Joe Biden may win more than 400 electoral votes, but there's a long way to go  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden is well ahead in the national polls right now.  More importantly, he holds the advantage in the pivotal swing states.  —  Chances are Biden will still be ahead come November …

Why Juneteenth Matters  —  It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln's promise of “a new birth of freedom.”  —  Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves.  They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment …

Curfew now in place in area around Tulsa's BOK Center  —  A curfew was implemented for areas around the BOK Center on Thursday night ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled campaign rally.  —  In a Facebook post Thursday evening, Tulsa police announced that an area of downtown …

‘My biggest risk’: Trump says mail-in voting could cost him reelection  —  President Donald Trump called mail-in voting the biggest threat to his reelection and said his campaign's multimillion-dollar legal effort to block expanded ballot access could determine whether he wins a second term.

New 2020 Electoral College Ratings  —  With just under five months until the election, President Trump is a severe underdog for re-election.  Polls show that voters do not trust him to handle the two most pressing issues of the day — the coronavirus pandemic and race relations — which has helped drive his job approval to 41 percent.

Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney: Trump 'didn't hire very well'  —  Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney critiqued President Trump's hiring decisions, saying the president did not choose the right people.  —  Mulvaney, who served as the top aide to Trump in an acting capacity until March …

Twitter labels Trump video tweet as manipulated media, continuing its crackdown on misinformation  —  The label marks the fourth time Twitter has added labels to the president's tweets.  —  Twitter on Thursday evening took the rare step of appending a warning label to one of President Trump's tweets …

In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm  —  As coronavirus cases surge in states across the South and West of the United States, health experts in countries with falling case numbers are watching with a growing sense of alarm and disbelief …

Ian Holm, star of Lord of the Rings, Alien and Chariots of Fire, dies aged 88  —  The versatile actor went from the RSC and Harold Pinter to international movie stardom with roles as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and an android in Alien  —  Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything …

Trump 'Couldn't Give a Shit' About China Rounding Up Millions of Muslims  —  John Bolton described a president perfectly fine with concentration camps being built in western China.  Administration officials say it's painfully true.  —  The ugliest claim made by John Bolton …

Questions for the Government in the Bolton Book TRO Hearing(s)  —  Yesterday we analyzed the government's lawsuit that seeks to enjoin John Bolton (and, as a practical matter, his publisher and booksellers, too) from publishing or selling his book, The Room Where It Happened, and to recover any profits he receives from the book.

Trump's tailspinning presidency is in turmoil — even by his own standards  —  Washington (CNN)If he was any other President, at any other time, Donald Trump's reelection hopes would probably already be doomed.  —  Trump has endured one of the most disastrous political streaks of any modern commander …

AMC Theatres Unveils Plans to Reopen During Coronavirus  —  AMC Theatres, the world's largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months.  —  The company is expected to resume operations in 450 …

Juan Williams Leaves Fox News Co-Hosts Speechless With Powerful Black Lives Matter Defense  —  “The Five” hosts had nothing to say after Williams condemned them for “demonizing” BLM protesters while giving violent white supremacists a pass.  —  As one of the very few left-leaning personalities still left …

Whistleblower: TSA Failed To Protect Staff, Endangered Passengers During Pandemic  —  Audio will be available later today.  —  The Transportation Security Administration withheld N-95 masks from staff and exhibited “gross mismanagement” in its response to the Coronavirus crisis …

Sorry, Junior, but He'll Never Love You Like He Loves Ivanka  —  Watching Donald Trump Jr. interview Donald Trump Sr. was crazy, and f*cked up, but mostly it was sad.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  It was billed as the Triggered Father's Day Special and at 8 PM on Thursday, the president's namesake …

The Burning of Black Wall Street, Revisited  —  Nearly a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the search for the dead continues.  —  Mr. Staples is a member of the editorial board.  —  The lynch mobs that hanged, shot or burned African-Americans alive during the early 20th century sometimes varied …

Undoing the Court's Supreme Transgression  —  Bostock demands a complete change of course from neutered judicial “conservatism.”  —  On Tuesday, Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took to the floor of the United States Senate to declare “the end of the conservative legal movement, or the conservative legal project, as we know it.”

Retired generals pull support for Trump nominee after offensive tweets uncovered by CNN  —  (CNN)At least two retired Army generals have pulled their support for President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop after CNN's KFile reported last week that he has a history …

Jimmy Kimmel announces he is taking the summer off to spend time with his family after blackface controversy among late-night hosts  —  Jimmy Kimmel has announced that he is taking a break from his late-night show over the summer, to spend more time with his family.

Officer Brett Hankison is being fired from LMPD after Breonna Taylor shooting  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police is initiating termination of Officer Brett Hankison, one of three LMPD officers to fire weapons on March 13 at Breonna Taylor's apartment, killing her.

Top State Department official resigns in protest of Trump's response to racial tensions in the country  —  A senior State Department official who has served in the Trump administration since its first day is resigning over President Trump's recent handling of racial tensions across the country …

Tennessee legislature passes fetal heartbeat bill, ban on abortions for Down syndrome  —  A wide-ranging abortion restriction bill, once believed to be scrapped for the year, will now become law in Tennessee.  —  The bill, part of Gov. Bill Lee's legislative agenda that was largely abandoned earlier …

George Washington statue toppled by protesters in Portland, Oregon  —  Portland, Oregon — A statue of George Washington was pulled down by protesters on Thursday night, which was Juneteenth eve, reports CBS Portland affiliate KOIN-TV.  The nation's first president owned slaves.

The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See  —  For Baldwin, the past had always been bent in service of a lie.  Could a true story be told?  —  On March 16, 1968, James Baldwin walked to the podium at a fund-raiser, at Anaheim's Disneyland Hotel, to introduce Dr. Martin Luther King …

Trump says he's heard ‘interesting’ things about Roswell  —  President Donald Trump says he's heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he's not sharing even with his eldest child.  —  Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father's Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president's reelection campaign.

Early Data Show No Uptick in Covid-19 Transmission From Protests  —  Public health experts say preliminary test results are encouraging; outdoor locations and masks may have helped  —  Early coronavirus testing data from a handful of U.S. cities and states suggest that recent protests …