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She can break a tie in the Senate but, apparently, Vice President Harris has no such voting power during Netflix viewing debates at home. “Right now, it’s definitely Netflix and chilling,” Doug Emhoff, the Georgetown University Law Center instructor and Harris’s husband, told Cosmopolitan of the couple’s favorite date night activity in an interview published Monday. “It’s hard to go out, so we’ll sit there and try to find something to watch,” Emhoff said, “and it takes so long to find something to watch, so it’s like, ‘Eh, let’s just go to bed.’ ” Fifty-eight-year-old Emhoff, who opened up to...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) went viral during the Trump administration, and bolstered his conservative cred, with a fiery defense of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But now, he is quietly emerging as one of the GOP's most frequent supporters of President Biden's judicial nominees. The evolution is the latest turn for the South Carolina Republican and former Judiciary Committee chair — regarded by his critics as a political chameleon but one known for his relationships with Democrats and willingness to shift within his own party.

We have horse racing tips and free picks for today's racing card, including betting action at Gulfstream Park and Oaklawn Park. Our horse racing analyst Monique Vág shares her five favorite horse racing bets for Saturday, April 25, which start at 2:46 p.m. ET. GULFSTREAM PARK, RACE 5 7 Furlongs, Purse: $45,000 Maiden, Post: 2:46 p.m. ET No. 1 DREAMS OF TOMORROW (10/1): Should offer a nice price at post time given that this is a first time starter making his racing debut. Although the rail post can often prove tricky for younger horses especially, I think this colt could...

BREAKING: #ExposeCNN PART 2 - Network Picks Winners and Losers on Eve of Debate. Full video uploading now.First Cliphttps://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1184140878685888512 

The White House on Tuesday announced the re-nomination of 51 federal judicial nominees left over from the previous Congress, kickstarting the administration's effort to install more conservative judges after GOP activists worried that such appointments had stalled.Nine of the 51 appointments are for spots on prestigious and influential federal appellate benches, including two on the mostly liberal San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which President Trump has often derided as "disgraceful" and politically biased.Neomi Rao, the president's "regulatory czar," who would take now-Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh's vacated seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, is on the list.  Case Western...

President Trump will stick with the same list of potential nominees for the next Supreme Court vacancy, he told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview in which he also waved aside the lack of a honeymoon from Capitol Hill, saying Republicans are “going to get there” and Democrats are still smarting over losing an election they thought they couldn’t lose. .. He also said he expects the near-universal opposition to his agenda from congressional Democrats to wane. “I notice it calming down,” he said. Reflecting on his first weeks, the businessman turned statesman took pride in having upended traditional...

Update: It's official, moments ago President-elect Trump confirmed he will nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state: In a statement released by his transition team early Tuesday, Trump called Tillerson's career "the embodiment of the American dream." “Through hard work, dedication and smart deal making, Rex rose through the ranks to become CEO of ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest and most respected companies," the president-elect said, adding that Tillerson's "tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice." "He will promote regional stability and focus on the core national security interests...

WEEK 8 PICKS SO FAR Oct. 29 Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots 8:25 Nov. 1 Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs (London) 9:30 AM Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons 1 San Diego Chargers at Baltimore Ravens 1 Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears 1 Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns 1 Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans 1 New York Giants at New Orleans Saints 1 Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers 1 San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams 1 New York Jets at Oakland Raiders 4:05 Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys 4:25 Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos* 8:30 Nov....

Boeing has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) to 15 locations around the United States that will bid for the work of building its forthcoming 777X jet, according to a source close to the discussions. Washington state is one of the 15 sites under consideration. The others include both existing Boeing locations and new “greenfield” sites, the source said. Boeing spokesman Doug Alder confirmed Saturday that the RFPs were sent out late Friday afternoon and into the evening.

