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Video emerged Thursday of Murray yelling “hitch” to Eagles cornerbacks Nolan Carroll and Malcolm Jenkins. MORE: Week 10 Power Rankings | Playoff picture: Eagles out, Giants in As Jimmy Kempski of the Philly Voice points out, Murray was correct. Bryant ended up running a 10-yard hitch, and the play was well-read by the two defenders. As a result, Matt Cassel checked down to Darren McFadden. The play ended up being a pretty crucial part of the game....

Philadelphia traded disgruntled running back DeMarco Murray to the Titans Monday evening, Murray’s agent Bill Johnson said via Twitter. MORE: Matching these free agents with their ideal teams | Riskiest free agents on the market The deal, which was still being finalized, came hours after the Eagles dealt linebacker Kiko Alonso and cornerback Byron Maxwell to the Dolphins in exchange for draft picks. ESPN.com reported the Eagles are expected to received draft-pick compensation in return for Murray....

So how about a reunion? Both players, who spent a season together at the University of Kentucky, are up for the possibility. MORE: NBA execs: DeMarcus Cousins trade rumors finally feel real, imminent “We talk about it all the time,” Wall Monday night, via The Washington Post, after his Wizards defeated Cousins and the Kings in overtime 101-95. Cousins agreed the discussion has taken place. He even included Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe, another former Wildcat, and identified a team for them to all meet up on....

The 28-year-old Warriors center has made good progress in his recovery from a torn left quadriceps muscle and continues to be listed as questionable for Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Raptors, coach Steve Kerr told reporters Wednesday. “DeMarcus has done an amazing job coming back from the injury, which we felt at the time was season ending,” Kerr said. “He’s done an incredible job of rebounding, rehabbing....

DeMarcus Cousins apparently is not sorry about what he said or did to Sacramento Bee columnist Andy Furillo. The Kings center released an apology to teammates, fans and the organization after a tirade against Furillo, but there was no mention of the man he aggressively pursued and yelled at in the locker room. MORE: Top 15 centers in the NBA Here’s the release in full, via USA Today’s Jeff Zillgitt:...

The 20-year-old striker has caught the eye in the green and white hoops this season, netting twice against Manchester City in the Champions League on his way to racking up 31 goals in 43 games in all competitions. And his recent back-to-back hat-tricks against St Johnstone and Inverness Caledonian Thistle have helped to attract interest from all over Europe, with United chief scout Jim Lawlor among those spotted at Celtic Park....

The former Marine Corps veteran has raised nearly $17 million since launching her campaign in July and is entering this election year with $9.1 million in cash on hand. McGrath’s campaign manager, Mark Nickolas, told Newsweek her fundraising is “unlike anything I’ve ever seen.” “I think Senator McConnell finally has an opponent who will outraise him,” Nickolas added. McConnell has not yet announced his fundraising totals for the final three months of 2019 and doesn’t have to until the end of January....

Tensions between Trump and Democrats have always been strained, with his policies and rhetoric surrounding the pandemic drawing condemnation from most of those on the left, who say he did not do enough to prevent the spread of the virus—including longer lockdowns or a rejection of anti-vaccine conspiracies. Lieu, who represents a Los Angeles-area congressional district, however, said Trump did one thing right with regards to the pandemic, and praised the Trump administration’s decision to invest in early funding for the COVID-19 vaccine as the correct course of action at the time....

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, who was appointed by former GOP President George W. Bush, released a 77-page ruling on Friday, arguing that the DACA program is unlawful—banning new applicants. Democrats and President Joe Biden quickly responded, criticizing the ruling and arguing that legislation was necessary to bring an end to the uncertainty enforced upon immigrants who have benefited from DACA. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said that the “fate of thousands” had now been “thrown into limbo” in a Friday tweet....

