Gruden resigned Monday after The New York Times reported on offensive emails he sent 10 years ago to the Washington Football Team while working as a member of ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth. In one email, Gruden wrote that Smith “has lips the size of michellin tires.” Gruden’s other emails also contained homophobic and misogynist messages. “What I’m interested in is, is there correspondence that suggests [NFL] teams are making decisions about coaches based on the color of their skin?...

Barca came into this match unbeaten in 27 games in the Primera Division in 2017-18 and had not lost at all in the league since last April against Malaga at La Rosaleda – a defeat that seriously harmed their hopes of winning the title in Luis Enrique’s last season. This time around, the trip to Malaga seemed somewhat less daunting, the Andalusians rooted to the bottom of the table ahead of this match and without a win in any of their previous 10 league games....

In the wake of Neymar’s record-breaking departure from Camp Nou in the summer of 2017, €105 million was invested in an exciting France international. Dembele endured a nightmare start to his time in Catalunya, with an early injury stunting his progress, and questions were soon asked of his form and fitness. The 20-year-old has, however, proved his worth since recovering match sharpness and claims his unshakable belief has not been knocked by critics of his forced exit from Borussia Dortmund or his debut campaign in La Liga....

Speaking in an interview with CNN on Monday, Democrat Rep. John Yarmuth commented that Vice President Mike Pence would not be the obvious choice to succeed Trump if he was impeached and removed from office. “I do think its the right thing to do to remove him from office—I believe he is an imminent danger to this country and to our democracy but I was saying the political consequences of that might not be very good for Democrats,” Yarmuth said, further explaining comments he initially made to The Hill in November....

Wendy Davis, a Rome city commissioner, announced Wednesday her campaign has raised nearly $120,000 since filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on June 6 to run for Congress. Three quarters of the campaign contributions came from Georgia residents, Davis’s campaign said, adding that she ended the July filing quarter with more than $110,000 cash on hand. Davis said that the numbers reflect Georgians who want a change in leadership....

Top-tier candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren will stand at center stage at Tyler Perry Studios, with Senator Bernie Sanders and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg beside them. The debate, starting at 9 p.m. ET and set to run two hours, will be moderated by MSNBC and The Washington Post, with both providing free live streams on their homepages MSNBC.com and WashingtonPost.com. Cable subscribers can watch the debate on MSNBC, and the audio will be broadcast on SiriusXM Channel 118....

Announcing that “with physical therapy I will fully recover, " the congresswoman announced her leave of absence by saying she would begin treatment the week of January 19. “With humility, I share this news with you. Throughout my time in public service, I have always said that you may not agree with me but you will know where I stand. I will continue to honor that commitment to transparency and communication....

President Joe Biden’s party is currently favored to win the Senate, while Republicans are favored to win the House, but the Democrats appear to be picking up momentum. FiveThirtyEight said the GOP’s chances of taking the House were 72 percent as of Thursday compared to the Democrats’ 28 percent. However, those figures represent a movement toward the Democrats. On September 2, the same analysis gave Republicans 75 percent chance of taking the House, while Democrats had 25 percent, a move of three points in two weeks....

The Gallup poll found the number of Americans worried about the coronavirus pandemic has surged over the past month—while confidence in the U.S. government’s ability to handle the crisis has dropped. Six in 10 Americans are now “very” or “somewhat worried” that they or a family member with be exposed to the new coronavirus, up from 36 percent in February. The level of anxiety in the U.S. is much higher than Gallup measured during previous health scares, including SARS, anthrax and the West Nile virus....

Democrats across the country have campaigned on lowering the cost of prescription drugs for more than a decade. With good reason—Americans pay more for our prescription drugs than every other country in the world. And these high prices have had real, and sometimes deadly, consequences for too many people. Leadership from Democrats on this issue has built a groundswell of support: lowering prescription drug prices is one of the most popular actions Congress could take, with support from nearly every single American, regardless of political party....

The current Senate has 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats and two independents that caucus with the Democrats. As Vice President Kamala Harris is able to cast tiebreaking votes in the evenly split legislative chamber, Democrats hold the slimmest possible edge. When voters go to the polls across the country in a little less than five months, 35 Senate seats will be up for grabs. Of these, 14 are held by Democrats and 21 by Republicans....

The signing of the initial deal suggested that significantly heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S. are easing, after the president started placing tariffs on billions of Chinese imports nearly two years ago. Under the new deal, Beijing said it will begin purchasing an extra $200 billion in American products and services by 2021 while also reducing some of the retaliatory levies it has placed on imports from the U....

The new campaign comes in the wake of Republicans surpassing registered Democrats for the first time in Florida history. But there are questions over how far such efforts can go to turn back a tide that has been growing for over a decade, helping to turn a quintessential swing state increasingly red. Back in 2008, fueled by Barack Obama’s first campaign, Democrats enjoyed a robust 700,000 voter edge. But beginning in 2012, when the advantage sat at 558,000, Republicans began to chip away at the Democratic lead....

Tuesday night has so far yielded better than expected results for Democrats and President Joe Biden’s party could retain control of the Senate, while the House of Representatives may come down to the wire. Some conservative Republicans who received an apparent boost from Democrats and Democratic groups when they faced GOP primary opponents have lost their races. Democratic spending on MAGA candidates was considered a potentially risky strategy but it appears to have paid off in a number of contests for the House and in governor’s races....

The Left has spent the last few election cycles mastering a dark art of professionalized “pink slime” propaganda. I know this because I helped expose these machinations during the 2021 Virginia election cycle as an investigative reporter. The Left is “faking” some news by disguising partisan advertising as information from legitimate local publications. Partisan Democratic operatives have hired former liberal journalists to craft stories that attack Republicans in contested races, and then surround these pieces with non-political content....

Cheney made the remarks during the first televised prime-time public hearing of the January 6 House select committee, of which the Wyoming Republican serves as the vice chair. The GOP congresswoman, who is one of Trump’s harshest critics, specifically called out Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. “As you will see, Representative Perry contacted the White House in the weeks after January 6 to seek a presidential pardon. Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election,” Cheney said, previewing what the January 6 committee hearings would reveal....

Negotiations for another stimulus package have been ongoing for five months with no deal in sight. President-elect Joe Biden has stressed the importance of reaching a deal by the end of December and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia believes that lawmakers should help the incoming administration. “I think the Senate races in Georgia kind of put a premium on ‘we ought to try to get something.’ Because I think the two sitting senators kind of have to go out and … have something,” the Democrat said....

This is why Clint Dempsey, fresh off a highlight-filled hat trick, wasn’t about to take for granted his place at the 2018 World Cup (assuming the U.S. qualifies). Asked if he thinks he could see himself playing in the next World Cup—when he would be 35— Dempsey acknowledged it’s far from a sure bet, but made it clear it remains a motivating factor. Pulisic shines as playmaker “Well, it’d be awesome....

Rodman held no punches in a recent interview with the New York Post when asked about the Knicks slow start under Phil Jackson. The five-time NBA champion criticized the entire team, including coach Derek Fisher and forward Carmelo Anthony. MORE: Anthony threatened Hardaway Jr. | Kobe, Lakers wear ‘I can’t breathe’ shirt | Kobe vs. MJ “They’re not running the triangle," Rodman said. “And Derek Fisher’s not really coaching.”...