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 …

Roger Stone Sentencing Was Politicized, Ex-Prosecutor Plans to Testify  —  The prosecutor's supervisor said that the case was being treated differently because of the defendant's relationship with the president, according to planned testimony.  —  Senior law enforcement officials intervened …

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.

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.

Giuliani Claims BLM ‘Wants To Come And Take Your House Away’ In Doomsday Rant  —  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, had a meltdown on Monday night over the Black Lives Matter movement as activists protest nationwide against racist police brutality after the killing of George Floyd by police officers.

The Boy Who Cried Fake News  —  From inside the MAGA gates, Trump can't see how the world has changed.  —  If there's anything we've learned in the five years since Donald Trump came down that escalator, it's that he cannot thrive without a constant stream of attention, adulation and affirmation.

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.

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.

Key Democratic primaries for House in N.Y. and Senate in Kentucky  —  New York's coronavirus-delayed primary is Tuesday — and it has the potential to throw a wrench into the power structure in the Democratic-controlled House — while in Kentucky there's a Democratic battle for the right …

The Debate Over Biden's VP Pick Is Full Of Half-Truths And Misleading Arguments  —  People who want Sen. Kamala Harris or another Black woman to be former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate often claim that a Black woman will substantially boost enthusiasm among Black voters.

L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar arrested in ‘pay-to-play’ corruption probe  —  Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, an ambitious player in city politics for nearly two decades, was arrested Tuesday, making him the most prominent figure to face charges in the federal investigation into corruption at City Hall …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Why Does Brad Parscale Still Have a Job?  —  Look at the big brain on Brad!  —  Here are some things you need to know about Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for Donald Trump's reelection effort.  —  (1) Five days before Trump's Tulsa rally, Parscale publicly bragged that there had been “over 1M ticket requests.”

My Little Pony Fans Are Ready to Admit They Have a Nazi Problem  —  Even a niche subculture built around magical cartoon horses is reckoning with racism.  —  My Little Pony fans have had a Nazi problem for a long time.  —  That sounds just as strange no matter how many times you say it.

How CO2 boosters' op-ed slipped by Facebook fact-checkers  —  A team of climate scientists working as approved fact checkers for Facebook evaluated a post last year by a White House-connected group that claims the world needs to burn more fossil fuels.  —  The researchers found that the post …