Trump's New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine  —  A Houston doctor who praises hydroxychloroquine and says that face masks aren't necessary to stop transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus has become a star on the right-wing internet …

Police: ‘Umbrella Man’ was a white supremacist trying to incite George Floyd rioting  —  Police say the suspect has been identified, but no charges had been filed as of Tuesday afternoon.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  A masked man who was seen in a viral video smashing the windows …

Republican senator deletes ad that made Jewish opponent's nose bigger  —  Sen. David Perdue of Georgia deleted a Facebook ad targeting his Jewish election opponent, Jon Ossoff, that appeared to have been altered to make Ossoff's nose bigger.  —  The ad called for donations to Perdue …

“He's Lying.”  New Book Reveals Havoc Bill Barr Wrought Inside Congress  —  On Tuesday morning, when Attorney General William Barr finally appears before the House Judiciary Committee, a book will be released covering one of Barr's most controversial and most consequential actions to date …

Lawsuit alleges Trump campaign, fundraising committee shielded millions in payments  —  A legal complaint filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission alleges that the Trump campaign and an affiliated fundraising committee have not properly reported nearly $170 million in campaign spending …

Three Tests for the Future of the Republican Party  —  The least we can expect from a responsible political party and political movement.  —  Life is a learning experience.  Even the three months before a presidential election.  So it might make sense to ask a question:

Trump administration to resume processing DACA renewals  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Court ruling and the underlying legality …

After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They're Starting a New Site  —  The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture.  —  One of the biggest staff rebellions in online media took place last year …

Extensive New Battleground Polling Shows Biden Gaining Ground  —  Biden has put Republican strongholds in play while extending his lead in several swing states  —  President Donald Trump faces an increasingly daunting electoral map according to new battleground state polling from Morning Consult Political Intelligence.

Sarah Palin's Facebook grift  —  Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican nominee for Vice President, is not the cultural icon she was a decade ago.  In March, she appeared on “The Masked Singer,” where she sang “Baby Got Back” dressed in a pink bear costume.  So how is Palin making ends meet?

Google's Top Search Result?  —  The search engine dedicated almost half of the first page of results in our test to its own products, which dominated the coveted top of the page  —  In Google's early years, users would type in a query and get back a page of 10 “blue links” that led to different websites.

Maya Wiley Is Leaving MSNBC to Weigh Run for N.Y.C. Mayor  —  Ms. Wiley, who once led the city's police oversight board, would enter a mayoral race that has been reshaped by Black Lives Matter protests.  —  Maya D. Wiley, a former top counsel for Mayor Bill de Blasio, is leaving her role …

Have You Been ‘Wokefished’ While Dating?  Here's How to Tell  —  If a dude describes himself on Hinge as a “feminist”, pay close attention to how he actually treats women.  —  SS  —  When I was about 17, I decided to go vegan (I was trying a lot of things at the time …

AFT threatens ‘safety strikes’ in school reopening talks  —  The American Federation of Teachers adopted a resolution denouncing “unsafe and unsound plans” or “the faulty implementation of plans.”  —  Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers president, speaks during a news conference.

Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala  —  In American politics, some candidates give their opponents a real run for their money.  And then there are those candidates who lay chase like a cheetah running down an impala on the Serengeti.

Democrats Reject Marijuana Legalization In Party Platform  —  The document supports decriminalization but stops short of full legalization.  —  Democratic National Committee delegates voted 105-60 against including marijuana legalization in the party platform on Monday.

Revealed: A Former FBI Director's Double Game With Stolen Russian Money  —  Louis Freeh has been hired to investigate stolen Russian cash.  But he repped one of the alleged money launderers in another case—alongside Russia's Trump Tower meeting lawyer.  —  This investigation was conducted jointly …

Ex-FBI agent Strzok due out with book about Trump, Russia  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok, who played a key role in the Russia investigation but whose pejorative text messages about Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign made him a target of the president's wrath …

Cuomo offers every MLB team a home in New York  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering every Major League Baseball team a temporary home in New York.  —  “New York state could host any Major League Baseball game that any teams want to play and they could play those games in our stadiums,” the governor said in a briefing on Tuesday.

Racism among white Christians is higher than among the nonreligious.  That's no coincidence.  —  Over the last several weeks, the United States has engaged in a long-overdue reckoning with the racist symbols of the past, tearing down monuments to figures complicit in slavery and removing Confederate flags from public displays.

Department of Homeland Security Will Reject Initial Requests for DACA As It Weighs Future of the Program  —  Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf announced that in response to the Supreme Court's decision, the Department of Homeland Security will take action to thoughtfully consider …

The Republicans Have Written a Pro-Virus Bill … America's response to the coronavirus crisis has been a failure in large part thanks to our national impatience.  We allowed businesses to reopen and nudged people back to work before successfully containing the disease …