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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%
Biden ahead by 14 among registered voters; Trump approval below 40%
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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
NOAA Chief Violated Ethics Code in Furor Over Trump Tweet, Agency Says
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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 …
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Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Fox News, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Washington Post, Raw Story, Just The News and The Hill
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump campaign says all Tulsa rally attendants will be provided with masks
Trump campaign says all Tulsa rally attendants will be provided with masks
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Breitbart, New York Times, Redstate, No More Mister Nice Blog, Power Line and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
GOP backs Gorsuch's LGBTQ decision after conservative blowback — Conservatives are seething over Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion that cemented new protections for LGBTQ people. The Senate Republicans who confirmed him? Not so much. — Seven years ago, just nine Senate Republicans supported …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Tanked Trump's Anti-Trans Agenda
The Supreme Court Just Tanked Trump's Anti-Trans Agenda
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New York Times, Media Matters for America and The Stranger
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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Wall Street Journal, The American Independent, Politico, Deadline, Mediaite, Axios, Patterico's Pontifications, The Hill, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, IJR and The Guardian
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Trump: Former adviser Bolton faces charges if book released
Trump: Former adviser Bolton faces charges if book released
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The Hill
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.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
Top Voice of America officials resign after confirmation of Trump appointee
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Associated Press, The Hill and Deadline
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 …
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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 …
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.
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New York Daily News
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.
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Politico
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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US Food and Drug …, KEYT-TV and BuzzFeed News
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus
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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.
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Snopes.com, Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight
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 …
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Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA and Los Angeles Magazine
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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 …
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Big League Politics, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, Axios, The Federalist and The Hill
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 …
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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
Hillary Clinton Backs Eliot Engel, in Her First House Primary Endorsement of 2020
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The Hill
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 …
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 …
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NBC New York, Axios, Gothamist and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Raw Story
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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Power Line, Washington Post and No More Mister Nice Blog
John T Bennett / 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 …
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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.
David Hookstead / The Daily Caller:
Oklahoma State Star Chuba Hubbard Says He's Boycotting The Program Because Mike Gundy Wore An OAN Shirt — Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard isn't happy head coach Mike Gundy wore a One America News (OAN) shirt, and he's now boycotting the program. — The Cowboys star tweeted …
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KEYT-TV, Twitchy, Big League Politics and The Gateway Pundit
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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KOIN-TV, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Famed NY law firm Cellino & Barnes is officially over — Cellino & Barnes — the personal-injury law firm with the famous, annoyingly catchy “Don't wait! Call 8!” jingle — is officially kaput after a three-year, knock-down, drag-out legal battle, a source close to the case said Monday.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Trump ally takes over crisis-ridden Postal Service as top Senate Democrat demands inquiry on hiring — Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer asked Postal Service leaders if Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was ‘selected for reasons of politics or patronage’ — The Senate's top Democrat late Sunday asked …
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NBC News and Common Dreams
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
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.
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