How Trump plans to turn around his losing campaign  —  Washington (CNN)Earlier this month, several top Trump campaign advisers gathered for a virtual strategy session to address a political reality they could no longer ignore: The President was in serious trouble.

Mueller raised possibility Trump lied to him, newly unsealed report reveals  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller examined whether President Donald Trump lied to him in written answers during the Russia investigation, a possibility House Democrats have said they continue to look into even after Trump's impeachment.

Top members of coronavirus task force advised against Trump's Tulsa rally  —  WASHINGTON — Leading members of the coronavirus task force warned White House officials about the health risks of holding large-scale indoor campaign rallies and advised against such mass gatherings, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

Leaked document makes Trump campaign's use of Nazi-era symbol look worse  —  President Trump's campaign is under fire for employing a symbol once used by Nazis in a new batch of Facebook ads — a red inverted triangle that appeared alongside a warning about the dire threat posed by “antifa …

Asked repeatedly to say ‘Black lives matter,’ Mike Pence says ‘all lives matter’  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence declined to say the words “Black lives matter” during an interview with an ABC affiliate in Pennsylvania on Friday, instead saying that “all lives matter.”

After heated exchange on race, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz reveals Cuban “son”  —  Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz revealed he has been raising an immigrant child from Cuba for more than six years on Thursday.  —  In a tweet featuring a picture of him and Nestor Galban, whom he calls his son …

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain who warned of coronavirus  —  The Navy is upholding the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt who was relieved of duty after raising the alarm about a Covid-19 outbreak on his ship in March.

Parent of toddler in ‘manipulated’ Trump video forces Facebook and Twitter to remove it  —  New York (CNN Business)Facebook and Twitter on Friday removed a video posted by President Donald Trump's account that had twisted a viral video of two toddlers after one of the children's parents lodged a copyright claim.

Why Juneteenth Matters  —  It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln's promise of “a new birth of freedom.”  —  Neither Abraham Lincoln nor the Republican Party freed the slaves.  They helped set freedom in motion and eventually codified it into law with the 13th Amendment …

Right message, wrong messenger: NYT's Peter Baker decries the ‘normalization’ of Trump's presidency  —  In Friday's New York Times, the paper's White House bureau chief, Peter Baker, tut-tutted the “normalization” of Donald Trump's presidency - as if he himself, along with his colleagues …

Florida Gov. blames coronavirus rise on ‘overwhelmingly Hispanic’ workers  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to clusters of “overwhelmingly Hispanic” day laborers and agriculture workers for driving the state's recent coronavirus spike — but farmworkers and industry associations argue …

Bolton Book Confirms Most Serious Allegations in Trump Impeachment on Ukraine Quid Pro Quo  —  John Bolton's book may inform a segment of the American public that the House impeachment managers were not able to reach.  The book, which has been obtained by Just Security …

Change the name of the Washington NFL team.  Now.  —  “BUT HOW, in these times, do you raise kids in the nation's capital, ask them to look at the pain and the strife racial injustice has caused in their hometown and their home country, walk them through steps they can take to make things better …

U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance  —  From Minneapolis to Buffalo, Homeland Security officials dispatched drones, helicopters and airplanes to monitor Black Lives Matter protests.  —  GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Department of Homeland Security deployed helicopters …

In countries keeping the coronavirus at bay, experts watch U.S. case numbers with alarm  —  As coronavirus cases surge in states across the South and West of the United States, health experts in countries with falling case numbers are watching with a growing sense of alarm and disbelief …

EPA will no longer regulate toxic compound in drinking water  —  The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will not regulate or limit a toxic chemical compound linked to infant brain damage in drinking water.  —  The big picture: The Trump administration has revoked …

Source: 23 Clemson football players test positive for COVID-19  —  CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has had 23 football players and two football staff members test positive for COVID-19, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.  The school on Friday announced 28 total positive test …

Officer Brett Hankison is being fired from LMPD after Breonna Taylor shooting  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police is initiating termination of Officer Brett Hankison, one of three LMPD officers to fire weapons on March 13 at Breonna Taylor's apartment, killing her.

How a West Baltimore nursing home has zero COVID-19 infections |  COMMENTARY  —  Here's a key question for the Rev. Derrick DeWitt, director of the Maryland Baptist Aged Home in West Baltimore, a 100-year-old nursing facility that has had no coronavirus infections: What was the moment …

The Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Defending the Constitutionality of Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act  —  The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in Idaho federal court defending Idaho's Fairness in Women's Sports Act against a challenge under the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause.

Profane recording surfaces of 2 Empower Texans operatives joking about Gov. Greg Abbott being in wheelchair  —  In outtakes after a podcast taping, the two excoriate Abbott for letting cities and counties fine businesses that don't require masks.  ‘I hate him,’ one says.

Poll: 55% Believe That Biden Potentially Has ‘Early Stages Of Dementia’  —  Is Joe Biden experiencing dementia?  That's a question the pollsters at Zogby International posed to 1,007 “likely voters.”  —  The results were surprising: 55% said they think the former vice president, 77, “is in the early stages of dementia.”

New 2020 Electoral College Ratings  —  With just under five months until the election, President Trump is a severe underdog for re-election.  Polls show that voters do not trust him to handle the two most pressing issues of the day — the coronavirus pandemic and race relations — which has helped drive his job approval to 41 percent.

Joe Rogan: Left-Wing Media Have ‘Completely Ignored’ Biden in ‘Cognitive Decline’  —  Thursday on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, host Joe Rogan said left-wing media have “completely ignored” former Vice President Joe Biden's repeated verbal flubs and judged that the presumptive Democratic …

Laney College professor put on leave after demanding student named ‘Phuc Bui’ ‘anglicize’ her name  —  Matthew Hubbard, a mathematics professor at Oakland's Laney College, has been placed on administrative leave after emailing a Vietnamese student and instructing her to “anglicize” her name against her wishes.