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That’s why it’s maddening to watch as commentators, well-meaning and otherwise, use the pandemic to shame protesters. “Their rules appear ideologically driven, as people can only gather for purposes deemed important by the elite central planners,” Brian Blase, a Trump administration health policy adviser, told a reporter at Politico. Make no mistake: Systemic racism and police brutality are public health crises. And just like we socially distanced to save lives—we are now protesting to save lives....

“We are the European champions, hence should not be taken lightly. Our strength is the combination of our senior and junior players along with the attacking style of play which helps us have an edge over the opponents. Before coming here, this team did not have a chance of practicing together as most players were busy with their domestic home teams,” said Henning, after his team’s practice session. “However, post coming here, the team had two thorough practice sessions and the coordination among them is looking good and strong....

But even I couldn’t help noticing that some of the television running during the playoffs and the World Series was about as bad as television can be. I channel-surfed only when my husband went to the kitchen for snack foods or when Alfonso Soriano was at bat and we knew nothing was going to happen. But soon I didn’t even bother. I watched insurance-company advertisements and really idiotic beer commercials because to look elsewhere was to look into the dark yawning maw of what entertainment executives (an oxymoron, emphasis on that last part) think of as “what Americans want....

Trump told reporters at the White House that he “had a very good talk” with the group that dominated Afghanistan before the 2001 U.S.-led invasion after the 9/11 attacks orchestrated by Taliban ally Al-Qaeda. Trump is the first sitting U.S. president known to have spoken to a representative of the group and the Taliban’s press office quickly released details of the conversation. “Mr. President! Take determined actions in regards to the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and do not allow anyone to take actions that violate the terms of the agreement thus embroiling you even further in this prolonged war,” Taliban Political Deputy and Chief of Political Office Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was cited as saying....

Trump has expressed his desire to sign off an agreement, while Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin continues talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). A major point of contention has been the cost of a deal, with Democrats having pushed for more than Republicans have been willing to sanction. While Trump has been open to further spend, McConnell has stood firmly against this—insisting a “highly targeted” approach should be taken. Given this, he may face pressure from Trump to shift this stance—with the president expected to “weigh in” with the Senate majority leader....

The commander-in-chief told Fox & Friends on Monday morning that Pelosi’s claim that he was fiddling while people died was a “horrible” thing to say. He also called her statement a “disgrace to her country,” and suggested the federal government might “take over” San Francisco and “clean it up.” “It’s a sad thing, she’s a sick puppy in my opinion, she really is,” President Trump said. “She’s got a lot of problems, and that’s a horrible thing to say....

The lawsuit comes several weeks after the campaign sent the station a cease-and-desist letter demanding that the advertisement be withdrawn from the station’s broadcast schedule. Called “Exponential Threat,” the ad was produced by Priorities USA and features an animated graph depicting the rising number of novel coronavirus infections as a series of Trump’s statements play in rapid succession. The Trump campaign’s suit alleges that the station, WJFW-NBC, defamed the president by broadcasting the ad because it “was produced through the use of digital technology by taking audio clips from Trump Campaign events and piecing those clips together to manufacture a blatantly false statement that was never said by President Trump....

Trump instead defended some of his allies on Friday, claiming that the House panel had purposely edited short clips of testimony from those such as Representative Jim Jordan, daughter Ivanka Trump and former adviser Jared Kushner in order to “destroy” them. “The committee is taking the testimony of witnesses, who defended me for eight hours, chopping it up and truncating sound bites to make it sound like what they said was absolutely terrible,” Trump told the crowd at Friday’s Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference in Nashville....

Gabriel Sterling, the voting implementation manager with the Georgia secretary of state’s office, referenced death threats and other such intimidation—suggesting Trump was “inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.” “It has to stop,” Sterling said, having urged the president and Senator to condemn these words and actions. “This is elections, this is backbone of democracy. And all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this....

The survey, conducted by Trump’s ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton’s Super PAC, indicates that the former president’s influence may have a “significant drag” on the election prospects of his endorsed candidates in four key battleground states: Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In three of the states, Trump’s chosen candidates are behind their respective Democratic candidate, according to the poll. However, independent and undecided voters—who may be critical for each GOP candidate if they want to win in November—have unfavorable views of Trump, meaning it may be difficult for them to chip away at the deficit....

