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.

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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.”

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 …

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 …

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 …

Ice Cube's Long, Disturbing History of Anti-Semitism  —  UGLY PAST  —  He's recently shared anti-Semitic memes, but the rapper and actor Ice Cube also has a history of anti-Semitic lyrics and was even once accused of ordering the beatdown of a rabbi.  —  On Wednesday afternoon …

Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond, Virginia  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night by protesters.  —  The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m …

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.

'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 …

A&E Canceling ‘Live PD’ Following Ongoing Protests Against Police Brutality  —  A&E has pulled the plug on “Live PD,” in the wake of ongoing protests against police brutality and concerns over coverage of police activity following the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.

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 …

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.

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 …

Noel Francisco to step down as US solicitor general, sources say  —  (CNN)US Solicitor General Noel Francisco is expected to resign from his role as the government's top lawyer before the Supreme Court in the coming days, according to two sources familiar with the move.

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.

Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to require the Pentagon to rename military bases and other assets named after Confederate generals, a move that puts the Republican-led panel on a collision course with the White House.

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 …

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.

‘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.

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 …

NASCAR truck racer Ray Ciccarelli says he's quitting after Confederate flag ban  —  On Wednesday, NASCAR made a huge announcement regarding the Confederate flag.  Then, driver Ray Ciccarelli made an announcement of his own.  —  Ciccarelli is a 50-year-old racer.

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.

Liberal groups back plan to expand Supreme Court  —  The move comes weeks before the high court is expected to hand down opinions on several hotly contested issues.  —  The United States Supreme Court building.  Zach Gibson/Getty Images  —  The movement on the left to pack the Supreme Court is gaining momentum.

Declassified: Intelligence community assessment annex shows ‘limited corroboration’ of Steele dossier  —  The annex to the 2017 intelligence community assessment on Russian election interference containing allegations from British ex-spy Christopher Steele's dossier was declassified Thursday …