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8:45 PM ET, June 15, 2020

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Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by 1 point in tight contest for president  —  Four years after Republican Donald Trump decisively won Iowa and the presidency, the state appears to be a toss-up as he seeks re-election this November, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
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David Coletto / Abacus Data:
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40%
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
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 …
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Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
NOAA Chief Violated Ethics Code in Furor Over Trump Tweet, Agency Says
Discussion: Raw Story
Tulsa World:
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.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Trump rally attendees will have fewer safety measures than high-dollar donors  —  WASHINGTON — Top Republicans donors at President Donald Trump's two recent fundraisers had to have tested negative for the coronavirus, fill out a wellness questionnaire and pass a temperature check to be near him …
ABC News:
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 …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Trump: Former adviser Bolton faces charges if book released
Discussion: The Hill
Zachary Basu / Axios:   Trump claims Bolton will have “very strong criminal problem” if he publishes book
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules  —  The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  —  The Supreme Court ruled Monday …
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Politico:   GOP backs Gorsuch's LGBTQ decision after conservative blowback
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
FDA pulls emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19  —  The Food and Drug Administration rescinded the emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients on Monday, saying the drug carries too many risks without any apparent benefit.
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus
US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Warns of Newly Discovered Potential Drug Interaction …
Discussion: CNBC
CNN:
Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network  —  New York (CNN Business)Two top officials at Voice of America resigned on Monday as an appointee of President Trump prepares to take control of the international network and other US federally-funded media operations.
more at Mediagazer »
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Deadline
Greg Evans / Deadline:
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 …
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David Marchese / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Is Back to Weigh In  —  For all the value Jon Stewart delivered as a political satirist and voice of reason during his 16-year-run as the host of “The Daily Show,” it's quite plausible to suggest that the political and media Bizarro World in which we live — where skepticism is the default …
CNN:
Democrats on key Senate committee oppose top Pentagon pick as more inflammatory tweets emerge  —  (CNN)Several Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday that they would oppose the nomination of retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop.
Discussion: Politico
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Disbands Plainclothes Units Involved in Many Shootings  —  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 Police Department's anti-crime units …
Discussion: Axios, Gothamist and Raw Story
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NBC New York:
NYPD Eliminating Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units in Move Toward More Community Policing
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
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 …
BuzzFeed News:
“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.
The Intercept:
GOP Money Flowing to Super PAC Backing Rep. Eliot Engel, Documents Show  —  A Republican super PAC is funding an outside effort to help reelect Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, locked in a tight primary against insurgent Jamaal Bowman.  —  The super PAC is called Americans for Tomorrow's Future …
Discussion: New York Post, The Hill and Politico
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Backs Eliot Engel, in Her First House Primary Endorsement of 2020
Discussion: The Hill
Julian Gill / Houston Chronicle:
Man found dead in apparent suicide outside store in Shady Acres, police say  —  A man was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide outside a store in the Shady Acres community, Houston police said.  —  His body was located outside the store at 9:05 a.m. in the 2500 block of Ella Boulevard, south of Interstate 610 North, police said.
Discussion: New York Daily News
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
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 …
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
How the Game Is Played  —  It has become almost a little gauche …
Discussion: Anash.org and Breitbart
David Siders / Politico:
'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.
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CNN:
Don't be fooled into thinking Republicans are split over Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Obama to hold first virtual fundraiser for Biden  —  Barack Obama is making his fundraising debut for his former vice president with an online event next week, targeting tens of thousands of small-dollar donors, according to an invitation obtained by Axios.  —  Why it matters …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
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 …
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Arrested for Waving Rainbow Flag, a Gay Egyptian Takes Her Life  —  Charged with “inciting debauchery,” Sarah Hegazi was jailed and tortured.  —  CAIRO — When the openly gay frontman of a hugely popular Lebanese pop group strutted onto the stage of a Cairo summer festival in 2017 …
John T Bennett Washington / The Independent:
Trump dismisses uptick in US coronavirus cases and suggests a ‘stop’ to testing  —  President: 'If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any' … Donald Trump is blaming an uptick in coronavirus cases and hospitalisations solely on an increase in testing rather than his push …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
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.
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
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.
 
 
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Libby Emmons Brooklyn / The Post Millennial:
The NYC school system is teaching my ten-year-old son that he's racist
Discussion: Townhall
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump to rally for Tuberville in Jeff Sessions' hometown in Senate GOP primary fight
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Tech Firms Are Spying on You. In a Pandemic, Governments Say That's OK.
Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
Golden State Killer suspect agrees to guilty plea in a deal that spares him death penalty
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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs:
Statement of Homeland and National Security Leaders
 Earlier Items: 
Julie Shaw / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly city court supervisor fired after video surfaces of him tearing down signs, saying …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
Trump has finally lost control of his narrative. Voters are ready to see him canceled.
Discussion: The Mahablog
John McCormack / National Review:
Alito Warns SCOTUS Decision Is a Threat to Religious Liberty
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
Has The American Left Lost Its Mind?
Discussion: Fox News and The Nation
 

 
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