Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Top General Apologizes for Role in Trump Photo Op  —  The country's top military official apologized for taking part in President Trump's walk across Lafayette Square for a photo op after authorities cleared the area of peaceful protesters.

Estimated electoral college votes  —  Our model is updated every day and combines state and national polls with economic indicators to predict a range of outcomes.  The midpoint is the estimate of the electoral-college vote for each party on election day.  —  Chance of winning each state

As Trump struggles to respond to crises, internal polling instills fear in advisers: Sources  —  Some advisers say the president needs a course correction before November.  —  One week ago President Donald Trump met with advisers from his 2020 re-election campaign, who greeted him with bad news.

Lawmaker asks if ‘colored population’ not washing their hands as well as others behind COVID rates  —  During a hearing on whether to declare racism a public health crisis, state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, asked if “the colored population” is hit harder by the coronavirus because perhaps …

Former DEA Official Pleads Guilty to Elaborate $4M Fraud Scheme  —  Former spokesman (2005-2009) scammed victims by posing falsely as covert CIA Officer involved in a highly-classified intelligence program  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …

Know The Signs: How to tell if your grandparent has become an antifa agent  —  Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment.  @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed.

In secret recording, Vos says immigrant ‘culture’ was to blame for COVID-19 outbreak in Racine County  —  MADISON - Assembly Speaker Robin Vos blamed the culture of immigrant populations for a coronavirus outbreak in Racine County, according to a secret recording of his meeting last month with Gov. Tony Evers.

Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle's ‘Autonomous Zone’  —  President Trump challenged Seattle's mayor to “take back your city” after police vacated a precinct and protesters laid claim to the neighborhood around it.  —  SEATTLE — On the streets next to a police precinct …

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.”

Man who claimed George Floyd and Derek Chauvin “bumped heads” changes story  —  Editor's Note: This story and headline have been updated to reflect a new account from David Pinney, who previously said he worked with George Floyd and Derek Chauvin.  —  A man who worked at the same club …

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.

Sports Chases a Changing America in Rush to Address Racism  —  Nascar's move to ban the Confederate flag at events came with a wave of other policy changes that make it clear how sports bodies see their audience is evolving  —  Nascar's ban of Confederate flags being displayed at its events …

Ice Cube Under Fire for Tweeting Anti-Semitic Images and Conspiracy Theories  —  Twitter users are asking the actor and rapper to take the posts down  —  Ice Cube is facing criticism for sharing a number of anti-Semitic images and conspiracies on Twitter.  —  The actor, 50 …

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 …

'I can't breathe,' Oklahoma man tells police before dying.  'I don't care,' officer responds.  —  Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can't breathe” before he died at a hospital.  —  In the May 20, 2019 footage …

Lara Logan, the Fox ‘Investigative Journalist’ Who Keeps Falling for Antifa Hoaxes  —  TRUST, DON'T VERIFY  —  Fox News has repeatedly used Logan to lend credibility to its “antifa” coverage, but she seems to have trouble distinguishing between hoaxes and credible information.

Senate panel votes to require Pentagon to rename bases named after Confederates  —  The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to rename bases and other assets that are named after Confederate military leaders …

Why Are So Many N.Y.P.D. Officers Refusing to Wear Masks at Protests?  —  Though the city is recording hundreds of new coronavirus cases each week and some officers have died, many are not heeding instructions to cover their faces.  —  Riot helmets, ballistic vests, shields, batons …

The GOP's decision to keep its 2016 platform is, well, a little awkward for Trump  —  The Republican National Committee's executive committee voted Wednesday night to scale back its 2020 convention proceedings in light of the coronavirus outbreak.  Perhaps as interestingly …

Mnuchin ready to deal on new economic package  —  Editor's Note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services' morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day's biggest stories.

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.

‘He has to get back to his life’: Trump looks past crises to resume his routine  —  The United States is embroiled in disputes and anger: divided over how to restart the economy, anxious over fresh coronavirus spikes, and raging over police brutality and racial injustice.

Heath Freeman is the hedge fund guy who says he wants to save local news.  Somehow, no one's buying it.  —  Ask Heath Freeman why he got into the newspaper business and the explanation is specific and bloodless.  —  It was 2009, and the Great Recession was forcing many major newspaper chains into bankruptcy.

HISTORY!  Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer  —  Barring the unexpected, Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to be elected the next representative from Georgia's 14th district.  And boy does she have some wild ideas.  —  A believer in a conspiracy theory the FBI classifies …

Tucker Carlson's Fox News Show Loses Disney & Other Advertisers Over George Floyd Killing & Black Lives Matter POV  —  Tucker Carlson may have one of the most watched shows on cable news, but the Fox News Channel host is losing advertisers - again.  —  Whereas in 2018, over 20 companies yanked …

A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Brewing in the Northeast  —  EEE kills almost half of its victims, and cases are on the rise  —  springtime, when the swamps behind the Mosman's family home filled with fresh water, Keith, the eldest son, and Scott, his younger brother …

Federal Arrests Show No Sign that Antifa Plotted Protests  —  Despite claims by President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr, there is scant evidence that loosely organized anti-fascists are a significant player in protests.  —  Inciting a riot.  Hurling a Molotov cocktail.

America is losing the stomach to fight Covid-19  —  The country is now on the verge of leaving the battlefield before the war is over  —  It is an odd moment to surrender to coronavirus.  Right and left, conservative and liberal — all parts of the US spectrum embraced the language of war.

The Supreme Court normally hands down its biggest cases in June.  Here's what to expect.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts and associate justices Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh are seen during President Trump's State of the Union address in the House Chamber on February 4, 2020.

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.”

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 …

‘Slap in the face to black people’: Trump faces backlash over rally on Juneteenth  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was hit with strong backlash Thursday over his decision to hold a campaign rally next week on Juneteenth, a holiday marking the end of slavery, in Tulsa, Oklahoma …

A Presidency Is a Terrible Thing to Waste  —  President Trump is in the midst of a polling swoon largely of his own making.  —  Gallup has his approval rating at 39 percent, and his rating in the RealClearPolitics average is down to 42 percent  —  It's true that events have taken a hand …