Although the Democrats control the House of Representatives and are widely expected to maintain that control following the November 3 election, Republicans currently hold 53 seats out of the 100 in the Senate. Democrats hold 45 seats, along with two independents who caucus with their Democratic colleagues. To flip control of the upper chamber, the Democrats must gain at least four seats. The Cook Political Report rates two Republican seats as leaning Democrat, while seven others are considered “toss-up” races....

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and House Appropriations Committee chair Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) have indicated they will approve “member-directed funding for community projects.” Democratic leaders understand that the next two years provide them a finite window of opportunity to advance a liberal agenda. Earmarks can help them not only get their way on a host of controversial issues ranging from immigration to “Green New Deal” spending—but keep their majority in 2022 by giving pandemic-battered voters desperate for financial help a reason to support them in the midterms....

“Leader McConnell has refused to be part of the bipartisan negotiations, and now he’s sabotaging good faith bipartisan negotiations because his partisan, ideological effort is not getting a good reception,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said. McConnell suggested that in order to reach a more immediate deal, the two major sticking points—liability protections and funding for state and local governments—that are responsible for the continued stalemate should be set aside until next year....

After weeks of closed-door hearings, allegations that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff coaches witnesses and multiple “key witnesses” trotted out before the cameras in the past few days, the best they seem to be able to come up with is “Heard it from a friend who… Heard it from a friend who… Heard it from another Trump’s been messin’ around.” They sound like a bad REO Speedwagon cover band, not serious attesters to presidential malfeasance....

The leading (white) men in charge of the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process—President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)—all talk a big game on the importance of diversity in the federal courts. “Now, with his new vacancy on the court, President Biden will have an opportunity to make history by nominating the first-ever Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court,” Schumer said....

FiveThirtyEight’s latest figures show Democrats with 43.9 percent support for control of Congress compared to Republicans’ 43.4 percent as of August 15 - a margin of 0.5 percent. Though the gap is small, it represents a clear shift in Democrats’ favor over the past month. On July 15, the poll tracker found that Republicans enjoyed 44.7 percent support to Democrats’ 42.9 percent. For months, it had been widely believed that Democrats were facing potential major losses in the November midterms and could lose control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate....

In a letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Monday that was released by the House Oversight Committee, Democratic Chairman Elijah Cummings requested all communications by White House officials who sent or received government business messages through personal accounts and did not forward them to their government accounts within 20 days, as is required by the Presidential Records Act for preservation. Those White House officials include senior adviser Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter, and her husband, Jared Kushner, also a senior adviser....

FiveThirtyEight, which compiles generic congressional ballot polls, shows that as of July 22, Republicans have a 1-point lead over Democrats, with 44.2 percent of voters saying that they’d back GOP candidates while 43.2 percent say they’d support Democrats. The latest numbers mark the closest the polling average has been since January, when surveys showed Republicans had only a slight advantage over Democrats. In early January, Republicans were up by only 0....

“We’re at $7.25 an hour,” Biden said during a CNN town hall on Tuesday. “No one should work 40 hours a week and live in poverty.” Biden has pushed the minimum wage increase as a piece of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but it ultimately will be up to the Senate parliamentarian whether it’s allowed under the rules that allow a simple majority for Senate passage, commonly referred to as the Byrd Rule....

As of now, the posts coming from Latino conservative activists and Trump supporters have been going after O’Rourke on guns, a result of his statement at a debate during his short-lived presidential run that “we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.” And those comments are being amplified on social media. According to CrowdTangle, a video of O’Rourke being confronted by a Trump-supporting Latino man in a cowboy hat named Robert Longoria yelling, “Don’t come back, we don’t want you here!...

The argument undercuts the sentiment of Democratic members, who indicate no desire to rehash a partisan battle in the middle of an election year and assert the party must shift its focus to legislative matters. The suggestion of more articles would likely bolster the accusations by Republicans that Democrats are fueled by a political vendetta to oust Trump and will never cease trying to uncover impeachable conduct, even amidst impeachment proceedings that will undoubtedly end with an acquittal by a GOP-controlled Senate....