Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: POLL  —  Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared.  —  Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News …

Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said  —  Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …

Trump says he's not offended by the Confederate flag  —  President Trump defended his opposition to removing Confederate symbols in an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” telling host Chris Wallace that the flag does not offend him and that for many people it “represents the South.”

Coronavirus updates: Trump dismisses rising cases as deaths mount  —  With coronavirus cases rising across the country and the U.S. death toll topping 137,000, President Trump on Sunday dismissed concerns about the spike in infections, telling Fox News that “many of those cases shouldn't even be cases.”

Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way  —  On March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights.  Lewis had shown up in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” …

Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio Show  —  Mr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black.  —  During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative …

Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds  —  The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks.  —  In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether …

Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter  —  Linkin Park fans were furious Saturday, when President Trump retweeted a fan-made re-election campaign ad that used the alternative rock band's music — noting that late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington …

The family that owns The New York Times were slaveholders  —  It's far worse than I thought.  In addition to the many links between the family that owns The New York Times and the Civil War Confederacy, new evidence shows that members of the extended family were slaveholders.

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OpinionMike Pompeo, Enemy of American Values  —  As the Trump administration deploys unmarked police on the streets of Portland, its Secretary of State, eyeing a presidential run in 2024, gave a ‘pro-human rights’ speech that was actually a defense of the violation of human rights

Please Don't Make Me Risk Getting Covid-19 to Teach Your Child  —  If I'm asked to return, I'll have to walk away.  —  Ms. Martinson is a public-school teacher.  —  SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — Every day when I walk into work as a public-school teacher, I am prepared to take a bullet to save a child.