans Shift on Racism, Trump Digs In  —  With much of the country acknowledging that protesters' frustrations are justified, the president increasingly sounds detached from many voters in the political middle and even some of his allies.  —  WASHINGTON — NASCAR is demanding that its fans …

Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley discussed resigning over role in Trump's church photo op  —  The Pentagon's top general discussed resigning amid criticism over his participation in President Donald Trump's controversial photo op at a Washington church, three defense officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Man charged in deputy ambush scrawled extremist ‘Boogaloo’ phrases in blood  —  Steven Carrillo, accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Santa Cruz County, California, wrote the words on the hood of a car, prosecutors said  —  Steven Carrillo, a California man who was charged with murder …

Cornell Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver on the Jacobson Controversy  —  Earlier today, I wrote about demands that Cornell Law School fire clinical professor William Jacobson, and noted that Jacobson reported that Dean Eduardo M. Peñalver was properly defending his academic freedom.

G.O.P. Platform, Rolled Over From 2016, Condemns the ‘Current President’  —  The party's 2020 platform includes more than three dozen unflattering references to those in power at the White House, after the Republican National Committee chose not to change its language from four years ago.

‘His Brain Is Injured:’ Lawyer Updates on 75-Year-Old NY Protester Shoved by Police  —  The confrontation during a peaceful protest in Buffalo, New York, last week was captured on video that has since gone viral  —  What to Know  — The 75-year-old man hospitalized after he was pushed …

Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan ‘a slap in the face’  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change the Juneteenth date for a rally kicking off his return to public campaigning, saying Thursday that plans for a rally …

Trump rally attendees must agree not to sue campaign over potential coronavirus exposure  —  Supporters of President Donald Trump will soon be able to attend one of his signature, raucous campaign rallies again after a monthslong hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic — but first …

How New York's Coronavirus Response Made the Pandemic Worse  —  The hasty expansion of medical facilities by state, city and hospital leaders led to grave mistakes, a Wall Street Journal investigation found; ‘wartime conditions’  —  New York leaders faced an unanticipated crisis …

Trump Fumes as Protesters Stake Out Festive Zone in Seattle  —  The president taunted Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan about the situation on Twitter and said the city had been taken over by “anarchists.” … SEATTLE (AP) — Following days of violent confrontations with protesters …

Trump Will Give Convention Speech in Jacksonville, Capping a Dispute Over Safety  —  The move from Charlotte, N.C., where the Republican convention was originally planned, came after the president demanded to hold an event without social distancing rules.  —  WASHINGTON — It's official …

Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: Forces of Evil Want To Steal Our Freedom in the Dark of Night, But God Stands with Us  —  There are seminal moments in American history that test every fiber of our nation's soul.  —  We are facing one now.  —  Revolutionary forces are causing every American citizen …

Trump confidantes push him to drop re-election campaign manager Brad Parscale  —  WASHINGTON — Advisers to President Trump are pushing him to dismiss his campaign manager Brad Parscale, arguing he lacks the political instincts to lead the team to a second term in the White House.

Trump Hates Losers, So Why Is He Refighting the Civil War—on the Losing Side?  —  A week of protest, pandemic, and political unrest in the capital.  —  It was a small moment in a week of craziness, but there is nothing like the rage of Donald Trump when a media outlet publishes a poll proclaiming him an almost-certain loser.

Scoop: Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt Are the First Couple of Fox  —  Two of the Murdoch network's staunchest Trump defenders have been quietly in a relationship for months.  —  On a Friday last August, Sean Hannity flew his private helicopter to Trump National Golf Course in Colts Neck …

Kelly Loeffler's Fundraising Committee Takes the Prize for Tone Deafness  —  The Georgia Republican is offering donors and fundraisers benefit packages to support her re-election bid.  —  As Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) proclaims her exoneration from allegations of insider trading …

Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban …

Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations we've removed  —  Today we are disclosing 32,242 accounts to our archive of state-linked information operations — the only one of its kind in the industry.  The account sets we're publishing to the archive today include three distinct operations …

Is OAN the Leading Edge of Russian Misinformation?  —  In what appears to be a signal of intensifying political warfare ahead of the November election, One America News Network, the Trump-supporting cable channel that has been promoting anti-Biden conspiracies for several months …

Trump's most loyal media ally promised a pro-Trump poll.  It didn't deliver — and then pulled its story.  —  CNN's release of a poll this week showing President Trump trailing former vice president Joe Biden by 14 points nationally clearly rattled the president and his reelection campaign.

