Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Twitter says fake "Antifa" account was run by white supremacists - CBS News
- Coronavirus updates: US reports over 21,000 new cases amid mass protests - ABC News
- 'He Did Not Pray': Fallout Grows From Trump's Photo-Op At St. John's Church - NPR
- Taking aim at Trump over unrest, Biden argues the president’s ‘part of the problem and accelerates it’ - Fox News
- Tensions rise in U.S. cities after police shot; Trump pushes crackdown - Reuters
- Barr personally ordered law enforcement to push back Lafayette Square protesters: report - The Hill
- Biden vows to heal racial wounds, rips Trump as divisive: 'Is this who we want to be?' - Reuters
- GOP senator: Trump used ‘Word of God as a political prop' - ABC News
- 60 minutes of mayhem: How aggressive politics and policing turned a peaceful protest into a violent confrontation - CNN
- GOP criticism muted on Trump’s handling of protests - AP
- Priest among those police cleared from St. John's Church patio for Trump visit - The Hill
- DC Episcopal bishop: ‘I am outraged’ by Trump church visit - AP
- Biden blasts Trump’s ‘narcissism’ in new phase of campaign - AP
- House Judiciary panel to hear from DOJ 'whistleblowers' amid efforts to reschedule Barr testimony - Politico
- Five things to know about Trump's legal power under the Insurrection Act - The Hill
- Trump's church photo-op took Defense Secretary Esper, Gen. Milley by surprise - NBC News
- Critics of Trump protest policies span US political spectrum - Al Jazeera
- Controversial Rep. Steve King loses Iowa GOP primary battle - Fox News
- Facebook employees stage a virtual walkout after Zuckerberg fails to take action against Trump's posts - CBS News
- Senate Republicans Set Summer Of Investigations Involving Biden - NPR
- Tim Scott: Lafayette Square should not have been cleared for Trump - Politico
- Tear gas, threats for protesters before Trump visits church - AP
- WHO director for Americas urges U.S. help as coronavirus surges in region - Reuters
- Protests underscore worsening racial wealth gaps: "Justifiable anger" - CBS News
- Castro comes around, finally backs Biden - Fox News
- Cuomo slams de Blasio's handling of riots, claims he has power to ‘displace’ mayor but not ‘at that point’ - Fox News
- EU foreign policy chief says US can invite Russia as 'guest' to G7 - The Hill
- North Carolina governor rejects GOP's demand for full-fledged convention - Politico
- Antifa rumors spread on local social media with no evidence - NBC News
- Archbishop attacks Trump as US unrest continues - BBC
- Pelosi to Trump: Be a ‘healer in chief’ - AP
- Minnesota files civil rights charge against state's police department over George Floyd killing - The Hill
- 9 states, DC vote amid coronavirus pandemic, social unrest - AP
- Chinese propagandists seize on George Floyd protests - Politico
- Wall Street advances on signs of economic rebound - Reuters
- Nadler calls for slashing AG budget in latest swipe at Barr - Fox News
- Putin signs Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy - AP
- 'He Thinks Division Helps Him': Biden Condemns Trump's Protest Response - NPR
- Gilead's next step on coronavirus: inhaled remdesivir, other easier-to-use versions - Reuters
- 6 Atlanta police officers charged in forceful arrests of college students in car - ABC News
- Birx warns against 'false sense of security' that outbreak will wane this summer - Politico
- George Floyd protest updates: Civil rights charge filed against Minneapolis police - ABC News
- Coronavirus testing stalls amid mass protests - Politico
- How China blocked WHO and Chinese scientists early in coronavirus outbreak - NBC News
- Germany divided as states lift lockdown - BBC
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