The Week It Went South for Trump  —  He hasn't been equal to the crises.  He never makes anything better.  And everyone kind of knows.  —  Something shifted this month.  Donald Trump's hold on history loosened, and may be breaking.  In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged …

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act, telling the court that “the entire ACA must fall.”  The administration's argument comes as thousands of Americans …

How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’  —  PHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.  —  A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend …

Inside Barr's Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y.  —  The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump.  —  Shortly after he became attorney general last year, William P. Barr set out to challenge …

Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald.  Now her book describes a ‘nightmare’ of family dysfunction.  —  Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style.

Biden Says He'd Use Federal Power to Require All Americans to Wear Masks in Public  —  ‘I WOULD INSIST’  —  Joe Biden would use federal powers to require all Americans to wear masks in public to fight the coronavirus pandemic if he was president.  In contrast to President Trump …

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Attorney General William Barr  —  Steve Inskeep: Thank you again for taking the time.  I'm appreciative to have this opportunity.  —  Attorney General William Barr: Thank you.  —  I want to note that in the last few days, there have been three acts …

Black Lives Matter fundraising handled by group with convicted terrorist on its board  —  The co-founder of Black Lives Matter names a convicted cop killer as one of her heroes, and the BLM national organization is fiscally sponsored through a leftist group whose board of directors includes a convicted terrorist.

America Didn't Give Up on Covid-19.  Republicans Did.  —  Partisanship has crippled our response.  —  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19.  More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.

Sarsour Group Says ‘No Zionists’ at Civil Rights Rally  —  It was an event to celebrate freedom and protest ongoing bigotry and discrimination.  —  But the group Muslims4Abolition openly engaged in bigotry and discrimination in promoting its Juneteenth rally last Friday in New York.

The future of the coronavirus recovery runs through the classroom  —  WASHINGTON — Will your children be back at school this fall?  —  If you're having trouble answering that question, you're not alone — across the country, state and local officials are still struggling to develop plans …

Verizon is pulling its advertising from Facebook  —  (CNN Business)Telecom giant Verizon said Thursday it is pulling its advertising from Facebook, in what may be the biggest brand yet to join the #StopHateForProfit boycott.  —  “We're pausing our advertising until Facebook can create …

Almost one-third of black Americans know someone who died of covid-19, survey shows  —  Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic's profoundly disparate impact.

Michigan candidate's daughter urges people not to vote for him in viral tweet  —  The daughter of a candidate running for a seat in the Michigan state House has drawn viral attention online after taking to Twitter earlier this week to plead with voters not to elect her father to office.

North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following family gathering  —  Three are now hospitalized, including two elderly family members and one woman battling breast cancer.  —  CARROLLTON, Texas — As North Texas watches COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge …

It's time to rethink the presidential debates  —  Given how many ugly turns this presidential election year has already taken and how many more are surely yet to come, it is probably a fool's errand to go in search of silver linings in 2020.  —  But the realities of campaigning amid a pandemic …

Senate panel votes 21-1 to back Justice IG measure over Graham objections  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday to expand the authority of the Justice Department inspector general over opposition from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the Justice Department.

Brad Parscale, Other Trump Staff in Quasi-Quarantine After Tulsa COVID Cases  —  The move, a campaign spokesperson said, was being made out of an abundance of caution.  —  Donald Trump's reelection campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is one of a group of campaign staffers in quasi-quarantine …

My Confederate Past  —  Everyone who grew up in Mississippi was steeped in the Confederacy.  Even if they didn't realize it.  —  On Friday, the Mississippi legislature is scheduled to vote on changing the Mississippi state flag.  As I write this, I have no idea what the outcome will be.

New coronavirus spike alarms Republicans, but not Trump  —  The final Thursday in June saw jobless claims top 1 million for a 14th straight week and a frightening spike in coronavirus infections across the Sun Belt, compelling a growing number of Republican governors and members of Congress to issue urgent public health warnings.

Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam  —  The campaign to remove the NYPD from traffic enforcement and return street oversight to the Department of Transportation gained momentum this week as an influential local panel voted to support the move.

U.S. Postpones Balkan Peace Summit, in Blow to Trump Foreign Policy  —  The White House had planned to host the presidents of Serbia and Kosovo on Saturday.  Then Kosovo's leader was charged with war crimes.  —  BERLIN — An American-mediated initiative to stabilize the Balkans …

Nothing in America fits the GOP's ‘back to normal’ fantasy  —  Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the forthcoming book “OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind,” and of “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.”  Follow her on Twitter.

Trump's police executive order and Senate's blocked bill prove neither take reform seriously … A series of killings of Black Americans, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor to Rayshard Brooks, has reinforced the fact that an American police badge too often acts as a shield against accountability for abuses large and small.