Prosecutor says he was pressured to cut Roger Stone ‘a break’ because of his ties to Trump  —  A prosecutor who withdrew from the Roger Stone case after Justice Department leaders intervened to recommend a lighter sentence intends to testify before Congress that he and his colleagues …

E.U. May Exclude U.S. as It Reopens Borders, Citing Failures on Virus  —  European Union officials are racing to agree on who can visit the bloc as of July 1 based on how countries of origin are faring with new coronavirus cases.  Americans, so far, are excluded, according to draft lists seen by The New York Times.

Dr. Birx Contradicts Trump, Privately Tells Govs to Increase COVID Testing  —  Her encouragement comes as governors concede to the feds that people are not abiding by their phased down public health guidelines.  —  Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force …

Exclusive: Republican former U.S. national security officials to back Biden  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, people familiar with the effort said …

A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists  —  What's different, in this moment, is that the editors of our country's most esteemed outlets no longer hold a monopoly on publishing power.  —  It was a brief interaction, during the first weeks of my career.

NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog  —  So, I kind of deleted the blog.  Sorry.  Here's my explanation.  —  Last week I talked to a New York Times technology reporter who was planning to write a story on Slate Star Codex.

Trump Family Asks Court to Stop Publication of Tell-All by President's Niece  —  President Trump has said Mary L. Trump signed a nondisclosure agreement in connection with a 2001 court case related to the estate of Fred Trump Sr., the president's father and her grandfather.

Financial advisory firm Signum tells clients Senate will flip to Democrats as Biden surges past Trump  — Financial advisory firm Signum Global Advisors is telling clients that it now believes the U.S. Senate is going to flip blue as Joe Biden continues surge past President Donald Trump in the polls.

FBI: No crime committed in Bubba Wallace's garage stall; noose was there since October  —  NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime, the FBI has concluded after completing its investigation at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, NASCAR announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

Trump team weighs a CDC scrubbing to deflect mounting criticism  —  White House officials are putting a target on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, positioning the agency as a coronavirus scapegoat as cases surge in many states and the U.S. falls behind other nations that are taming the pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: Feds About To Bail On Supporting COVID Testing Sites In Texas And Other States  —  The Trump administration is ending funding and support for local COVID-19 testing sites around the country this month, as cases and hospitalizations are skyrocketing in many states.

Trump's aides called in ringers and fantasized about turning Air Force One around before the Tulsa rally debacle  — President Trump's aides worried about the message that would be sent from the vast rows of empty seats at his rally Saturday night in Tulsa.

The Second Defeat of Bernie Sanders  —  In a revolutionary summer, he may be losing the battle for the future of the left.  —  Three months ago, Bernie Sanders lost his chance at the Democratic nomination, after a brief moment in which his socialist revolution seemed poised to raze the bastions of neoliberal power.

An Elite Progressive LISTSERV Melts Down Over a Bogus Racism Charge  —  On May 28, progressive election data analyst David Shor tweeted about a new paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow, showing that peaceful civil-rights protests moved public opinion toward protesters while violent protests had the opposite effect.

Oregon county issues face mask order that exempts non-white people  —  The Oregon county of Lincoln has exempted non-white people from a new order that requires face coverings be worn in public — to prevent racial profiling.  —  Health officials announced last week residents must wear face coverings …

My Family Saw a Police Car Hit a Kid on Halloween.  Then I Learned How NYPD Impunity Works.  —  ProPublica Deputy Managing Editor Eric Umansky's family saw an unmarked NYPD cruiser hit a Black teenager.  He tried to find out how it happened, and instead found all of the ways the NYPD is shielded from accountability.

Fauci says institutional racism contributes to coronavirus impact in black communities  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Tuesday that institutional racism is a contributing factor to why black communities have suffered disproportionately during …

U-M no longer hosting Oct. 15 presidential debate … The University of Michigan will no longer host one of three presidential debates planned this fall in the run-up to the Nov. 3 general election, but related campus programming will continue.  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced June 23 …

Political Donors Linked to China Won Access to Trump, GOP  —  Hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations opened doors in Washington for Chinese nationals with high-level ties  —  Soon after Donald Trump took office, people with ties to the Chinese state poured hundreds of thousands …

Top Pentagon nominee pushed conspiracy theories that former CIA director tried to overthrow Trump and even have him assassinated  —  (CNN)The White House's nominee for a top Pentagon post repeatedly spread conspiracy theories that a former CIA director tried to overthrow President Donald Trump …

How National Guard helicopters flew over D.C. protesters, a tactic used in war zones  —  Two military helicopters roared over demonstrators in the District, producing winds equivalent to a tropical storm.  A Washington Post analysis found how low they flew.

Senate Intelligence Committee Confirms the US Navy Has a UFO Task Force  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee wants the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense to create a comprehensive, unclassified report concerning unidentified aerial phenomena upon the passing …

2020 White House Correspondents' dinner canceled … Creating a coronavirus vaccine is difficult, but distributing it could prove even more complicated.  —  Today's episode of Axios Re:Cap focuses on who will get it first and how government funding for pharmaceutical companies could play a central role.

Nasdaq hits record high as Apple rises, Dow jumps 100 points after overnight China trade deal scare  —  Stocks set for higher open as investors brush off China trade concerns  —  Stocks rose on Tuesday after White House trade advisor Peter Navarro clarified that the U.S.-China trade deal is not over.