'I feel good.  I'm alive': Two years after diagnosis, Harry Reid says he's cancer free  —  Harry M. Reid has a message for these incredibly bleak times: Keep fighting.  —  Last summer the former Senate majority leader hid from the obvious fact that pancreatic cancer was on the verge of defeating him.

Caught In De Blasio's Curfew, Essential Worker Spends Week In Jail After NYPD Mass Arrests Bronx Protesters  —  It wasn't yet curfew when the cops trapped Devaughnta Williams.  After clocking out at his job as a janitor at a city social services building on Thursday evening …

Chicago police made coffee and popcorn in US Rep. Bobby Rush's office while shopping plaza was being looted, he says  —  Chicago police officers made popcorn and coffee in U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's office while nearby businesses were being looted, he announced at a stunning news conference alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

MoveFastFixIt  —  #MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives and rightwing trolls used Facebook to hack the 2016 election, Facebook vowed “never again” and promised to take action.  But with fewer than 5 months until the 2020 election, Facebook seems to be on a crash course to let the same mistakes happen again.

Goldman Sachs Is Said to Try to Avoid Pleading Guilty in 1MDB Scandal  —  The bank has asked the U.S. to review demands that any settlement include a guilty plea to a felony charge, according to people briefed on the matter.  —  Goldman Sachs is trying to get federal prosecutors to ease …

The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age  —  David Shor is a 28-year-old political data analyst and social democrat who worked for President Obama's reelection campaign.  On May 28, Shor tweeted out a short summary of a paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow.

Biden's war chest swells as donors, many in California, grow increasingly alarmed by Trump  —  It was another in an unrelenting procession of Zoom fundraisers — the script familiar, the donors determined not to be deterred by technical glitches, and the candidate about to go through the motions …

Microsoft won't sell police its facial-recognition technology, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM  —  SEATTLE — Microsoft has joined the list of tech giants that have decided to limit the use of its facial-recognition systems, announcing that it will not sell the controversial technology …

2 SC National Guardsmen found glass baked into pizza they ordered while on DC deployment  —  The soldiers were staying at the Marriott Marquis Hotel during their mission to the nation's capital when they decided to order a pizza from a nearby establishment using Uber Eats …

Former Jeffrey Epstein companion Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to keep court records under seal  —  The files may “inappropriately influence potential witnesses,” her lawyer said.  —  Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of deceased sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein …

Alarming rise in virus cases as states roll back lockdowns  —  NEW YORK (AP) — States are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus isn't done with the U.S.  —  Cases are rising in nearly half the states, according to an Associated Press analysis, a worrying trend that could intensify …

The protests started out looking like 1968.  They turned into 1964.  —  As in the mid-1960s, peaceful protests drove news coverage and woke up the public  —  While the brutality and injustice of George Floyd's death in police custody have been condemned by liberal and conservative politicians alike …

Trump snubs Dallas' top law enforcement officials, all black, for talk about policing and race in Dallas  —  The White House defends exclusion of Dallas' police chief, sheriff and DA from a talk on race relations and police ahead of the president's $10M campaign dinner.

Right-wing media says Antifa militants have seized part of Seattle.  Local authorities say otherwise  —  New York (CNN)Armed militant activists with the group Antifa have seized a sizable section of Seattle and are plotting to expand their territory — all as the local police surrender to them and evacuate a local precinct.

Trump administration eases restrictions on killing bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens in Alaska  —  Hunters in Alaska will soon be allowed to use bacon grease and doughnuts to bait brown bears, spotlights to shoot hibernating mother bears and cubs in their dens and motorboats to shoot swimming caribou …