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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices rule gay workers protected from job discrimination — FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include a new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington.
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Washington Post and The Daily Beast
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court passes up challenges from gun groups on laws they say violate Second Amendment — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up new cases for next term that gun rights groups claimed denied Second Amendment rights. — The court did not accept a batch of nearly a dozen cases …
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USA Today, Associated Press and NBC News
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 …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules existing civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and transgender status, a major victory for advocates of gay rights — and a surprising one from an increasingly conservative court.
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Washington Post
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: The Family Member Who Turned on Trump — The president's niece Mary Trump is set to publish a tell-all this summer—and to reveal that she was a primary source for The New York Times' investigation into Trump's taxes. — Donald Trump's niece, his deceased brother's daughter …
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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Politico, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Trump's Niece to Publish Book With ‘Harrowing’ Revelations, Report Says — The Daily Beast reported that Mary Trump will also say that she was a source of The New York Times's coverage of the president's tax returns. The Times declined to comment on the claim.
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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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Daily Beast
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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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Axios, The Hill, Breitbart, New York Post, The American Independent, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave — Over the two last weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio and others have voiced concerns that packed police brutality protests across the city could trigger a new wave of COVID-19 infections.
Discussion:
Townhall and Louder With Crowder
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
De Blasio Tells Covid Contract Tracers Not to Ask Positive Cases If They've Attended BLM Protests — New York City's coronavirus contact-tracing force are not asking those who test positive for COVID-19 whether they recently attended a Black Lives Matter demonstration, a city spokesperson confirmed.
Politico:
FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine — The drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, have failed in several recent clinical trials and doctors say they can cause serious heart problems. — A bottle of hydroxychloroquine tablets. David J. Phillip, File/AP Photo
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
White House pressure for a vaccine raises risk the U.S. will approve one that doesn't work
White House pressure for a vaccine raises risk the U.S. will approve one that doesn't work
Discussion:
Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
The Hill
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's showmanship is now backfiring on him — (CNN)Donald Trump's showmanship — a key ingredient in his unorthodox reality show-style approach to the presidency — is beginning to fail him, increasingly emphasizing his disconnect with many Americans and struggles to manage crises besieging the White House.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump's Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions
Trump's Halting Walk Down Ramp Raises New Health Questions
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National Review, Vanity Fair, The Bulwark, Mediaite, Associated Press and Washington Post
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Newsrooms Are in Revolt. The Bosses Are in Their Country Houses. — Those who can afford it left the city, shining a spotlight on class divisions in the media. — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Real estate out here is too expensive for a working person, so the East Hampton Golf Club usually provides shared houses for its caddies.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington's Rank and File — Efforts to block research on climate change don't just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them. — WASHINGTON — Efforts …
James A. Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
The police shooting of Rayshard Brooks was tragic, but justifiable — On Friday night in Atlanta, we witnessed an all-too-familiar scene in the age of viral video. A bystander used a cellphone to capture video of two cops engaged in a violent struggle on the ground with a noncompliant suspect.
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide
Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide
Discussion:
Associated Press
Andrew C. McCarthy / The Hill:
International court v. Trump: A case of politics, not justice — While he is in a pitched battle with the memoir John Bolton plans to publish next week, President Trump is fully on board with his former national security adviser's hostility toward the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Associated Press:
American sentenced to 16 years in Russia on spying charges — MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday sentenced an American businessman to 16 years in prison on spying charges, a sentence that he and his brother rejected as being political. — The Moscow City Court read out the conviction …
Discussion:
Fox News, Defense One and The Daily Beast
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Bezos agrees to testify before Congress on Amazon's competitive practices — House Judiciary Committee leaders in May threatened to subpoena the CEO's testimony on Amazon's treatment of third-party vendors. — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Amazon
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Everyone Does Better When the President's a Democrat — The numbers don't lie. The question is why every Democrat isn't talking about this all the time. — BEAST INSIDE — Our two political parties have certain identities that are seared into our collective public brain.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Bloomberg:
‘Black Lives Matter’ Banner Removed at U.S. Embassy in Seoul — Trump and Pompeo were both displeased by the display — U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris said banner honors U.S. diversity — A large “Black Lives Matter” banner draped on the front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul was removed …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Diplomat and KEYT-TV
Abacus Data:
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 …
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Why Trump Is Right To Worry About That Glass of Water — What to call it—"Photo-oops"? “Glass of Watergate?” — Whatever the label, when the videos appeared on Saturday of President Trump shuffling down that ramp at West Point, a general walking attentively by his side …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Perhaps The Best Campaign Ad Ever — I am the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. I use this blog to keep in touch with my current and former students. Teachers and students at other schools, as well as others interested in economic issues, are welcome to use this resource.
ProPublica:
The Postal Service Is Steadily Getting Worse — Can It Handle a National Mail-In Election? — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Two weeks after the polls closed in this year's Ohio primary …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Democrats set new primary turnout record, outpacing GOP voters — Democrats set a new turnout record for primary voting in last week's Georgia vote, soaring past 1 million voters to outpace Republicans during an election plagued by significant obstacles at polling sites.
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Republicans are Planning a Bigger, Much More Aggressive, Much Better-Funded Voter Suppression Program in 2020 — Imagine having $20 million and using it to oppose voting rights. That is what the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Trump campaign announced they will do in response …
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
2020 Watch: Will Trump's return to campaign trail backfire? — MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: — Days to next set of primaries (New York and Kentucky): 8 — Days to general election: 141 — ___
Discussion:
The American Conservative, Jewish Insider and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's loyalty enforcer steamrolls Cabinet officials in campaign to reshape top agencies — President Trump, in a highly unusual new effort, has begun making significant staffing changes inside top federal agencies without the consent — and, in at least one case, without even the knowledge …