Week 11 Thu Nov 14 8:25 pm Indianapolis Colts Tennessee Titans Sun Nov 17 1:00 pm Arizona Cardinals Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00 pm Atlanta Falcons Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 pm Baltimore Ravens Chicago Bears 1:00 pm Cleveland Browns Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 pm Detroit Lions Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00 pm New York Jets Buffalo Bills 1:00 pm Oakland Raiders Houston Texans 1:00 pm San Diego Chargers Miami Dolphins 1:00 pm Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles 4:05 pm Green Bay Packers New York Giants 4:25 pm Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks 4:25 pm San Francisco 49ers New Orleans Saints 8:30 pm Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos...

THU, SEP 26 San Francisco at St. Louis 8:25 PM NF SUN, SEP 29 TIME (ET) Baltimore at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS Cincinnati at Cleveland 1:00 PM CBS Chicago at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX NY Giants at Kansas City 1:00 PM FOX Arizona at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX Indianapolis at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS Seattle at Houston 1:00 PM FOX Pittsburgh at Minnesota 1:00 PM CBS NY Jets at Tennessee 4:05 PM CBS Washington at Oakland 4:25 PM FOX Dallas at San Diego 4:25 PM FOX New England at Atlanta 8:30 PM NBC MON, SEP 30 Miami at New...

The College Football Czar: Week 1 If you're reading the College Football Czar’s week one picks, that must mean that yet another long summer of terrible TV is about to come to a merciful end. So – if you’ve become so starved for anything remotely sportslike that you’ve resorted to watching ESPN’s Nine for IX series, and pretended to like it ... If you’ve actually found yourself engaged in discussions about whether it’s fair for Wigan Athletic to be relegated after winning the FA Cup ... If you not only managed to sit through the entire Tennessee Orange-White Game, but...

TOMBSTONE — The City of Tombstone is embroiled in another dynamic showdown. The “Town too Tough to Die” is now squaring off against the U.S. Forest Service in what could be the fight of its life, a battle over water rights. On Friday and Saturday, a group called the Shovel Brigade will gather in Tombstone and head to the Huachuca Mountains to make repairs to the city’s waterline, which was damaged by mudslides and boulders after last summer’s Monument Fire flooding. While the 26-mile waterline — fed by springs in the Huachuca Mountains — has been Tombstone’s main water source...

29 New Orleans Saints at 31 Green Bay Packers 17 Indianapolis Colts at 23 Houston Texans Line: Texans by 9. Total: 43.5. Peyton Manning is listed as doubtful. Kerry Collins will start, and he's only been on the team for about two weeks. Rest of picks on site.

A hot mic left on during a Senate vote Tuesday morning on the Food Safety Act caught a Democratic senator complaining that the process of setting the agenda during the lame-duck session is “rigged.” “It’s all rigged. The whole conversation is rigged,” said Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. “The fact that we don’t get to a discussion before the break about what we’re going to do in the lame duck. It’s just rigged.” The remark was picked up live on C-SPAN 2,

Seattle 2-2 at Chicago 4-1 [Bears by 6.5] Bears QB Todd Collins' quarterback rating: 5.9. ---RJ's Pick: Chicago by 2 Tennessee 3-2 at Jacksonville 3-2 [Titans by 3] Vince Young's Wonderlic score: Higher than Todd Collins' quarterback rating. ---RJ's Pick: Jacksonville by 5

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The Obama administration has tapped an outspoken critic of immigration enforcement on the local level to oversee and promote partnerships between federal and local officials on the issue. Harold Hurtt, a former police chief in Houston and Phoenix, has been hired as the director for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of State and Local Coordination. Starting July 6, Hurtt will supervise outreach and communication between ICE, local law enforcement agencies, tribal leaders and representatives from non-governmental organizations.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's four appointments to the bipartisan debt panel he established last week include the head of manufacturing giant Honeywell and a former top-ranking Federal Reserve official. Obama on Friday named David Cote, chief executive officer at Honeywell International, and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alice Rivlin to the panel. He also appointed Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, and Ann Fudge, the former chief executive officer of Young & Rubicam Brands.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional aides say the Obama administration has chosen a Colorado natural resources official to be the new agriculture undersecretary in charge of the U.S. Forest Service. Harris Sherman, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, is to be nominated as soon as Thursday. The congressional aides familiar with the decision spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House had yet to announce it.