HOFFENHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - He may be the Bundesliga’s youngest ever coach but 29-year-old Julian Nagelsmann has built up a level of trust with his players which he says is key to their incredible unbeaten run in the Bundesliga this season. Nagelsmann took over midway through last season with the team anchored in 17th place and he was charged with the task of keeping them in the top division....
The survey carried out by Russia’s Public Opinion Research Center, or VTsIOM, asked the question: “Whom do you trust and whom would you not trust in solving important state issues?” Putin was not directly mentioned in the question, but only 28.3 percent of those who responded named the president, a drop of nearly two percent from January. In second place was defense minister Sergei Shoigu, with just over 13 percent, and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in third with 12 percent....
Tua Tagovailoa was the single biggest question mark and risk — if NFL teams are to be believed — of the 2020 NFL Draft. His talent and throwing accuracy are hard to deny, but some teams had cooled on Tagovailoa, once considered the clear top choice of the 2020 NFL Draft, until he was selected fifth overall by the Dolphins. The most notable reason for that, of course, is his injury history....
The Blues made a change in the dugout back in January, with club legend Frank Lampard ushered through the exits as a former Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain boss was appointed in his place. Tuchel has made the desired impact at Stamford Bridge, with the 47-year-old yet to come unstuck on the road during his time in English football. How did he make history? Chelsea made the short trip from west to east London on Saturday as they took in a derby date with their capital rivals....
Moscow illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014, and throughout the past 11 months, Kyiv has remained adamant that Crimea is part of Ukraine’s territory. The Kremlin houses its Black Sea fleet at Sevastopol, and the peninsula is used by Russian forces as a key logistical hub and strategic base for launching attacks on Ukraine. On January 18, 2023, The New York Times reported that the Biden administration was now putting more emphasis on Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian assets in Crimea, after refusing to provide Kyiv with weaponry able to target the peninsula....
Carlson’s show began shortly before Biden started speaking at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he pre-emptively criticized the speech, while later showing clips of the president’s remarks. Biden offered his strongest criticism yet of former President Donald Trump and MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans, accusing them of being a threat to American democracy. The Fox News host took issue with the president’s speech and compared the red background in Philadelphia to something that might have been used in Nazi Germany....
That starts right at the top with Josh Allen as captain. Playing him, Stefon Diggs and Derrick Henry is expensive, but there was enough value to be found in the lower reaches of the slate to make our top-tier trio a must play for Tuesday night. MORE DK SHOWDOWN: How to win a Showdown contest DraftKings Showdown Picks: Bills vs. Titans Captain (1.5x price, 1.5x points): QB Josh Allen, Bills ($19,500) Allen is the highest-priced player on this slate by a wide margin, and it’s also a totally fair margin....
“The most reasonable inference is that Donald Trump disposed of those classified documents after unlawfully taking them from the White House,” Kirschner said in a video posted on YouTube. “To what purpose did he put them? Did he sell them to America’s adversaries? Did he use them to blackmail people? Did he use them to leverage a favorable business deal in some country or another? We don’t know yet.”...
A survey from Yahoo! and YouGov found that nearly half of people polled would rather see Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee over DeSantis. Among Republicans and Republican-leading Independents, Trump won 49 percent of the vote and Ron DeSantis won 31 percent. An additional 21 percent were unsure whether they preferred Trump or DeSantis. In this poll, Trump also out-performed Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming. Only 19 percent of people polled thought Cheney should run for president in 2024, while 51 percent said she should not....
Trump supporters could be seen raising their arms in the air with one finger pointed during the former president’s rally in Wilmington on Friday. A video clip shared to Twitter appeared to show rally staff moving through the crowd and gesturing to supporters to refrain from making the salute as Trump spoke while melodramatic music played in the background. The salute made its popular debut during a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, last weekend....
Trump’s campaign trail will take him to Manchester on Monday for the event at the Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Arena, where his appearance this past August set an attendance record. Obtaining tickets to Monday’s rally followed standard Trump campaign protocol. People could register online for up to two tickets per mobile number, but admittance to the arena is on a first-come, first-served basis. Since admittance isn’t guaranteed, supporters started lining up for the rally on Sunday, according to Manchester TV station WMUR....
On Trump’s overall approval, the survey showed the partisan split that has defined Trump’s reception while in office. Only 36 percent of Americans approve of the president’s job performance, with 62 percent saying they disapprove, according to data from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Almost 80 percent of Republicans approve of Trump, while 94 percent of Democrats oppose him. But, in addition to the expected results in overall approval, the survey also indicated areas that could cause concern for Trump’s chances for re-election....
And, yet, he enjoys the highest public approval rating of his presidency. Why? Why does a significant portion of the country continue to support a president who has consistently undermined democratic norms, principles, and institutions? Either they believe the ends justify the means (they’re getting conservative justices, so they don’t care). This is Mitch McConnell’s game, and it lacks all sense of ethics. Or, and I think this is more likely the case for many Americans, they simply do not see the danger....
During a press conference in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump spoke about his government’s pandemic vaccine program, Operation Warp Speed, saying that his administration would not go into lockdown. He described how a national lockdown costs $50 billion a day, as well as “hundreds of thousands of jobs.” “I will not go—this administration will not be going into a lockdown. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows, which administration, I guess time will tell,” Trump said....
Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump faced repeated questions on his ties to Parnas, a Soviet-born businessman who played a key role in the campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals. Parnas, who was indicted in October on campaign finance charges, has become increasingly vocal in implicating Trump in the scandal, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday that the president’s bid to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was “all about 2020,” rather than about working in the interest of the American people....
A GoFundMe page (Restitutions for Baby Trump Stabber) was created for the 32-year-old, who slashed the balloon ahead of the president’s visit to the LSU vs. Alabama game. As of Monday afternoon, the account had raised $40,699, well past its intended $6,000 goal. The balloon, which is more than 20 feet tall and features a cartoon-style depiction of the president in a diaper and holding a cellphone for tweeting, was set up at a park near Bryant-Denny Stadium....
“READ THE TRANSCRIPTS!” tweeted Trump, referring to two rough transcripts of 2019 phone calls between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. A call that took place on July 25 was used as evidence in Trump’s impeachment by the House. The president has repeatedly insisted the call was “perfect,” while Democrats say it is incriminating for Trump, supporting the allegation that the president attempted to exchange foreign aid to Ukraine for the launching of an investigation of his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden....
Earlier today, Trump touched down in Ahmedabad for a lightning speed trip to India. During the two-day tour, Trump is scheduled to attend a sunset visit at the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh. In preparation, authorities “advanced the dates” of a mud-pack treatment for the two royal graves, officials with the the Archaeological Survey of India told the country’s largest news agency, Press Trust of India (PTI)....
After months of campaigning, debating, and laying out their promises and policies, Election Day has finally arrived. Here is where both candidates stand and what they are pledging on six key policy issues: Jobs and the Economy President Trump has promised to revive the economy and set a goal of 10 million new jobs in 10 months, and one million new small businesses. On top of the job-creation drive, Trump plans to give companies tax cuts and credits to persuade them to keep jobs in the U....
Speaking on MSNBC last night, the network’s political analyst argued that the commander-in-chief would want to distract from the COVID-19 pandemic death toll in the United States, which stands at almost 200,000 at the time of writing. The quote “Donald Trump would love nothing more than for this to be an election about the Supreme Court, because he doesn’t want people to focus on how over 200,000 people have died during this horrible pandemic that his administration has failed to contain....
