Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles  —  Google has banned two far-right websites from its advertising platform after research revealed the tech giant was profiting from articles pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter protests.

Trump Considers Suing His Niece Over Her Tell-All Book, Saying She Signed an NDA  —  The president has long favored using legal threats to stop people from writing bad books about him.  Going after his own family may be next.  —  This past Sunday, news broke that the president's niece …

There Isn't a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave’  —  With testing, treatments and vaccine trials ramping up, we are far better off than the media report.  —  In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections.  Such panic is overblown.

U.S. Files Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton  —  Suit claims Bolton will compromise national security by publishing book it says contains classified information  —  The U.S. on Tuesday filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against former national security …

Buffalo protester Martin Gugino has a fractured skull and cannot walk  —  (CNN)Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was pushed by two Buffalo, New York, police officers earlier this month, has a fractured skull and is not able to walk, his lawyer said in a statement provided to CNN on Monday.

Nebraska Democrats renounce their Senate pick over comments  —  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers.

Suspect in killing of 2 Bay Area cops tied to right-wing Boogaloo group, prosecutors allege  —  An Air Force sergeant suspected of killing a Santa Cruz County sheriff's sergeant will be charged, along with a Millbrae man, in the fatal shooting of a federal security officer last month in downtown Oakland, federal officials said Tuesday.

Woman, 15 friends test positive for coronavirus after night out at Lynch's  —  40-year-old health care worker says she regrets not taking precautions  —  JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - Erika Crisp has been short of breath for several days and has tested positive for COVID-19.  —  So have more than a dozen of her friends.

Franklin Graham fumes over SCOTUS ruling: My rights to fire LGBTQ people ‘are the freedoms our nation was founded on’  —  Anti-LGBTQ activist Franklin Graham is furious over Monday's Supreme Court ruling that finds Title Vii of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination …

Fauci: No Need for a Second Lockdown  —  The infectious disease specialist doesn't think we'll have another New York City.  But he's nervous about re-openings and said he personally wouldn't go to Trump's rallies.  —  With top officials in the Trump White House declaring the mission accomplished …

McConnell ‘OK’ with removing Confederate names from bases  —  WASHINGTON - Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he's “OK” with renaming military bases such as Ft. Bragg that are named after Confederate Army officers, declining to side with President Donald Trump and other Republicans opposed to the move.

North Carolina Republican calls Black Lives Matter protesters ‘ignorant thugs’ and ‘vermin’ — and says cops should ‘shoot them’  —  According to The Charlotte Observer, North Carolina state Rep. Larry Pittman posted an inflammatory rant against Black Lives Matter protesters on Facebook …

Prosecutor in Roger Stone Case Will Testify About Barr's Intervention  —  The prosecutor is one of two Justice Department officials coming forward whom Democrats are calling whistle-blowers.  —  WASHINGTON — Two Justice Department officials have agreed to testify under subpoena …

DOJ's Jody Hunt, Head of Key Division Defending Trump in Court, to Step Down  —  “It has been the greatest honor and privilege of my professional career to have served together with you (and many before you) for more than two decades,” Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt wrote in a message to the Justice Department's civil division.

Trump's Rally Could Be a ‘Perfect Storm’ for the Virus, Tulsa Officials Fear  —  President Trump will hold his first campaign rally in months on Saturday in Oklahoma, where infections are rising, and officials there are pleading with him to cancel or hold it outdoors.

New ad by anti-Trump GOP group uses clip of president's slow walk at West Point  —  EXCLUSIVE: A Republican group that opposes President Trump's reelection is going up with a new ad that spotlights the president slowly walking down a ramp Saturday during his appearance at the U.S. Military Academy's commencement ceremony at West Point.

Senate Ethics Committee dismisses insider trading complaint against Loeffler  —  The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed complaints with allegations that Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., engaged in “potential insider trading” after reviewing stock trades made on her behalf just before the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Montgomery City Council votes down mask ordinance, sends doctors out in disgust  —  Jackson Hospital pulmonologist William Saliski cleared his throat as he started describing the dire situation created by the coronavirus pandemic in Montgomery to its City Council before they voted on a mandatory mask ordinance.

Berlin authorities placed children with pedophiles for 30 years  —  The ‘Kentler Project’ in West Berlin routinely placed homeless children with pedophile men, assuming they'd make ideal foster parents.  A study has found the practice went on for decades.  —  Starting in the 1970s psychology …

Flushing the Toilet May Fling Coronavirus Aerosols All Over  —  A new study shows how turbulence from a toilet bowl can create a large plume that is potentially infectious to a bathroom's next visitor.  —  Here's one more behavior to be hyper-aware of in order to prevent coronavirus transmission: what you do after you use the toilet.

Fox News Stars Push Shake Shack Cop Poisoning Claim Even After NYPD Debunked It  —  The NYPD said a “thorough” investigation found no criminality, but that hasn't stopped several Fox News personalities from continuing to push an anti-cop murder narrative online.

Facebook takes down Proud Boys, American Guard accounts connected to protests  —  The Proud Boys and American Guard are identified as hate groups by the SPLC.  —  Facebook executed a takedown Tuesday of social media accounts connected to two organizations the company considers to be hate groups …

Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills  —  Before the F.D.A. withdrew its waiver to stockpile the drugs as coronavirus treatments, the Trump administration had embarked on a headlong effort to import tens of millions of doses.

Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug  —  A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.  —  The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say.

Tucker Carlson assures his viewers they “are not crazy” for watching his show  —  Carlson: “Millions and millions of Americans agree with you.  You are not crazy.  Your views are not evil”

A 17-Year-Old Who Organized A BLM Protest Had A Burning Cross Placed In His Yard, Cops Said  —  The FBI and Virginia police are looking for those responsible.  Under state law, they could face up to five years in prison.  —  Copy  —  Virginia police and federal authorities are investigating …

Trump offers full-throated defense of police in executive action signing  —  Trump considers executive order on police reform  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump takes his first concrete steps on Tuesday to address growing national outcry over police brutality when he signs an executive order creating …

Trump says Obama didn't reform policing.  But he did and then the president ditched it.  —  President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that his predecessor did not take action on reforming police in America — despite the fact that it was under Trump that several Obama-era reforms were scrapped.

How to Topple a Statue Using Science  —  It hasn't been a great past few weeks for statues.  —  to  —  , people all over the world have been grappling with the  —  legacy of racism  —  by tossing their grappling hooks around the heads of  —  problematic monuments

The National Book Critics Circle Has Imploded  —  A week ago, as protesters rallied around the world against systemic racism and police brutality, 12 board members of the National Book Critics Circle, an organization of some 800 critics that gives out a number of annual awards …

Second Michigan poll shows Trump even farther behind, with Biden leading by 16 points  —  The damage done to President Donald Trump's standing in Michigan following recent protests outside the White House and in cities across the U.S. may have been even greater than originally believed …