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.

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

Republican leaders secretly recorded by Gov. Tony Evers' staff, infuriating GOP lawmakers  —  MADISON - Republican legislative leaders lashed out Wednesday at Democratic Gov. Tony Evers after his staff secretly recorded a May 14 phone conversation over how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic …

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) …

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.”

Trump administration won't say who got $511 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus loans  —  Federal officials responsible for spending $660 billion in taxpayer-backed small-business assistance said Wednesday that they will not disclose amounts or recipients of subsidized loans …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Senate measure would force Pentagon to rename bases named for Confederates  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved legislation that would give the Pentagon three years to rename installations and other military assets named for Confederate leaders.

'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.

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 …

US government spy planes monitored George Floyd protests  —  Washington (CNN)A small Cessna Citation jet flying straight into Washington's highly restricted airspace would typically be met with fighter jets on its wing.  But when one flew over the nation's capital on June 1 and circled …

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 …

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.”

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.

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 …

‘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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.