Biden opens 13-point advantage as Trump popularity drops to seven-month low: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has opened up a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump - the widest margin this year - according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll …

260 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Orlando International Airport  —  2,993 people have died from COVID-19 in the state  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis said 260 workers at the Orlando International Airport have tested positive for the coronavirus after nearly 500 employees were tested.

Fauci: No Need for a Second Lockdown for COVID-19  —  The infectious-diseases 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 …

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 …

Scoop: Republican operatives launch pro-Biden super PAC  —  A group of prominent Republican operatives that includes former officials from the Trump and George W. Bush administrations are launching a super PAC to turn out GOP voters for Joe Biden in November, organizers tell Axios.

Aunt Jemima brand to change name, remove image that Quaker says is ‘based on a racial stereotype’  —  The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that “Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype.”

Michigan May be a Nightmare for the GOP  —  The state party's transformation didn't start with Trump.  But his weak polling could plunge MIGOP into wrack and ruin.  —  Simon & Garfunkel sang “Michigan seems like a dream to me now” as they went off to look for America.

How Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19?  There Is a Growing Consensus  —  Surface contamination and fleeting encounters are less of a worry than close-up, person-to-person interactions for extended periods  —  Six months into the coronavirus crisis, there's a growing consensus about a central question: How do people become infected?

ICU bed use, ER visits hit new highs for Arizona COVID-19 cases  —  Arizona's daily coronavirus numbers climbed again Monday, continuing more than two weeks of high numbers of reported cases, deaths and hospitalizations.  —  The state reported 1,014 new cases Monday.

Georgia elections chief launches plan to avoid repeated problems  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger introduced proposals Wednesday to avoid another election debacle, calling for more voting locations, technical support and poll worker training.

7 Candidates You Should Know on New York and Kentucky's Primary Ballots  —  From Jamaal Bowman in New York to Nima Kulkarni in Kentucky, voters have a robust class of progressive candidates on their June 23 ballots.  —  Vital Democratic primaries, many of them with national consequences, will take place next Tuesday, June 23.

Senate Republicans unveil their police reform bill  —  Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and other Senate Republicans introduced Wednesday their police reform bill that encourages departments to ban chokeholds through the use of federal grants and requires officers to report uses of force and no-knock warrants.

Pelosi asks House committees to require masks, setting up clash with GOP holdouts  —  Masks have become the norm inside the House of Representatives, where some politicians now embrace the novel coronavirus precaution with colorful odes to their home districts.

Tucker Carlson Is Most-Watched Host In Cable News For Last Week  —  With an average total audience of four million viewers, Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson finished the week of June 8 through June 14 as the most-watched host in all of cable news, despite the decision by some advertisers …

GOP's Tom Cotton Says Twitter Threatened to Lock Account Over Tweet  —  Republican Senator Tom Cotton said a “low-level” Twitter Inc. employee called his office several weeks ago and threatened to permanently lock his account unless he deleted a tweet that advocated using the military …

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.

GOP senator: Proposal to remove Confederate names from military bases ‘picks on South unfairly’  —  (CNN)A Senate amendment to remove the names of Confederate leaders on military property “picks on the South unfairly,” a GOP senator said Tuesday, the latest sign that President Donald Trump's opposition …

People of color account for majority of coronavirus infections, new CDC study says  —  WASHINGTON — African-Americans and Latinos are vastly overrepresented when it comes to coronavirus infections, according to an analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday morning.

Facebook Groups Are Destroying America  —  They're built for privacy and community—and that's just what makes them dangerous.  —  The Covid-19 “infodemic” has laid bare how vulnerable the United States is to disinformation.  The country is less than five months away from the 2020 presidential election …

Trump turns to establishment players to offset his renegade instincts  —  Nearly two years after boasting that his gut tells him “more sometimes than anybody else's brain,” President Donald Trump is ditching his go-it-alone approach — hoping the instincts and experiences of seasoned Republican players …

Beijing's new outbreak raises fears for rest of the world  —  BEIJING (AP) — China raised its emergency warning to its second highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital — a sharp pullback for the nation …

Texas Governor Says ‘No Reason Today To Be Alarmed’ As Coronavirus Cases Set Record  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday the state's highest-ever number of new COVID-19 cases: 2,622.  —  He also reported a second record high: 2,518 people hospitalized with the virus in Texas, up from 2,326 a day earlier.

Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout and voices  —  The 2020 election is going to be unlike any other.  It was already going to be a heated campaign, and that was before the pandemic — and before the killing of George Floyd and so many others forced us yet again …

The myth of an objective press benefits the powerful at the expense of the people  —  The loss of “objectivity” in journalism can be a rise in egalitarianism  —  On Sunday, Fox News' MediaBuzz opened with host Howard Kurtz warning of “a serious threat to journalism.”

How Black N.Y.P.D. Officers Really Feel About the Floyd Protesters  —  Most officers of color share the protesters' mission to defeat racism, but the unrest has reminded the officers that they are still often seen as the enemy.  —  Edwin Raymond, a black lieutenant in the Police Department …

Inside The Dangerous Online Fever Swamps Of American Police  —  Cops have a far-right media ecosystem of their own, where they post racist memes, spread disinformation and call for violence against antifa.  —  Around the time news broke on Monday afternoon that the New York City Police Department …

An officer was gunned down.  The killer was a ‘Boogaloo Boy’ using nearby peaceful protests as cover, feds say.  —  As protests gripped Oakland on May 29, a white van pulled up outside a federal courthouse.  A door slid open, and a man peppered the two security officers outside with bullets, killing one and injuring the other.

U.S. Department of the Treasury  —  For small businesses seeking direct relief from COVID-19, CLICK HERE to learn more about Paycheck Protection Loans.  —  Treasury Sanctions Investors Supporting Assad Regime's Corrupt Reconstruction Efforts  —  Designations target individuals …

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.

Lafayette Square could decide Trump's legacy — and election  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Charlottesville.  Helsinki.  The children in cages at the Mexican border.  —  And now Lafayette Square.  —  Only a few legacy-defining moments have clung to President Donald Trump, who often appears …

The Cruise Industry Is Donald Trump Personified  —  If Donald Trump could build a city from scratch, it would have a casino and a golf course and all the cheeseburgers you could eat.  The city's residents would be old, with money to spend and nothing but free time.  The workers would be poor, foreign, and always on the clock.

Mississippi official: Black people ‘dependent’ since slavery  —  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery and as a result, have had a harder time …

COVID-19: Spike in new cases continues Tuesday, as Oklahoma reports another new high … Tuesday marked the highest single-day total yet in new COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma.  —  That count came on the heels of successive days in which the deadly disease has far exceeded peaks in April …

Trudeau's long campaign to join UN Security Council winds down as ambassadors vote  —  Canada up against Norway, Ireland in bid for 2 non-permanent seats  —  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's long campaign to see Canada elected to a temporary seat on the UN Security Council culminates Wednesday …