Posts

Biden’s lead against Trump is up by five points since July and now stands at 55-40. But Biden is not the only Democratic candidate with a strong lead over Trump among 2020 voters, according to the poll by Langer Research Associates. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent, leads Trump by nine points, 52-43, up from a one-point lead back in July. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris, of Massachusetts and California respectively, both hold seven-point leads over Trump (51-44 and 50-43)....

New polling by CBS News/YouGov released on Sunday showed Biden ahead of Trump by 3 percentage points, backed by 47 percent of Arizona’s voters compared to 44 percent who support the incumbent Republican president. The survey also showed that by double digits, Arizona voters see Biden as a better leader to guide the country through the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic—with 50 percent saying the Democratic nominee would better handle the crisis and only 37 percent saying the same of Trump....

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) will lead the introduction of the legislation while two members of Nadler’s committee, representatives Hank Johnson of Georgia and Mondaire Jones of New York, will be co-sponsors. The move has once again put the spotlight on President Joe Biden who has previously expressed opposition to so-called “court-packing,” but recently announced the creation of a commission to examine potential reform of the court....

The annualized rate of inflation last month was 7.1 percent, down from 7.7 percent in October in what may be seen as another indication that U.S. inflation has peaked after previously reaching an almost 40-year high. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI) rose by 0.1 percent month-on-month in another fall since October, when prices rose 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. The monthly rise in September was also 0....

“Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work. Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing,” Biden wrote on Twitter alongside the 30-second clip, which has been viewed more than 1.6 million times since. The ad spliced footage of healthcare workers on the front line of the pandemic with clips of Trump on the course at his private Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia....

The budget proposes that all households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent in taxes on both income and “unrealized appreciation”—the increase in an unsold investment’s value. “The Billionaire Minimum Tax is fair, and it raises $360 billion that can be used to lower costs for families and cut the deficit,” Biden said at a press conference on Monday. The proposal is a bid to reform what the White House described as a tax code “that has rewarded wealth, not work, and contributed to growing income and wealth inequality in America....

While the president has vowed to “hunt” those responsible for the attack, the situation in Afghanistan appears to have affected Biden’s already declining approval rating. Poll tracker FiveThirtyEight, which tracks Biden’s popularity based on analysis of a wide range of polls and its own system of pollster ratings, shows that the president’s approval stood at 47.2 percent on Thursday. The president’s disapproval now stands at 47 percent and could rise further ahead of the August 31 deadline for the final withdrawal of U....

The president is scheduled to visit Rzeszow later Friday, a city in southeastern Poland less than 100 miles from the Ukrainian border Biden will meet with President Andrzej Duda of Poland, as well as with U.S. troops at a military base in Rzeszow. There are roughly 10,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Poland, part of a total of 100,000 U.S. troops spread out across Europe—the most since the mid-2000s....

Excerpts released by the White House ahead of Biden’s Wednesday press conference offer a glimpse at a plan to pull 2,500 U.S. armed forces from Afghanistan between May 1 and September 11. The timeline defies the 14-month period established in a February 2020 agreement signed by President Donald Trump, U.S. NATO allies and the Taliban. The excerpts from Biden’s speech offer pledges to continue providing support to Afghanistan and assist in international efforts to train its military following U....

The proposal is part of Biden’s larger caregiving plan dubbed the “21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce” plan, which addresses needs for children, the elderly and caregivers. Biden promised to end long wait times for elderly or disabled people seeking care while speaking during a speech in New Castle, Delaware on Tuesday. “Right now, there are 800,000 people who are eligible for home and community care through Medicaid, who have already signed up for it, but they’re waiting for a phone call” Biden said....

The host of the Joe Rogan Experience continues to face criticism amid an ongoing controversy over misinformation on his show and a scandal over his past use of racial slurs. Arguably the biggest podcaster in the world, Rogan boasts an estimated 11 million listeners per episode on the Spotify exclusive show. Earlier this month, video hosting platform Rumble offered to match the $100 million deal the podcaster reportedly signed to host his show exclusively on Spotify....

