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Oddschecker, which compares dozens of bookmakers, said there was “very little shift at all” in the market overnight on Thursday. Biden headed into the final debate as the “overwhelming favorite” to win, with his final debate odds of 1-6, implying he had an 85.69 percent chance of coming out on top in Tennessee, Oddschecker said. By comparison, Trump’s odds only implied he had a 36.4 percent chance of winning the debate....

The Austrian, who withdrew from the Olympics this month, has signed up to play in the tournament next year as well. In a statement issued by the organizers, Dominic Thiem said he was “very happy” to make his return to the claycourt event and that he hopes to win the title that eluded him in three previous participations. Dominic Thiem has never been beyond the quarterfinals in Hamburg. He played in the German city for the first time in 2014, winning two matches before losing to Leonardo Mayer in the round-of-16....

Bloys told the publication, “Nope. That’s not something we’ve talked about,” when asked about the rumors surrounding Thrones films. Entertainment Weekly also asked about how many prequels could be part of the Game of Thrones universe. Though Bloys didn’t give a specific answer, he noted that however many HBO does, will be done “correctly.” “As you know, [author] George R.R. Martin has created a very large and detailed universe. What’s great about it is there are roadmaps and histories and characters that lend themselves to adapting for TV,” he explained....

Trump left Washington for Florida on January 20 when Joe Biden was sworn in as president. Since then, he has been staying at his resort Mar-a-Lago where he has set up home. The end of Trump’s single term in office has been marred by the Capitol riots, prompting his ban from all major social media platforms and second impeachment trial where he stands accused of inciting violence. However, Jason Miller, Trump’s senior adviser, told The Sunday Times that the former president has been feeling much happier since he left office....

Even after his 2020 defeat, polls throughout 2021 and 2022 consistently showed Trump to be the clear choice of the conservative grassroots, with DeSantis representing a relatively small hold on the party’s voters. Trump’s endorsements defined last summer’s Republican primaries. And for better or worse, Trump’s words continued to control the news cycle, even as media buzz began to grow around the outspoken man from Jacksonville. But times change. And Trump—now faltering in those same polls—can’t ignore his DeSantis problem anymore....

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump called on Republicans to get tougher and said that while he thinks Democrats are bad politicians with lousy policies he respects that they stick together. And, Trump said, Democrats are vicious. “They’re much more vicious. We would never do a thing like this,” Trump told Hannity of the current House impeachment inquiry over the Ukraine affair in which the president is accused of soliciting the help of a foreign government in the 2020 election....

While speaking to Mark Levin on his show, Life, Liberty, and Levin, the former president was asked how he felt about being blamed for the fuel crisis. Last week, Newsweek reported on the ongoing surge in gasoline prices and how it differs by state. The national average price for regular gas is $3.411 per gallon but that is not the case for all states. For some states on the West Coast, the price is much higher than the average....

In a press release published on Wednesday, Senators Patrick Leahy and Kamala Harris, who is also running in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, called on the Trump administration to hold a briefing on the “potentially devastating consequences” of the lowered refugee cap. Under the new limit, the government plans to admit a record-low maximum of 18,000 refugees into the country under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in fiscal year 2020, which began at the start of last month....

The former president recently sent a post on Truth Social reminiscent of the frequent attacks that he would tweet about SNL. Trump’s latest criticism of the NBC show arrived days after SNL parodied the January 6 committee’s possible final hearing on October 13. Among some of the skits from SNL’s cold open include actor James Austin Johnson portraying Trump engaging in a rambling phone conversation while sitting in the toilet, ending the call asking: “Is Mike Pence dead yet?...

While the hotel suffered those losses and needed to receive $27 million from one of Trump’s holding companies, DJT Holdings, Trump reported that the hotel brought him an income of $150 million, according to documents obtained by the General Services Administration. The committee said that $24 million of that was not repaid and instead went toward capital contributions. In addition to this lack of payment, the report outlined that the hotel entered an agreement with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a branch of German-owned Deutsche Bank AG, that provided the maximum amount of funding at $170 million....

Even as the NBA is predominantly black, there has always been at least one white All-Star. European influence in recent years has helped, be it Gasol, his brother Marc or Dirk Nowitzki. Like Pau Gasol this year, these players deserved to be in the game. But they also make for a dramatic contrast from the NBA’s very first All-Star showcase, held in Bostin in March 1951. MORE: Ranking every 2016 All-Star, from Curry to Kobe...

Why? For one thing, truth is hard to come by. Defendants often don’t trust their lawyers so they lie or they withhold details that are legally important or, scared to death, they forget things. Even worse, some defendants tell the unvarnished truth and that limits the lawyer’s hand. Consider this worst-case scenario – without prejudging the Simpson case. If a defense lawyer knows his client’s whole spiel, he may not be able to put the client on the witness stand....

A year on, Altidore celebrated the new year sitting on just one Premier League goal through his first half-season at Sunderland, mired in a difficult campaign. The Black Cats sit in last place, have already fired a manager, and are struggling to produce goals or results. All the while, Altidore has been starved for service, while also showing inconsistent form as he battles for minutes. In short, Altidore’s move to Sunderland has been a nightmare to watch at times, and some are already writing it off as a failure....

After starring for Barilla, Credit Suisse, Lindt and Mercedes-Benz in recent times, Roger Federer decided to channel legendary Beatles member Ringo Starr in this new spot. But while crooning ‘With A Little Help From My Friend’, one of the most famous tracks by the legendary band, Federer didn’t exactly sound as magical as he looks on the tennis court. Upon the release of the commercial, Roger Federer spoke with 20min....

McFarland, who briefly served under Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn until he resigned in February 2017, told Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) attendees “Donald Trump is not done with this revolution.” She claimed FBI agents tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation attempted to “trick” her into committing perjury and this was just one example of how federal government elites were trying to subvert Trump’s “people’s revolution.” Drawing raucous applause, McFarland commended Trump supporters for “seizing at this moment” to reclaim their rights from so-called Washington elites....

The select committee released texts from as-yet unnamed lawmakers to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday before the panel voted unanimously to recommend contempt charges against him. Those messages appear to show the lawmakers supporting a plan to object to the certification of Electoral College votes on January 6 where then Vice President Mike Pence would have played a key role. One member of Congress sent a text to Meadows before January 6 urging Pence to reject some Electoral College votes....

“Fox is a lot different than it used to be. I can tell you that,” the president told reporters in New Jersey. Trump went on to mention Fox News analyst Juan Williams and former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile. “They have the wonderful woman that gave Hillary Clinton the questions,” the president said. “That was a terrible thing. And all of a sudden, she’s working for Fox. What’s she doing working for Fox?...

The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, said that the DOJ has been asking witnesses in front of a special grand jury about their conversations with the former president, as well as questions about meetings Trump held in December 2020 and January 2021. Other lines of questioning from the DOJ include Trump’s attempts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election results, and how much involvement Trump had with the scheme to install fake electoral officials to falsely declare he won the election instead of Joe Biden in a number of key states....