Second Michigan poll shows Trump even farther behind, with Biden leading by 16 points  —  The damage done to President Donald Trump's standing in Michigan following recent protests outside the White House and in cities across the U.S. may have been even greater than originally believed …

Gorsuch draws surprise, anger with LGBT decision  —  Neil Gorsuch, widely considered one of the more conservative justices on the Supreme Court, stunned observers and drew enmity from right-wing commenters after he authored Monday's landmark decision guaranteeing LGBT people protection from workplace discrimination.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Pence Tells Governors to Repeat Misleading Claim on Outbreaks  —  Cash-starved states are forced to make massive job cuts.  Reopenings for some restaurants and bars are short-lived amid new infections.  —  RIGHT NOW The virus is racing across Africa …

Man Is Shot at Protest Over Statue of New Mexico's Conquistador  —  Two statues of Juan de Oñate are being removed after long-simmering tension between Native Americans and Hispanics over Spain's conquest of New Mexico.  —  ALBUQUERQUE — Gunfire broke out during a protest Monday night …

Voice of America top officials resign as Trump-appointed CEO takes over international network  —  New York (CNN Business)Two top officials at Voice of America resigned on Monday as an appointee of President Trump prepares to take control of the international network and other US federally-funded media operations.

Federal Judge Lambasts Amendment to Rename Confederate Bases as “Madness,” Gets Thoroughly Bodied By Clerk  —  The battle over renaming U.S. bases that currently honor Confederate officers broke out in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Rep. Ilhan Omar's Father Dies From Complications Of COVID-19  —  “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,” the Minnesota Democrat said.  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Monday that her father had died from complications of the coronavirus.

Gun-toting Trump supporters attack George Floyd protesters in rural Ohio town  —  A small-town solidarity rally with Black Lives Matter ended in chaos after some of President Donald Trump's supporters showed up with guns to berate demonstrators.  —  Alicia Gee, a 36-year-old substitute teacher …

Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found  —  The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's elite computer hackers …

“The Black Lives Matter Foundation” Raised Millions.  It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement.  —  Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality.

North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions  —  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed display of anger that sharply raises tensions …

Elizabeth Warren to endorse progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in primary against NY Rep. Eliot Engel  —  (CNN)Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to endorse Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday, throwing her support in a closely watched Democratic primary race behind a middle school principal …

Democrats on key Senate committee oppose top Pentagon pick as more inflammatory tweets emerge  —  (CNN)Several Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday that they would oppose the nomination of retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to oversee the Pentagon's policy shop.

Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100.  Why Did One Cost $2,315?  —  U.S. health care prices are unregulated, opaque and unpredictable.  When Congress required insurers to cover Covid-19 testing, a few providers decided to take advantage.  —  In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas …

Man found dead in apparent suicide outside store in Shady Acres, police say  —  A man was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide outside a store in the Shady Acres community, Houston police said.  —  His body was located outside the store at 9:05 a.m. in the 2500 block of Ella Boulevard, south of Interstate 610 North, police said.

Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche.  Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they've been in nearly 50 years.  —  This bold — yet unsurprising …

Members of Congress took small-business loans — and the full extent is unknown  —  At least four members of Congress have reaped benefits in some way from the half-trillion-dollar small-business loan program they helped create.  —  And no one knows how many more there could be.

The Redskins' name is the shameful statue of the NFL.  Tear it down.  —  When we get through this moment — and make no mistake, we are living through history on fronts both medical and societal — it's pretty clear there won't be a statue of Robert E. Lee in the center of Richmond.

NOAA leaders violated agency's scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds  —  NOAA does not intend to dole out punishments despite evidence of wrongdoing.  —  In a long-awaited report, an investigation conducted on behalf of the National Oceanic …

Where the police used tear gas  —  Tear gas has long been used to disperse crowds during protests and riots, both nationally and internationally, despite being banned in warfare by the Chemical Weapons Convention.  —  If used appropriately, it drives people to flee the gas, which irritates their eyes …

U.S. May retail sales surge 17.7% in the biggest monthly jump ever  — Retail sales rose 17.7% in May from the previous month, well above the 8% forecast.  — Total sales and sales excluding autos both set records.  — Stock market futures jumped on the news.

Fauci said US government held off promoting face masks because it knew shortages were so bad that even doctors couldn't get enough  —  Foto: Carlos Barria/Reuters National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in April 2020.

The State of CHAZ … The State of CHAZ  —  Seattle's autonomous zone has become a laboratory experiment in social justice as governance.  —  The Social Order  —  Public safety  —  The new state of CHAZ has evolved.  Over the past week, following Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan's decision …

Hoyer sets June 26 date for historic House vote on D.C. statehood bill  —  House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has chosen June 26 to hold the first floor vote in a generation on D.C. statehood, hoping to harness a national reckoning on race and capitalize on widespread outrage …

What has the Trump administration done with a half-trillion dollars?  —  What are they hiding?  —  That's the question taxpayers should be asking as the Trump administration refuses to reveal where a half-trillion dollars of our hard-earned cash has gone.  —  In March, back when Congress …

Twitter Hires Ex-FBI Lawyer Who Played Key Role In Probe Of Trump Campaign  — Baker was the FBI's top lawyer during Crossfire Hurricane, the investigation into the Trump campaign.  — In that role, Baker supported the decision to obtain surveillance warrants against Carter Page.