Donald Trump Jr., dressed in hunter’s camouflage and with an elaborate bow and arrow, teamed with his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who sported a witch’s outfit. They’re a witch hunt, naturally. Elizabeth Warren, meanwhile, shared a video of her dog Bailey dressed up like a penny. Andrew Yang posted a throwback look from a previous Halloween that was reminiscent of certain punk aesthetic. Though he didn’t share any pictures of his costume for this year, he did ask his followers, “Can you guess what we will be this year?...

There’s growing speculation over who might replace McCain after she said earlier this month that she would leave the show to remain in Washington, D.C., where she moved before the birth of her daughter, Liberty. The daughter of the late GOP Arizona senator John McCain, she was the most conservative voice on the program, which she joined in 2017. She would often get into heated debates with her more liberal colleagues, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines....

KTOO, a local news network based out of the Alaskan capital, Juneau, said rumors were swirling that Trump Jr. was in town. In February, the $150,000 “dream hunt” was raffled off with the winner joining Trump Jr. and his son on a yacht traveling along the Tongass National Forest coastline in southeastern Alaska. The description of the prize said that Trump Jr. “needs no introduction” as someone “whose passion for the outdoors makes him the number one ambassador for our way of life....

Barrymore’s character Casey Becker is memorably killed after receiving a phone call from an unknown caller, who goes from flirtatious to sadistic, at the start of the 1996 slasher. But in a reimagined version of the scene, recently shared by comedian Samantha Bee, the caller terrorizing Barrymore’s character is none other than the president. “Hard to believe it’s been over twenty years since the movie Scream came out and even longer since Trump took office,” Bee, the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS, wrote alongside the clip on Twitter late Tuesday night....

At the rally, in Florence—Trump’s first rally of 2022—the Republican leader briefly performed an impression of the president. During a wide ranging speech, Trump listed issues including the southern border and inflation. He also returned to unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election suffered from mass voter fraud and other irregularities, and he took aim at infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. At one point, the ex-president told rallygoers: “We all knew that Joe Biden would be not so good but few could have imagined that he would be such a disaster for this country, what they’ve done....

An MSNBC report announcing her victory has gone viral on Twitter with over 180,000 views. With 83 percent of the votes counted, James had 54.2 percent of the vote to Henry’s 45.8, according to The New York Times. James has been a thorn in the side of former President Donald Trump, who has criticized her over legal action taken against him and his family. For live updates on the midterms, head over to Newsweek’s Live Blog: Who Won the Midterm Elections 2022?...

According to a report from Reuters, the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association wrote an open letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday saying that hospitals in the city have “almost no spare capacity” as COVID-19 infections continue to mount across the country. The Olympics are scheduled to begin in Tokyo on July 23. Why it matters: Daily new cases in Japan had decreased in February and early March, even reaching as little as triple-digits per day....

[HTML1] One of the biggest criticisms of the Call of Duty franchise is that the games are all the same - and, with the right perspective, there’s some truth to that. Since the release of the first game in the series way back in 2003, there’s been at least one new Call of Duty game every year. As such, the game has evolved slowly; while each iteration does things differently, it’s not like new Call of Duty games radically change the formula (with Modern Warfare potentially acting as the exception that proves the rule)....

Optimism over the left-hander’s recovery from a herniated disk in his lower back has dwindled since Kershaw, on the disabled list since June 26, suffered a setback Saturday while pitching a simulated game. Roberts said continued inflammation is cause for concern, but insisted the Dodgers are “hopeful” Kershaw will pitch again in 2016. It’s just a matter of when. MORE: 25 worst Baseball Hall of Fame inductees “With the way it flared up, it’s more of an indication that surgery is more of a possibility,” Roberts told reporters, via MLB....

Maeda, who pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings Saturday, has allowed just one run through his first four career starts, which is tied for the fewest in the majors during that time frame since 1900. The 28-year-old Japanese pitcher also struck out eight batters against the Rockies, bringing his season total to 23 in 25 1/3 innings. MORE: Curt Schilling’s most controversial comments | Greinke’s contract could cost him Hall of Fame...