Joe Root and Ben Stokes have been the best performers in the 3rd Test at the Wanderers, on a pitch where batting has been difficult. Before the two combined at the crease from around one hour before tea, England had slumped to 91/4, and the highest score from the match had been Dean Elgar’s gritty 46. England were in trouble early on, and lost their captain Alastair Cook to the first delivery in international cricket bowled by Hardus Viljoen, who thus sealed his place in a very elite list....

The 76ers star’s knee soreness has caused him to be listed as doubtful for Game 4 against the Nets, according to an NBC Sports report. Embiid missed 14 of Philadelphia’s last 24 regular season games in hopes of improving the condition of his knee. But according to Embiid, the pain has gotten worse. Despite not being 100 percent, the big man is averaging 22.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in 22....

Bosa blasted the league and the officiating in Saturday’s game, as evidenced by a clip of him in front of his locker shared by USA Today’s Mike Freeman. In an NSFW rant, he claimed a lack of accountability for officials after blown calls. “I think there needs to be more accountability on — I mean if I say something to them, I get a $40,000 fine. But if they blow a call that ruins an entire team’s season, they get to — they’re probably back in the locker room after the game like, ‘Ha, got that a—hole....

Since making his major league debut in 2007, Votto has established himself as one of the premier first basemen in the league. Entering Monday’s action, the 33-year-old lefty slugger has a career batting line of .312/.425/.539 with 248 home runs. MORE: MLB mailbag: Who might be traded in August? To put that in perspective, Votto ranks third in Wins Above Replacement (51.6 WAR) among active first baseman, only trailing behind two legends....

The election was called by Fox News, the Associated Press and other television networks in Biden’s favor on November 7, after it became clear that the Democratic president-elect had won Pennsylvania and Nevada. Trump has refused to concede, pushing unfounded claims without evidence that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won fraudulently. “I think it’s very important for leaders of the Republican Party to explain to our voters—who are not as stupid as the Democrats think—that in fact Trump has lost the election and that his claims of election fraud are baseless,” Bolton, who served in Trump’s White House from April 2018 to September 2019, told ABC News’ This Week on Sunday....

He did so by sweating it out on a treadmill, explaining that he had to get in better shape for the upcoming season since he says he’ll be coaching a lot more with Ulis gone. MORE: Ranking the greatest UK players of all time “It’s not like this year, I had someone else coaching the team,” he said, pointing to Ulis across the room. “I should have gotten some of the salary,” Ulis barbed back....

Cena is one of the most popular and well-loved professional wrestlers ever, with a career spanning more than 2 decades, almost all of which was spent in the employ of the internationally recognized World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion. In that time, he has held the world championship a total of 16 times, sharing that first-place record with recently retired wrestling legend Ric Flair. Cena also spent most of his time portrayed as a good guy (or ‘face,’ in industry lingo), becoming a fan favorite and acting as the face of the company for more than a decade before moving on to a part-time schedule that allows him to pursue what has been an incredibly successful acting career....

He leads the new Prime Video movie as a single father who sets off on an educational road trip with his daughter after finding out he has a terminal disease. Cho, who came to prominence in bro comedies like American Pie and Harold and Kumar, stars as Max Park, while newcomer Mia Isaac plays his daughter Wally. The emotional comedy drama is out exclusively on Prime Video on Friday, July 15 and ahead of its launch Cho, Isaac and director Hannah Marks spoke to Newsweek....

Only a few weeks after the Futurama revival was announced at Hulu, hopeful fans can now sit back from the edges of their seats, safe in the knowledge that the one major holdout has finally secured a deal to join the rest of the cast. DiMaggio had initially been absent from the list of returning voice cast members, with even the original announcement seemed to suggest that his role as Bender would be recast....