HUFFPOST - Critics Pounce On Trump's Algae-Filled Reflecting Pool As Officials Race To Clean Up
Trump can't be happy that tourists can't see his handpicked "American flag blue" paint.
HUFFPOST - Robert White Jr. Wins Democratic Primary For D.C.'s Delegate To Congress
White’s victory sets him up to take the top spot in November’s general elections, when he could replace 18-term delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
NYTIMES (Kathleen Sprows Cummings) - America’s First Pope Pays Homage to Its First Saint
When Pope Leo visits Mother Cabrini’s birthplace, the message will not be their shared American nationality but a rebuke of American exceptionalism.
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NYTIMES (W.J. Hennigan) - We Just Learned the Limits of American Power
How did the world’s richest nation, armed with the most powerful military, arrive at this strategic defeat?
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NYTIMES (Patricia Mazzei) - Georgia Vexes Trump Yet Again: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primaries
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones lost the Republican runoff for governor to the health care executive Rick Jackson despite the president’s endorsement. Mr. Trump’s picks won in other races.
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ABCNEWS - Rick Jackson wins Republican nomination for governor in Georgia
Rick Jackson wins Republican nomination for governor in Georgia
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ABCNEWS - 'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says 20 years after 'An Inconvenient Truth'
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth."
NPR (The Associated Press) - Rain along Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of Atlantic hurricane season
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the system is expected to bring intense rain to southern states including Texas and Louisiana this week.
AXIOS (Thomas Wheatley) - Collins wins Georgia Senate runoff, to challenge Ossoff
Republican Rep. Mike Collins on Tuesday defeated Derek Dooley and will face off against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in November. Why it matters: President Trump endorsed Collins after the May 19 primary. He now faces a well-funded Democratic incumbent who's won a statewide campaign in Georgia before. - Republicans view the Georgia Democrat's seat as key to maintaining control of the U.S. Senate . Zoom in: Collins won roughly 55% of the vote, according to preliminary results from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office. - The AP called the race for Collins just after 8:30pm with 52% of the vote counted. - Dooley later conceded to Collins, the AP reported . "He ran a tough campaign, he got out early and we just never could…
NYTIMES (Shawn Hubler, Dave Philipps and John Ismay) - As Mourning Begins, Deadly B-52 Crash Highlights Age of Bomber Fleet
Investigators are just beginning to determine what went wrong, but the Air Force has struggled to maintain the planes, which were first introduced in 1955.