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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Federal Judge Lambasts Amendment to Rename Confederate Bases as “Madness,” Gets Thoroughly Bodied By Clerk  —  The battle over renaming U.S. bases that currently honor Confederate officers broke out in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

“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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Gun-toting Trump supporters attack George Floyd protesters in rural Ohio town  —  A small-town solidarity rally with Black Lives Matter ended in chaos after some of President Donald Trump's supporters showed up with guns to berate demonstrators.  —  Alicia Gee, a 36-year-old substitute teacher …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Pence Tells Governors to Repeat Misleading Claim on Outbreaks  —  Cash-starved states are forced to make massive job cuts.  Reopenings for some restaurants and bars are short-lived amid new infections.  —  RIGHT NOW The virus is racing across Africa …

GOP Rep. Tom Rice Fell Ill From Coronavirus  —  South Carolina lawmaker is one of at least seven House members to have contracted Covid-19  —  WASHINGTON—Rep. Tom Rice (R., S.C.) said Monday that he has recovered from a mild case of Covid-19, the first Capitol Hill lawmaker to report contracting …

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 …

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 …

The Landslide of 2020?  —  I haven't had time to read it yet, of course, but David is one of the most perceptive observers of the current scene.  You can order Blitz from Amazon.  —  Politico is on the other side of the aisle and is much less friendly to the president.

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 …

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 …

President Trump says his family is unified.  A niece's book could explode that image.  —  It was a rare admission when President Trump told The Washington Post last year that he regretted the way he treated his older brother, Fred Jr., who died of alcoholism.

Robert Fuller's hanging death under investigation despite ‘initial signs’ of suicide: Officials  —  Robert Fuller, 24, was found hanging from a tree on June 10.  —  Los Angeles County officials are promising a thorough investigation into the death of a young black man who was found hanging from a tree.

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 …

West Virginia sees coronavirus outbreaks in churches  —  WASHINGTON — Less than a month after President Trump  —  urged churches to reopen, West Virginia has reported a significant number of coronavirus outbreaks linked to houses of worship.  According to the state's public health office …

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 …

'Facebook doesn't care': Activists say accounts removed despite Zuckerberg's free-speech stance  —  “Facebook doesn't care.  It closes our accounts on the pretext of terrorism.  We are against terrorism and violence,” one journalist said.  —  Mark Zuckerberg has championed Facebook's commitment …

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.

A Conspiracy Made in America May Have Been Spread by Russia  —  The Americans who pushed a conspiracy theory the night of the Iowa caucuses have migrated to coronavirus conspiracies on Twitter, with help from a very Russia-friendly account.  —  The night of the Iowa caucuses in February …

America's Newsrooms Face a Reckoning on Race After Floyd Protests  —  Staffers at several media outlets are pressing for changes on diversity, coverage and pay transparency  —  In an online town hall earlier this month, staffers at Bloomberg News expressed concerns that the news organization …

The Heart of the Uprising in Minneapolis  —  Residents who have been on the front lines for George Floyd are finding their lives—and their city—transformed.  —  On June 1st, a week after the killing of George Floyd sparked a national uprising that touched every state, convulsed major cities …