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Washington Post:
Gripped by disease, unemployment and outrage at the police, America plunges into crisis  —  A global pandemic has now killed more than 100,000 Americans and left 40 million unemployed in its wake.  Protests — some of them violent — have once again erupted in spots across the country over police killings of black Americans.
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The Daily Beast:
Team Biden on Klobuchar: ‘We Need to Avoid Her’  —  Klobuchar has been on the short list for Biden's veep spot since she led the Democratic field in endorsing his candidacy after his South Carolina win.  That all changed this week.  —  In recent weeks, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has positioned herself …
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Protests, some violent, spread in wake of George Floyd death  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of U.S. cities following the killing of George Floyd after a white officer pressed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, WGN-TV and WPRI-TV
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
The History Behind ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Lawyer: Wife Of Charged Ex-MPD Officer Derek Chauvin Files For Divorce
Washington Post:
Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaugther in death of George Floyd
WCMH-TV:
Protest in downtown Columbus broken up after demonstrators breach Ohio Statehouse
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Minn. mayor gives masks to crowding rioters after warning in-person worship would be ‘public health disaster’
Discussion: Breitbart, Financial Times and The Sun
Politico:
Flynn urged Russian ambassador to take ‘reciprocal’ actions, transcripts show  —  Incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn told Russia's ambassador to Washington in late 2016 to take “reciprocal” actions in response to Obama administration sanctions for election interference …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New Transcript Shows Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Colluding With Russia in 2016  —  Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of lying to FBI officials about a conversation he had with the Russian ambassador.
CNN:
New documents show Flynn told Russian ambassador not to escalate on sanctions
Discussion: РБК and KDFX-TV
The Daily Beast:   Flynn Asked Russian for Alliance Against ‘Radical Islamists’ on Infamous Phone Call
Washington Post:   Transcripts of calls between Flynn, Russian diplomat show they discussed sanctions
Karra Small / FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV:
Partygoer at Lake of the Ozarks pool party tests positive for COVID-19, potentially exposing hundreds  —  CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — A positive COVID-19 case has been confirmed in a Boone County resident who attended a crowded pool party in the Lake of the Ozarks last weekend.
Discussion: KRQE-TV
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news-leader:
Boone County resident positive for COVID-19 after visiting Lake of the Ozarks pool party venue  —  A week after images of Memorial Day weekend revelers jammed into a Lake of the Ozarks pool party at Backwater Jack's Bar & Grill in Osage Beach made international headlines …
Andrew Havranek / KYTV-TV:
A positive COVID-19 case from out of the area visited the Lake of the Ozarks pool bars on Memorial Day Weekend  —  CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — The Camden County Health Department said Friday a Boone County resident who has tested positive for COVID-19 visited the Lake of the Ozarks during Memorial Day Weekend.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Leaked posts show Facebook employees asking the company to remove Trump's threat of violence  —  “If we fail the test case here, history will not judge us kindly”  —  Facebook's decision not to take action against recent posts about mail-in ballots and the Minnesota protests by President Trump …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg silent as Trump uses Facebook and Instagram to threaten ‘looting’ will lead to ‘shooting’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: Trump fuels new tensions in moment of crisis  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Over 48 hours in America, the official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 100,000, the number of people who filed for unemployment during the crisis soared past 40 million, and the streets of a major city erupted …
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times:
Lightfoot responds to Trump's tweet on Minneapolis protesters: ‘It begins with F and ends with YOU.’
Discussion: Associated Press and WPRI-TV
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump said not a word to soothe a smoldering country. It's time for Biden to step up.
Discussion: COURIER and Mother Jones
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:   How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country
Chicago Tribune:
Lightfoot to Trump: ‘What I really want to say ... begins with F and it ends with U’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
North Carolina governor: Trump insisted on full convention with no face masks or social distancing  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump called Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday and insisted on a full Republican convention this summer with no face masks or social distancing …
Politico:
Merkel rebuffs Trump invitation to G7 summit  —  BERLIN — Angela Merkel has rebuffed Donald Trump's invitation to attend a G7 summit, which the U.S. president is keen to portray as a symbol of a return to normality from the upheaval of the coronavirus crisis.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Over Veterans' Protests, Trump Vetoes Measure to Block Student Loan Rules  —  President Trump sided with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over veterans groups, vetoing a measure that would have blocked new regulations that tighten access to student loan forgiveness.
Discussion: Axios
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Trump backs DeVos plan to limit student debt relief
Discussion: Associated Press
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
China vows to ‘smash’ any Taiwan independence move as Trump weighs sanctions  —  China vowed Friday to take “countermeasures” against the United States if the Trump administration attempts to punish Beijing for tightening its grip on Hong Kong, ratcheting up tensions between the world's two biggest economies.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
As he seeks to punish China, Trump faces criticism at home over his own attacks on democratic values
Keith Cowing / NASA Watch:
Eric Trump's Brother-In-Law Is The New Deputy NASA Chief Of Staff.  Seriously.  —  Kyle Yunaska Named Deputy Chief of Staff At NASA Headquarters … Eric Trump's brother-in-law gets promoted.  E&E News (2017) … Meet The Hottest Bachelors Of Washington D.C., Inside Edition
Jake Zuckerman / Ohio Capital Journal:
Police say suspect threatened to kill father of ranking house Dem unless she resigned  —  Democratic House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes received a call from an unknown man on May 23 calling from her father's phone number, threatening to kill him if she didn't “step aside” politically, according to a police report released Friday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Star Geraldo Rivera Unloads on Trump: ‘What Is This, 6th Grade?!’  —  During an appearance on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera called on the president to “self-censor” himself over his “looting, shooting” tweets.  —  Geraldo Rivera delivered one of the harshest condemnations …
Discussion: Vox, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart and Deadline
NBC News:
Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook  —  One of the largest publishers of coronavirus disinformation on Facebook has been banned from the platform for using content farms from Macedonia and the Philippines, Facebook said on Friday.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump imagines roving bands of child ballot thieves
Bloomberg:
Every Single Worker Has Covid at a U.S. Farm on Harvest Eve
Discussion: Daily Kos
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court denies Illinois churches' bid for lockdown relief
Discussion: The Hill
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden sees surge in health-care industry fundraising as Trump slumps in polls over coronavirus response
Discussion: Fox News, POLITICUSUSA and Politico
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Trump's Cowardly “Press Conference”
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Discussion: Mediaite
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Through the lens of a CNN camera on the ground, a view of American disintegration
Discussion: Redstate and Twitchy
Denise Roland / Wall Street Journal:
Blood of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Is Becoming a Hot Commodity
Discussion: The Hill
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Inside an Extraordinary G.O.P. Event: ‘Pressing Flesh and Kissing Babies’ Again
Discussion: Raw Story
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines
 
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