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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Melania Trump was in no rush to move into the White House.  That's when she renegotiated her prenup, a new book says.  —  When Melania Trump stayed behind in New York after her husband's presidential inauguration, she said it was because she didn't want to interrupt their then-10-year-old son Barron's school year.

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.

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 …

Trump pushes fights over racist legacy while much of America moves in a different direction  —  At a time when much of the country appears to be moving in a different direction, President Trump has charged into a series of fights over the nation's racist legacy — gambling that taking divisive stances …

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 …

Black community braces for next threat: Mass evictions  —  A new tremor is threatening to shake minority communities as protests over racial injustice sweep the country: A wave of evictions as a federal moratorium on kicking people out of their rental units expires.

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 …

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 …

Israel annexation: UAE ambassador warns of setbacks in first direct address  —  Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, has written to the Israeli public to lay out the significant impact its government's annexation of the West Bank and Jordan Valley will have regionally

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 …

Corporate Donations To Governor's Office ‘Raises All Sorts Of Red Flags’  —  DENVER (CBS4)- A CBS4 investigation has uncovered millions of dollars in donations from corporations and private foundations to the governor's office.  The off-the-books donations date back at least 20 years.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like “Unionize” in Workplace Chat Product  —  During an internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace, an intranet-style chat and office collaboration product similar to Slack.

How Ongoing Resistance Is Fueling the End of Policing  —  Author and professor Alex Vitale talks about police abolition, minimizing harm, and imagining a radically different society.  —  Demonstrators near the White House on Saturday  —  As hundreds of thousands of Americans join protests across …

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 …

'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.