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.

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 …

Biden's biggest fear: ‘This president is going to try to steal this election’  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden said Wednesday night that his greatest concern is whether everyone's votes will be counted in November as he warned that President Donald Trump may try to “steal” the presidential election.

‘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 …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Rally Attendees Cannot Sue if They Get Covid-19, Campaign Says  —  Markets saw their sharpest drop in months after grim forecasts and an uptick in cases in parts of the United States.  Known cases in Africa doubled in the last 18 days.

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.

Louisville Metro Council Bans No-Knock Raids Following The Police Killing of Breonna Taylor  —  Breonna Taylor was killed nearly three months ago during a no-knock raid.  All 26 members of the Metro Council have signed on as co-sponsors to “Breonna's Law,” which would ban them.

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.

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 …

Stock losses mount with the Dow plunging 1,700 points for its worst day in nearly 3 months  —  Stocks plunge as coronavirus cases spike after some states reopen  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 1,500 points on Thursday and was on pace for its worst day since …

Suspect in Santa Cruz ambush linked to federal officer killing in Oakland; charged with 19 felonies  —  Suspect was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force  —  A U.S. Air Force sergeant accused of ambushing Santa Cruz County deputies is also believed to be the gunman who shot a federal officer in Oakland …

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 …

Scrubbing Confederate names from Army bases gains steam in Congress, but fight with Trump looms  —  An effort to remove the names of Confederate leaders from military bases is gaining traction with both parties on Capitol — but it won't become law without a fight.

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.

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.

Forecasting the US elections  —  The Economist is analysing polling, economic and demographic data to predict America's elections in 2020 How this works President Last updated 27 minutes ago National forecast COMPETITIVE STATES Arizona Florida Georgia Iowa Michigan Nevada …

Advertisers Abandon Tucker Carlson in Droves After His Attacks on Black Lives Matter  —  ‘BYE-BYE TUCKER!’  —  Tucker Carlson—the Fox News host who has spent the past few weeks working himself up into an absolute frenzy over the protests against George Floyd's death—is losing advertisers, and fast.

Biden's Brain Trust on the Economy: Liberal and Sworn to Silence  —  The presumptive Democratic nominee relies on veteran advisers with Washington roots and has begun sounding out other economists on the ideological left, but his campaign will not say who really has his ear.

NYPD lieutenant apologizes for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters  —  A Manhattan NYPD lieutenant sent an email to his fellow officers apologizing for kneeling alongside George Floyd protesters late last month — telling them that “the cop in me wants to kick my own ass.”

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 …

There's an effort to get me fired at Cornell for criticizing the Black Lives Matter Movement  —  Or if not fired, at least publicly denounced by the law school.  Student groups plan to demand the law school “critically examine the views of the people they employ as professors of the law.”

'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.

Tulsa police release body cam video of officers handcuffing black teenagers for jaywalking  —  (CNN)Tulsa police have released body camera footage from two officers who arrested a black teenager and handcuffed a second for jaywalking last week.  —  The videos were released in response …

A Letter to the West Point Class of 2020, from fellow members of the Long Gray Line  —  You are beginning your careers at a tumultuous time.  More than 110,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, more than 40 million are unemployed, and our nation is hurting from racial, social and human injustice.

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 …

McConnell: Statues are up to the states  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that it's up to the states to decide whether to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol.  —  “Every state is allowed two statues.  They can trade them out any time,” McConnell told reporters.

U.S. Army Unit Was Issued Bayonets to Prep for D.C. Protest Duty  — ‘Old Guard’ was on stand-by following George Floyd's death  — Trump's move to clear White House plaza was widely criticized  —  A historic Army unit located just outside Washington was issued bayonets in scabbards …

The Daily 202: Trump poised to accept GOP nod in Jacksonville, Fla., on 60th anniversary of ‘Ax Handle Saturday’  —  On Aug. 27, 1960, a mob of 200 white people in Jacksonville, Fla. - organized by the Ku Klux Klan and joined by some of the city's police officers - chased …

POLITICO Playbook: Trump's latest zigzag  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAPPENED in one single week: President DONALD TRUMP scheduled a listening session on police reform.  He had staff working feverishly behind the scenes to craft an executive order to address systemic ills in law enforcement.

Dr. Amy Acton resigns as state health director amid coronavirus pandemic  —  Turning down pleas from Gov. Mike DeWine to stay on the job, Dr. Amy Acton surprisingly resigned Thursday as director of the Ohio Department of Health amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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 …

Trump OKs sanctions against international tribunal employees  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lobbed a broadside attack Thursday against the International Criminal Court by authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly involved …

Liberal groups back plan to expand Supreme Court  —  The movement on the left to pack the Supreme Court is gaining momentum.  —  A group of progressive organizations is for the first time supporting the proposal to add justices to the court in hopes of weakening the conservative majority, according to a memo provided to POLITICO.