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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump's Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions — The president also appeared to have trouble raising a glass of water to his mouth during a speech at West Point a day before he turned 74, the oldest a president has been in his first term. — President Trump faced new questions …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump tries to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at West Point — BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump late Saturday tried to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which had generated concern and mockery on social media …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
State polls show clear shift toward Democrats since protests began — (CNN)The gold standard Iowa Poll released Saturday night showed Democratic Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield with major momentum. — Forty-six percent of likely voters would vote for Greenfield if the election …
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Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Outside the Beltway, The Hill and Des Moines Register
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Know His Polls Are Terrible—And Tell Him Otherwise — The re-election campaign is increasingly divided between the realist and the wishful thinkers. — This past week, Donald Trump's campaign did what one senior aide on the president's 2020 team described to The Daily Beast as the …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
History says Trump's low approval rating is unlikely to move — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new national Gallup poll finds that 39% of Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, while 57% disapprove. — That poll is in line with the average poll that shows Trump's approval rating …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump aides scrambling to hide his ‘dumpster fire’ poll numbers to keep him from ‘flying into a rage’: report — According to a report from the Daily Beast, aides to Donald Trump are doing their best to keep him in the dark about his terrible poll numbers prior to November's selection out of fear of his wrath.
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Associated Press:
Trump rally called ‘dangerous move’ in age of coronavirus — WASHINGTON (AP) — After months away from the campaign trail, President Donald Trump plans to rally his supporters this coming Saturday for the first time since most of the country was shuttered by the coronavirus.
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Tulsa health director says he wishes Trump would postpone rally
Tulsa health director says he wishes Trump would postpone rally
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POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo and Tulsa World
Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Oklahoma senator explains change in date of Trump rally
Oklahoma senator explains change in date of Trump rally
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The Hill, TheGrio, The Daily Caller and Just The News
Talk Business & Politics:
Poll: Independents dissatisfied with Trump, Cotton; Biden competitive in Arkansas — President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are struggling with independent voters in Arkansas less than five months before Election Day. — A new survey from Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College shows …
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Scores arrested after far-right groups target anti-racism protests in London and Paris — (CNN)More than 100 people were arrested in London on Saturday after violence broke out as far-right groups targeted anti-racism Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations.
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Alexandra Phillips / Telegraph:
Make no mistake - BLM is a radical neo-Marxist political movement
Voice of America:
VOA Director's Statement on CDC's Media Interview Policy Excluding VOA Journalists — We were shocked to read the internal CDC documents instructing the agency's media relations office to refuse media requests from “anyone associated with Voice of America,” citing White House tweets accusing VOA of spreading Chinese propaganda.
George Conway / Washington Post:
John Bolton made a tragic mistake. It's not the one you might think. — John Bolton made a mistake. It's not the one you may think it is. — The former national security adviser's memoir about his experiences working for President Trump will arrive on June 23.
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Raw Story
Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
The left throws Trump a lifeline — Donald Trump needed help. By the end of May, Trump's catastrophically poor response to the coronavirus pandemic could no longer be denied or covered up. The virus took the economy down with it, with a record unemployment spike and a diminishing long-term outlook due …
detroitnews:
Trump supporters burn Michigan absentee ballot applications — Walker, Mich. — People burned letters informing them that they can vote by absentee ballot in future elections during a protest near Grand Rapids. — The applications were burned Friday during an event called Operation Incinerator outside the DeltaPlex Arena in Walker.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases Spike Across Sun Belt as Economy Lurches into Motion — Arizona, Texas and Florida are reporting their highest case numbers yet. As of Saturday, coronavirus cases were climbing in 22 states amid reopenings. — CHICAGO — The warning has echoed ominously for weeks from epidemiologists …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Rep. Denver Riggleman ousted in Virginia GOP convention — Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who became a target of conservatives after officiating a same-sex wedding last year, was ousted Saturday by GOP voters in a drive-thru district convention. — Convention-goers picked Bob Good …
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CNN:
DA criticizes Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks and says charges could come this week — Atlanta (CNN)The Fulton County District Attorney criticized the police officers' handling of the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta on Friday and said that a decision on whether to bring charges could come around Wednesday.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Ben Carson says shooting of Rayshard Brooks is “not clear-cut” like Floyd killing
Ben Carson says shooting of Rayshard Brooks is “not clear-cut” like Floyd killing
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle With Their Startup—and Each Other — Two veteran executives with contrasting styles are launching Quibi, an on-the-go streaming service, during a pandemic — Near the beginning of her run as chief executive of Quibi, a new entrant into the streaming-video wars …
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Police Reform Is Necessary. But How Do We Do It? — A discussion about how to reform policing. — Moderated by Emily Bazelon — On Memorial Day, the police in Minneapolis killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man. Three officers stood by or assisted as a fourth, Derek Chauvin …
Kim Kelly / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle's Leftist Utopia — Though everyone from Trump to local cops have expressed fear about the idea of anti-brutality activists being armed, they say it's essential to ward off dangerous extremists. — Seattle's bustling Capitol Hill neighborhood has long …
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Washington Post:
Among more than 400 arrested during protests in the District, most cases involve curfew violations and burglary — Since demonstrations against racial inequality and police brutality erupted two weeks ago in the District, more than 400 people have been arrested, most for curfew violations or looting …
Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Cuomo threatens Manhattan, Hamptons shutdown over lack of social distancing — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday threatened to shut down Manhattan and the Hamptons again if residents don't adhere to the state's social distancing rules. — “We're not going to go back to that dark place …
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Kevin Vaughan / KUSA-TV:
Roofing company workers forced onto ground, held at gunpoint by man who thought they were Antifa — Felony charges are possible in wake of the incident in a Loveland neighborhood. A victim was a CSU football player. — LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man faces felony charges …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
US needs to let go of celebrating ‘dead, racist losers’ — Tapper: Trump standing firm with ‘dead, racist losers’ … It has been a rough period for President Trump and the military leaders with his former defense secretary, retired Marine General James Mattis, assailing him for dividing the country …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
No, Melania Trump doesn't want to be free — Among modern first ladies, none has been such an enigma as Melania Trump. — A largely ornamental presence in public, she speaks so rarely — and says so little when she does — that people across the political spectrum have been left …
ABC News:
Trump avoids tough questions on race, as White House pushes alternate reality: ANALYSIS — The president declared it “a great day for equality.” — For months, President Donald Trump and his White House advisers have pushed an alternate reality as the novel coronavirus spread …
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Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones and The Hill
Sara Sidner / CNN:
Inside one reporter's experience from Ferguson to Floyd — CNN National Correspondent Sara Sidner has led the network's coverage from Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, and from Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown in 2014, and investigates hate in America.
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
ABC News executive placed on administrative leave after reports surface of insensitive, racist statements — Barbara Fedida, a senior ABC News executive in charge of talent, is on administrative leave after a HuffPost report that detailed an alleged extensive history of making racist remarks …
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Christopher Magan / Twin Cities:
Early test results show few protesters caught COVID-19 — ‘I am a black woman before I am anything else.’ Ramsey Co. sheriff's commander talks about George Floyd's death, law enforcement's future. — Early data from coronavirus tests of Minnesotans who participated in demonstrations …
Los Angeles Times:
Airline passengers brought COVID-19 into LAX in March — and no one warned the public — When American Airlines flight 341 to Los Angeles lifted off the tarmac at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on a cloudy Thursday in mid-March, much of the country was already on coronavirus lockdown.