The important thing about the war’s cost is that it’s not very important. The stakes in this war are lives and the long-term question of whether the Middle East becomes more–or less–stable. By comparison, the economic burdens are modest. The United States can easily afford a long war if that would minimize casualties. And the United States is rich enough to maintain a military presence in the Persian Gulf if that would enhance postwar stability....
Team Trump’s pleas for funds on Sunday evening came only days after the former president insisted Republicans “will not be voting” in the 2022 midterm and 2024 general elections until the supposed voter fraud is “solved.” Trump has repeatedly pushed the narrative that voter fraud was behind his electoral defeat to Democrat Joe Biden in November 2020, despite no evidence to support the claim. Multiple lawsuits alleging widespread fraud were rejected in the weeks following the election after attorneys for Trump offered no substantive evidence....
Trump made the comments in a post on Gab on Tuesday. The social media site is popular with conservatives and the ex-president is still suspended from Facebook and banned from Twitter. He referenced an October 13 report from The New York Post about Zuckerberg’s financial contributions to two nonprofit groups during the November 2020 election—spending the newspaper claimed helped Joe Biden win the presidency. Trump began his post by discussing Republican Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska’s 1st congressional district, who has been charged with lying to the FBI about campaign contributions....
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney will decide on Tuesday whether to unseal a final report from the jury appointed as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation. The special grand jury concluded their inquiry on January 9 after hearing evidence for around six months. If McBurney does decide to unseal the findings, he may still rule that certain parts must be redacted. The criminal investigation was originally launched to investigate Trump’s January 2021 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where the former president asked him to “find” 11,780 votes to help him beat Joe Biden in the 2020 election....
The results of the poll, released Thursday, were based on telephone surveys conducted among 823 registered voters in Wisconsin, as well as the other swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan, between February 12 and February 18. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. While Trump was ahead in Wisconsin, it is worth noting that Quinnipiac’s poll also reported that all of his Democratic challengers were ahead of him by at least one point in Pennsylvania and Michigan....
The lower bowl appeared to be close to full and there was a large gathering on the floor, but large portions of the upper deck were . . . not. There were many theories including COVID-19/social distancing concerns, a rescheduled date from the original June 19, the campaign’s claim of protesters blocking the area outside the arena, and a reported TikTok/BTS ticket trolling scheme. MORE: Trump says Drew Brees caved to ‘PR pressure’ in kneeling flip-flop...
“[Trump’s] status as [former] President of the United States does not exclude him from the requirements of the forum selection clause in Twitter’s Terms of Service,” the ruling said. Trump had requested that his Twitter account be temporarily unlocked before being fully reinstated, and called the company “a major avenue of public discourse.” The case will now be transferred to be heard by a California court, per a motion requested by Twitter....
The committee on Tuesday issued letters to six witnesses demanding documents and testimony for what it described as their roles seeking to overturn the election in the leadup to the insurrection. Since being formed last year, the committee has turned its attention in recent months to how efforts by Trump and his inner circle to stay in power allegedly played into the attack. Of the newly subpoenaed witnesses is Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who previously assisted with unsuccessful efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory....
Biden’s attorneys on Monday acknowledged that fewer than a dozen documents were found at Washington, D.C.’s Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, which is a think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. The revelation of the removed classified documents, which reportedly date back to Biden’s time as vice president, immediately drew comparisons to the roughly 325 classified documents recovered from former President Donald Trump. Trump Jr. took to Twitter soon after news broke on Monday regarding Biden’s documents and referenced last summer’s FBI raid at his father’s Mar-a-Lago residence....
The incumbent Republican president holds a solid five-point lead in Missouri, according to the most recent “We Ask America” poll released Tuesday. But in other potential swing states, including Wisconsin, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania, Biden still holds significant polling leads. The only other states where Trump and Biden are statistically tied are Florida and Texas, according to Dallas Morning News and Trafalgar Group polls released last week. Led by concerns over a recent spike in crime tied to racial justice protests across the country, Missouri voters have given a boost to Trump’s November re-election prospects....
Trump inherited a deficit of $585 billion when he took office in January 2017. That was 58 percent lower than the $1.4 trillion former President Barack Obama inherited in 2009 following the financial crisis, a number his administration slashed over two terms. According to the latest Congressional Budget Office data released on Monday, the full-year deficit for 2019 is estimated to come in at $984 billion, just shy of the $1 trillion that many analysts were expecting....
As a guest on Anna Faris’ podcast Unqualified, in which she discusses relationship advice with Hollywood stars, The Lord of the Rings actor discussed what it was like to be cheated on by Lilly. “I’ve only really got my heart broken once in my life,” he said. “I was dating an actress on Lost called Evangeline Lilly, who, you know, has gone on to have a name all of her own....
Larsen threw a perfect game in the 1956 World Series — the only flawless championship performance in baseball history. His effort gave the Yankees a 3-2 series lead over the Dodgers and earned him MVP honors. The right-hander went on to win another title with New York two years later. He finished his career 4-2 with a 2.75 ERA in the World Series. MORE: MLB things to look for in 2020...
The origin of the supposed similarities between Hudson and Mourinho remains cloudy although the pair do share good looks and an extremely confident outlook. ‘De Boer to turn Palace into Barca’ Their records are markedly different, though. While Mourinho has won two Champions League titles and a collection of domestic honours at the likes of Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter, Hudson’s coaching career has taken something of a less glamorous route - starting with Real Maryland Monarchs before spells at Welsh lower league outfit Newport County, Bahrain and the All Whites...
Even though Rockstar Games did not release a new title in 2016-2017, the developer enjoyed tremendous success thanks to continued sales of Grand Theft Auto 5 and support for GTA Online. Microtransactions within the multiplayer experience continue to be a huge moneymaker for Rockstar and Take-Two, with some even claiming the game had its best quarter ever these last few months. Competing reports doubt that GTA Online did that well, but the funds are still coming in regardless....
The country long staved off the high rates of COVID-19 infection that have hit other countries due to its firm policies of mass testing, quarantines, lockdowns, and travel restrictions. Now, as cases are rising, a relative lack of natural immunity throughout the pandemic leaves much of the 1.4 billion population vulnerable to disease. The country also lags in vaccination rates among the elderly, who are at the highest risk of severe disease and death, and many people who received their primary series long ago have yet to be boosted....
Georgia passed new voting laws last week that include voter ID for absentee ballots, fewer drop boxes and it makes it a crime to bring food and water to voters who wait in lines to cast their ballots. MLB announced Friday afternoon that it would pull this year’s Midsummer Classic from the Peach State to a site “to be determined.” “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views....
In a pre-taped interview with CBS that aired on Sunday, Trump told “Face The Nation” host John Dickerson, “I very much have always liked Peyton Manning — he’s a very good guy, I know him. So I have to go with the person who I know. MORE: Peyton Manning photos | It’s OK to dislike Cam | Trump, get the hell away from NFL “The other team looks fantastic, they would probably be favored or something....
“Just like in the 2020 Presidential Election, it was announced overnight in New York City that vast irregularities and mistakes were made and that Eric Adams, despite an almost insurmountable lead, may not win the race,” the former president said in a statement on Wednesday. Trump went on to state that “nobody will ever know who really won” the race and suggested the New York City Board of Elections should “close the books and do it all over again....
On Monday, the committee, which is investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and associated efforts to overturn the 2020 election, referred former President Trump to the Department of Justice on four charges. The charges were: inciting an insurrection, obstruction of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and conspiracy to make a false statement. The Justice Department is not under any legal obligation to act on the referrals....
