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 …

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 …

Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision  —  Neil Gorsuch, widely considered one of the more conservative justices on the Supreme Court, stunned observers and drew enmity from right-wing commenters after he authored Monday's landmark decision guaranteeing LGBT people protection from workplace discrimination.

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 …

Man Is Shot at Protest Over Statue of New Mexico's Conquistador  —  Two statues of Juan de Oñate are being removed after long-simmering tension between Native Americans and Hispanics over Spain's conquest of New Mexico.  —  ALBUQUERQUE — Gunfire broke out during a protest Monday night …

Tucker Carlson Freaks Out Over Right-Wing Poll Showing BLM Is More Popular Than Trump  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who's been railing against the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in recent days amid nationwide protests against racist police brutality, had a bad night on Monday.

Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found  —  The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's elite computer hackers …

Elizabeth Warren to endorse progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in primary against NY Rep. Eliot Engel  —  (CNN)Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to endorse Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday, throwing her support in a closely watched Democratic primary race behind a middle school principal …

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.

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.

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 …

Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100.  Why Did One Cost $2,315?  —  U.S. health care prices are unregulated, opaque and unpredictable.  When Congress required insurers to cover Covid-19 testing, a few providers decided to take advantage.  —  In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas …

Ilhan Omar's father dies from Covid-19  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar's father died due to the coronavirus, the Minnesota congresswoman announced Monday night.  —  “It is with tremendous sadness and pain that I share that my father, Nur Omar Mohamed, passed away due to complications from COVID-19,” Omar said in a statement.

Hoyer sets June 26 date for historic House vote on D.C. statehood bill  —  House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has chosen June 26 to hold the first floor vote in a generation on D.C. statehood, hoping to harness a national reckoning on race and capitalize on widespread outrage …

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.

Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown  —  At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.  —  And no one knows how many more there could be.

Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche.  Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they've been in nearly 50 years.  —  This bold — yet unsurprising …

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.

Fauci said US government held off promoting face masks because it knew shortages were so bad that even doctors couldn't get enough  —  Foto: Carlos Barria/Reuters National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in April 2020.

After Rift Over Protests, N.Y.P.D. Pulls Out of Prosecutors' Offices  —  The police commissioner said the timing had nothing to do with the prosecutors' decisions to drop charges against certain protesters, but it seemed to reflect a growing divide.  —  A few hours after the Manhattan …

What has the Trump administration done with a half-trillion dollars?  —  What are they hiding?  —  That's the question taxpayers should be asking as the Trump administration refuses to reveal where a half-trillion dollars of our hard-earned cash has gone.  —  In March, back when Congress …

U.S. Retail Sales Rose Record 18% in May  —  Sales rose following record declines during coronavirus lockdowns  —  U.S. shoppers opened their pocketbooks at malls and auto dealerships in May as states eased lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic, driving a record month-over-month increase in retail spending.

McConnell vows to stay on as GOP leader even if Republicans lose Senate  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he planned to stay on as Republican leader regardless of whether he's relegated to the minority or keeps control of the Senate.

A fight grows in Mississippi over the state flag's Confederate emblem  —  Momentum is growing in Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem — long decried as a symbol of racism and violence — from the official flag of the state, the last to display the Confederate design within its own ensign.