Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says  —  The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have concluded …

U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Judge Rules  —  The ruling applies to children held in the nation's three family detention centers for more than 20 days.  They must be let go by July 17, a federal judge ruled on Friday.  —  Citing the severity of the coronavirus pandemic …

New Numbers Showing Coronavirus Spread Intrude on a White House in Denial  —  Both President Trump and Vice President Pence seem oblivious to the new chapter in the pandemic.  —  WASHINGTON — In the past week, President Trump hosted an indoor campaign rally for thousands of cheering …

Facebook just lost one of the biggest advertisers in the world for the rest of 2020  —  The campaign to convince marketers to ditch Facebook has added one of the world's largest advertising spenders.  —  The global consumer packaged goods company Unilever announced Friday that it will halt …

Reporter at Trump's Tulsa rally tests positive for COVID-19  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A journalist who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa last week said Friday he has tested positive for COVID-19.  —  Oklahoma Watch reporter Paul Monies said he was notified Friday of his positive diagnosis.

Measures to protect Trump from coronavirus scale up even as he seeks to move on  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump appears ready to move on from a still-raging coronavirus pandemic — skipping the first White House task force briefing in months and moving the event out of the White House itself.

“I will not be muzzled like a mad dog;' face mask debate turns fierce in St. Lucie County  —  The debate over a proposed mandate for face masks in certain areas of St. Lucie County turned heated.  “I will not be muzzled like a mad dog,” said one man during the public comment session.

The Lincoln Project is trolling Trump.  But can it sway voters?  —  The moment President Donald Trump started tweeting at 12:46 a.m. about the “RINO Republicans” at the Lincoln Project who'd just run an ad attacking his response to the pandemic, Reed Galen knew his hunch was right …

E.U. Plans to Bar Most U.S. Travelers When Bloc Reopens  —  Europe will allow outsiders to begin entering again on July 1, but the U.S. and Russia are now among the nations considered too risky because they have not controlled the coronavirus outbreak.  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union …

How Trump and the Black Lives Matter Movement Changed White Voters' Minds  —  A majority of American voters support demonstrations on police brutality, and many see the president as ill-equipped on racial justice.  —  A majority of American voters support the demonstrations against police brutality …

A Horrifying U.S. Covid Curve Has a Simple Explanation  —  A growing gap in case growth between Europe and the U.S. tells the tale: Declaring victory too soon is an excellent way to return to new heights.  —  The alarming chart below has been making the rounds.

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Virus Fatality Picture Is Obscured by Ultimate Lagging Indicator  —  Listen  —  The Trump administration has highlighted an apparent disconnect between rising cases and declining mortality as proof the Covid-19 pandemic is under control.  —  “Fatalities are declining all across the country …

This chart shows the link between restaurant spending and new cases of coronavirus  — JPMorgan analyzed data from 30 million Chase cardholders and Johns Hopkins University's case tracker and found that higher restaurant spending in a state predicted a rise in new infections there three weeks later.

White couple blocks Mexican American from entering his building, called him ‘criminal’  —  A white couple blocked a young Mexican American man from entering the San Francisco apartment complex where he lives in, saying “they would not let a criminal into their complex as they needed to protect it.”

How the World Missed Covid-19's Silent Spread  —  Symptomless transmission makes the coronavirus far harder to fight.  But health officials dismissed the risk for months, pushing misleading and contradictory claims in the face of mounting evidence.  —  MUNICH — Dr. Camilla Rothe …

‘PizzaGate’ Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era  —  The false theory targeting Democrats, now fueled by QAnon and teenagers on TikTok, is entangling new targets like Justin Bieber.  —  WASHINGTON — Four minutes into a video that was posted on Instagram last month …

Working-class white women are turning on Trump  —  President Trump's storied grip on the white working class is weakening among women, threatening both his reelection prospects and his party's efforts to improve its standing with female voters.  —  While working-class men remain among Trump's …

Violence rises in Minneapolis, as debate over role of police rages  —  MINNEAPOLIS — At first, it sounded like fireworks, a loud crackling noise that has become the daily soundtrack of the city in recent weeks.  But when David Trueblood, a coach for the Minnesota Jays youth football team …

The Michael Flynn Case: Harbinger of a Constitutional Crisis?  —  Republicans and Democrats alike are missing the full scope of what the Obama administration's attack on Lt. General Michael Flynn means for constitutional government.  The systematic campaign to undermine an incoming presidential …

Witness in the Mueller investigation and informal Trump adviser gets 10 years in prison in child sex case  —  (CNN)George Nader, who was a key witness in the Russia investigation and informally advised President Donald Trump's team on foreign policy, was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison …

Barr forms task force to counter ‘anti-government extremists’  —  Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday directed the formation of a task force that will be dedicated to countering “anti-government extremists,” escalating federal law enforcement's response to the violence …

Overlooked No More: Valerie Solanas, Radical Feminist Who Shot Andy Warhol  —  She made daring arguments in “SCUM Manifesto,” her case for a world without men.  But her legacy as a writer and thinker was overshadowed by one violent act. … On June 3, 1968, Valerie Solanas walked into Andy Warhol's studio …

Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.

Roger Stone ordered to report to prison July 14, as judge denies request for two-month delay  —  A federal judge has ordered Roger Stone to report to prison July 14, granting him a two-week delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, but not the two months that President Trump's confidant had requested with prosecutors' assent.

Trump issues executive order warning cities, protesters over destruction of monuments  —  President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the Justice Department to prioritize prosecution of protesters who damage federal monuments and limit federal funding for local governments that are perceived to not be adequately protecting those monuments.