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Alistair Bunkall / Sky News:
Russia paid Taliban fighters to attack British troops in Afghanistan  —  The group responsible for the payments is the same Russian intelligence outfit behind the Skripal poisonings, Sky News is told.  —  Defence and security correspondent @AliBunkallSKY  —  Created with Sketch.
Lynn Berry / Associated Press:
Biden slams Trump over reported bounties placed on US troops
Discussion: Axios
Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:   House Dem Calls Trump ‘Rotten To The Core’ For Doing Nothing As Russia Puts Bounty On US Troops
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump admits it: He's losing  —  Donald Trump knows he's losing.  —  The president has privately come to that grim realization in recent days, multiple people close to him told POLITICO, amid a mountain of bad polling and warnings from some of his staunchest allies that he's on course to be a one-term president.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Four Men Charged in Federal Court for Attempting to Tear Down Statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square Amid Protests  —  WASHINGTON - Lee Michael Cantrell, 47, of Virginia; Connor Matthew Judd, 20, of Washington, D.C.; Ryan Lane, 37, of Maryland; and Graham Lloyd, 37, of Maine …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump tweets “wanted” images as 4 charged over bid to topple Andrew Jackson statue  —  Four men have been charged with destruction of federal property for allegedly trying to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue outside the White House this week, the Department of Justice said in a statement on Saturday night.
New York Times:
How Michael Flynn's Defense Team Found Powerful Allies  —  A lawyer for the former national security adviser turned to the attorney general for help, and he delivered, months before a pair of appellate judges handed Mr. Flynn another legal victory.  —  WASHINGTON — Sidney Powell …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Think twice about why the media attacks William Barr
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump promotes video of a supporter saying ‘white power’  —  President Trump promoted a video Sunday that includes a Trump supporter saying “white power” while facing off with counterprotesters, calling his supporters at the Florida retirement community where the demonstration occurred “great people.”
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Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
1 Dead After Man Shoots Into Crowd at Breonna Taylor Protest Park  —  Video footage showed a man firing more than a dozen shots at a park in Louisville, Ky., where protesters had gathered to call for justice for Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in March.
Discussion: The Week
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Cable News Networks to Team Up on Convention Coverage, Limiting Staff Exposure  —  CNN, MSNBC, Fox News in talks to coordinate pool coverage to reduce number of journalists in potentially infectious areas  —  Two years ago, CNN staffers descended on Charlotte, N.C., to start planning coverage …
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases  —  (CNN)Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week — Connecticut and Rhode Island.  —  A rise was reported in a staggering 36 states, including Florida …
Discussion: Axios, Gothamist and NPR
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Wall Street Journal:   Coronavirus Cases Pass 10 Million Globally
New York Times:
Trump Faces Mounting Defections From a Once-Loyal Group: Older White Voters  —  No Democrat has won or broken even with voters over 65 in two decades.  But seniors' dismay about President Trump could change that.  —  Clifford Wagner, an 80-year-old Republican in Tucson, Ariz., never cared for President Trump.
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
In ‘God, guns and Trump’ country, simmering doubts about the president  —  In this dry stretch of northwestern Arizona, Trump campaign signs dot the desert landscape, and Trump flags fly from the backs of dusty pickup trucks.  —  Last fall, an event called “Trumpstock” …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump, Not So Statuesque  —  Things are looking down for the Donald.  —  WASHINGTON — For a long time, Republicans have brandished the same old narrative to try to scare their way into the White House.  —  Their candidates were presented as the patriarchs, protecting the house from invaders with dark skin.
Shannon Najmabadi / The Texas Tribune:
Want a coronavirus test in Texas?  You may have to wait for hours in a car.  —  Months into the pandemic, demand for coronavirus tests is soaring.  Texans report problems with almost every facet of the testing process, starting with the glitching websites and unanswered phone lines used …
Ashraf Khalil / Associated Press:
DC mayor caught between activists, police in funding battle  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Muriel Bowser's national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation's capital into the 51st state.
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Gabby Orr / Politico:
A new dilemma for Trump's team: Preventing super-spreader churches  —  One month after President Donald Trump ordered the nation's governors to immediately reopen churches, his administration is facing a difficult dilemma.  —  Clusters of Covid-19 cases are surfacing in counties across …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden campaign is 35% people of color and 53% female, new diversity data shows  —  Thirty-five percent of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign operation are people of color and just over half are women, according to figures released Saturday under public prodding …
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New York Times:
Biden Campaign Says Just Over a Third of 2020 Staff Members Are People of Color
Discussion: Politico
Kayleigh Skinner / Mississippi Today:
‘Historic moment’: Lawmakers clear difficult hurdle to consider bill that would remove the Mississippi state flag  —  The House and Senate are expected to act quickly this weekend to remove the Mississippi state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, after clearing the procedural path on Saturday.
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Mississippi closer to removing Confederate battle emblem from state flag
Washington Post:
Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump's Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up  —  In the hours before his rally in Tulsa, President Trump's campaign directed the removal of thousands of “Do Not Sit Here, Please!” …
New York Times:
After Asking Americans to Sacrifice in Shutdown, Leaders Failed to Control Virus  —  As Covid-19 cases surge, it is clear many governors underestimated the coronavirus and rushed to reopen before their states were ready.  —  WASHINGTON — More than four months into fighting the coronavirus …
Sheena Jones / CNN:
Patrons are asked to self-quarantine after about 85 people who visited a Michigan bar get Covid-19  —  (CNN)People who visited a bar in East Lansing, Michigan, are being asked to self-quarantine because roughly 85 people contracted Covid-19 after visiting the establishment this month, a health official says.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Co-founder of Maryland group that protested for state to reopen tests positive for coronavirus  —  (CNN)The co-founder of a Maryland group that protested the state's stay-at-home order and has pressured Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to ease restrictions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic says he has tested positive for Covid-19.
Discussion: New York Post
 
 
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High school student sparked a coronavirus cluster in New York after they travelled from Florida …
Devon Ivie / Vulture:
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Washington Post:
With Trump leading the way, America's coronavirus failures exposed by record surge in new infections
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USA Today:
When Black lives matter to Democrats, and when they don't
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Democrats recoil at Karen Bass VP float
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Meena Venkataramanan / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Republicans move forward with plans for an indoor convention in Houston, the state's biggest coronavirus hot spot
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President Eisgruber's message to community on removal of Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school …
 

 
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