In major victory for California, Supreme Court rejects Trump's challenge to state sanctuary law  —  The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Trump administration's challenge to a California “sanctuary” law, leaving intact rules that prohibit law enforcement officials from aiding federal agents …

Tulsa World editorial: This is the wrong time and Tulsa is the wrong place for the Trump rally  —  President Donald Trump is coming to town this week for a campaign rally.  —  It will be his first since such events were suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 shutdown.

N.Y.P.D. Plainclothes Unit Involved in Many Shootings Will Be Disbanded  —  The commissioner is reassigning about 600 officers from anti-crime teams that targeted violent crime and illegal guns.  —  The New York police commissioner announced on Monday that he was disbanding the anti-crime unit …

'We're thinking landslide': Beyond D.C., GOP officials see Trump on glide path to reelection  —  By most conventional indicators, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming a one-term president.  The economy is a wreck, the coronavirus persists, and his poll numbers have deteriorated.

Trump administration expected to attempt to block John Bolton's book: Sources  —  A lawsuit seeking an injunction could be filed as soon as today, sources say.  —  Just a week before the much-awaited book by President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to go on sale …

FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two coronavirus treatments that President Donald Trump promoted despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness.

Jon Stewart Says His Biggest ‘Daily Show’ Regret Is Legacy Of “Evisceration Expectation”  —  Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart says he regrets his show's taking part in what he calls “the evisceration expectation” - inviting political opponents like Bill O'Reilly onto the show and giving in to the …

U.S. National Pride Falls to Record Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — American pride has continued its downward trajectory reaching the lowest point in the two decades of Gallup measurement.  The new low comes at a time when the U.S. faces public health and economic crises brought …

NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave  —  Protesters laid down on Flatbush Avenue in honor of George Floyd, May 31, 2020.  Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY  —  Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others …

Biden fundraising surged in May  —  The former vice president's campaign has tripled the number of online donors since February.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.  Joe Biden's presidential campaign announced it raised $81 million last month, fueled by his rise in the polls …

Trump Touted the Economy's COVID Resilience While His Top Aide Dumped His Stocks  —  Former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney sold up to $550,000 in securities the same day that his boss declared that the “economy is doing fantastically.”  —  As the novel coronavirus began to tank the stock market …

NOAA leaders violated agency's scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds  —  NOAA does not intend to dole out punishments despite evidence of wrongdoing.  —  In a long-awaited report, an investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic …

“The Black Lives Matter Foundation” Raised Millions.  It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement.  —  Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality.

Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40%  —  With less than 150 days until Americans choose a President for the next four years, Abacus (one of Canada's most accurate polling company in the 2019 federal election) surveyed 1500 Americans on their feelings about the choice coming up …

The Fed says it is going to start buying individual corporate bonds  — The Federal Reserve said Monday it will start buying individual corporate bonds.  — Previously, the central bank had been buying only ETFs and had said that it would be buying individual issuance on the primary market.

New questions about Trump's ugly Bible stunt hint at some dark truths  —  White House image-makers often strive to create iconic moments for presidents, but sometimes history refuses to cooperate.  George W. Bush's “Mission Accomplished” speech on an aircraft carrier, for instance …

Trump has finally lost control of his narrative.  Voters are ready to see him canceled.  —  When it comes to both business and politics, President Trump has repeatedly defied predictions of doom.  He has survived multiple business bankruptcies, and he remains in the White House despite a haze of embarrassment and scandal.

Has The American Left Lost Its Mind? … Matt Taibbi, a journalist whose writing I enjoy and whose recent book Hate Inc. is worth reading, has written a J'accuse essay arguing that “the American left has lost its mind.”  As the editor of one of the top five or six magazines of the American Left—okay, maybe top 10?

Alito Warns SCOTUS Decision Is a Threat to Religious Liberty  —  In response to Alito Dissents: This Isn't Textualism  —  More from Justice Alito's dissent:  —  Briefs filed by a wide range of religious groups—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—express deep concern that the position now adopted by the Court …

Rancor Erupts In ‘LA Times’ Newsroom Over Race, Equity And Protest Coverage  —  The Los Angeles Times' top editor is scrambling to placate journalists of color after years of often-unfulfilled promises by the paper to make grand progress in the diversity of the newsroom's ranks.

Philly city court supervisor fired after video surfaces of him tearing down signs, saying he doesn't care about black lives  —  A Philadelphia Family Court supervisor was fired from his job Monday after videotape surfaced over the weekend of him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs from a fence …

Protesters pull down Thomas Jefferson statue in front of Portland high school  —  Sunday night protesters tore down a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States who also owned over 600 slaves during his lifetime, outside his namesake high school in Northeast Portland.

Trump Says He's Cutting U.S. Troops in Germany to 25,000  —  President Donald Trump said he plans to cut the number of U.S. troops stationed in Germany by about half, to 25,000, until Angela Merkel's government increases its defense spending.  —  “Germany's delinquent; they've been delinquent for years.