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Analysis from The Washington Post also shows that 40% of the 271 GOP lawmakers who were in office at the time of Trump’s inauguration have left or announced plans to leave their posts, with 41 of them retiring (compared with 25 Democrats who retired in the first four years of Obama’s presidency). While election losses have played a role in that decline, some members of the GOP have made it clear that POTUS is the reason for their departure....

On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump bashed Hillary Clinton after some members of her staff invoked the amendment during a congressional investigation. “You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” The comment made the rounds on social media Friday after Roger Stone, a longtime Republican consultant and a former adviser to Trump, pleaded the Fifth at a deposition with the January 6 panel....

After he detailed the full pardon of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, Trump retweeted a number of posts, largely related to claims of election fraud as he persists with his action against the election outcome. Among posts he shared was a call from Gaetz made prior to Flynn’s pardoning, which had encouraged the president to carry out this action. In the clip from Fox News, Gaetz had also said Trump should consider using his pardoning powers for others should he see fit—including himself....

News of the alteration was shared on social media before it was picked up by ComicBook.com. Contacted by the website, CBC said the cameo was to squeeze in commercial time. “As is often the case with features adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited to allow for commercial time within the format,” CBC told ComicBook.com. This was confirmed in an email to Newsweek. “The scene with Donald Trump was one of several that were cut from the movie as none of them were integral to the plot,” said CBC....

The incumbent president has odds of 20-1 of gaining more than 400 votes from electors, according to Oddschecker. That implies he has just a 4.76 percent chance. Joe Biden stands a better chance of a securing 400 electors, the odds aggregator said. The Democratic nominee is priced at 7-1, suggesting a probability of 12.5 percent. U.K.-based bookmaker Betfair gave longer odds for both candidates of securing such a landslide in the Electoral College: Trump is priced at 31-1, while Biden has odds of 16-1....

Johnson was admitted to intensive care at around 7 p.m. BST on Monday. Raab, the government minister designated to deputize for the prime minister when he is unable to fulfill duties, is said to be the “first among equals” in the cabinet. This means the business of government can continue as usual, he can chair meetings and lead the response to COVID-19. Precise details of the prime minister’s condition are not yet known....

The feud lasted all the way until SummerSlam, where Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero in a ladder match to win the right to keep custody of Dominik. It was one of the most memorable storylines in Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, and now Dominik Mysterio’s pro-wrestling careers. Now, almost 16 years later, Dominik Mysterio finds himself sharing the ring with his father, as one-half of the SmackDown tag team champions....

“He does those dunks in the layup line,” Wilkins said. “With those dunks alone, he would win the contest.” MORE: Anthony sure he won’t be traded | Naismith Hall of Fame finalists | Obama compared LeBron to Jordan Alas, James has never entered a dunk contest in his NBA career, and when Saturday’s event comes and goes, that streak will be intact. To that, Wilkins just shrugs his shoulders. “Hey, he doesn’t want to do it,” Wilkins said....

Known as “The Human Highlight Film,” Wilkins is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a nine-time NBA All-Star. The 6-8 scoring machine totaled 26,668 career points. During his time with the Hawks, he was a dominant offensive force. MORE: Slam Dunk Contest 2017 participants, rules His exploits on the court are memorialized with a statue outside of Philips Arena in Atlanta.The arena is nicknamed the “Highlight Factory,” and today Wilkins serves as broadcaster for the Hawks....

Legendary NFL head coach Don Shula died Monday at the age of 90. The NFL world would pay its respects to the winningest NFL coach, who would be enshrined in Canton in 1997. But as much respect as Shula earned, there apparently wasn’t a lot between he and Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. In an interview on CBS Sports Radio’s “The DA Show” with Damon Amendolara, former Dolphins great and Shula product Dick Anderson shared that Shula didn’t have much love for the Pats’ head man....

Kids have been running away from home since before Huck Finn, but computer-assisted disappearances have thrown parents into the twilight zone. A child may know not to talk to strangers at the mall, but in the faceless, anonymous world of online, talking to strangers is the whole idea. And sometimes those strangers can be predators. In the last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has recorded about a dozen cases of cyberspace pedophiles courting minors, While online services provide easy mechanisms to block chat-room access, many parents don’t know the safeguards exist....

But for all her trepidation, Laura Bush has emerged as a self-assured campaigner. She has shilled for her husband on her own in two dozen states, and she often delivers her stump speech without notes. Privately, she is an invaluable sounding board for Bush. Last Easter, while his parents were visiting his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Bush got hung up on the wording of a statement he thought might be too harsh....

Fortunately, the financial services industry has been revolutionized in recent years. As such, you no longer need to rely on using your bank to transfer money to others. So, why shouldn’t you pay via bank transfer? And what are these alternatives? The Risks of Paying by Bank Transfer Bank transfer is a common way for scammers to try and get a hold of your money. A scammer may try to “sell” you a tangible product, such as tickets for a darts tournament or music concert....

This doesn’t mean that planes will cease to fly or that mass travel has ended. (An intriguing fact: in 1971, fewer than half Americans over 18 had flown; now more than 80 percent have.) Air travel isn’t dead, though some airlines may be. What looms is a Darwinian process that favors efficient carriers, because September 11 obliterated the industry’s economics. Before, the airlines handled about 9 million passengers a week; now, that’s recovered to about 7....

“Asa Hutchinson, the lightweight RINO Governor of Arkansas, just vetoed a Bill that banned the CHEMICAL CASTRATION OF CHILDREN,” Trump said in a statement to reporters. “‘Bye-bye Asa,’ that’s the end of him! Fortunately for the Great State of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders will do a fantastic job as your next Governor!” Hutchinson, a staunch conservative who has been Arkansas’ governor since 2015, is term-limited and cannot run in the 2022 gubernatorial election....

For example, in 2009, Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi paid Trump $150,000 to stay at one of Trump’s properties. Although Qaddafi’s stay was canceled after neighbors objected, Trump told Face the Nation that he still received the money, and in 2011, Trump told CNN that he charitably donated all of the money. However, according to The New York Times, Trump’s 2009 tax returns only reported $22,796 in business and personal cash gifts that year....

To those in Joe Biden’s circles, however, the action, tantamount to unraveling the country’s civil service system, was regarded as a direct threat: a portent of the damage Trump can do while he’s still in power over the 78 days between Election Day and Inauguration Day, when the power of the presidency officially changes hands. And Trump’s actions in the period immediately following Biden’s victory have done nothing to allay those concerns....

At around 7 p.m. last night, Trump Jr. shared a meme about Fauci to his 4.5 million followers on Instagram via a story. “I’m gonna just jump out ahead on this and say I don’t think Fauci killed himself,” read the meme, seen by Newsweek. The words were photoshopped onto a photo of Leonardo DiCaprio drinking a cocktail. A slew of people accused Trump Jr. of threatening Fauci after his post was screenshotted and shared to Twitter....

Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani, who was prime minister of the natural gas-rich state for nearly six years, said Friday that Iranians can wait out the Trump administration and predicted the White House’s campaign will amount to nothing. Al-Thani made the remarks at the Yalta European Strategy annual meeting—organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation—in Kiev. Speaking with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, al-Thani shared his insights into recent Middle Eastern tensions, informed by decades of high-level diplomacy in the region....

The survey’s results, which were released on Monday, showed at least 61 percent of women expressing disapproval for the way Trump has handled the top job in the U.S. so far, compared to 35 percent who said they did approve. The numbers are starkly different to those among men, with approval ratings just falling short of the 50 percent mark. Among men, 48 percent expressed approval of Trump’s job performance, compared with 46 percent who were not impressed....