If Johnson heads to victory lane at Indy he will do it in style with a unique “red vest” paint scheme. MORE: Jimmie Johnson’s career in photos It’s not the first time that Johnson has gone with the red look. He used the scheme at Charlotte last October, but engine issues sent him to a 39th-place finish. In 2014, Johnson won the November race at Texas with the red look on his car....
The feeling of victory, that is, for driver Jimmie Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus and team owner Rick Hendrick. After a long dry spell, the bubbly shower was refreshing. MORE: Race images | Results | Johnson’s breakout On Sunday, Johnson won for the first time in 23 races in NASCAR’s premier series. That drought was marked by near-misses, races foiled by uncharacteristic pit-road penalties and plain old bad luck....
He stared into his phone with a sheepish grin while defensive back Richard Sherman stood on a podium just around the corner lampooning those who have criticized Garoppolo this season. About a minute into Sherman’s rant to a room full of reporters and cameras, Garoppolo finally looked up from his device. VIDEO: Packers-49ers game highlights “He’s going off for me,” Garoppolo said from his hidden nook. There was reason for Sherman, the voice of San Francisco’s fierce defense, to speak with such passion regarding Garoppolo after Sunday’s 37-8 win over the Packers ....
The 7-year-old Saints fan, Lexia Woods, was recorded by her mom after the trade was announced. MORE: Lynch involved in San Francisco brawl | Trade made Graham grin | Brees: Trade bait? “Wherever Jimmy Graham goes is where I go, no matter what team,” she says in the video. According to the Post and Courier, the new Seahawks tight end reached out to the family and invited them to Seattle’s opening game in 2015....
Bricusse’s son, Adam Bricusse, confirmed his father’s death in a Facebook post. “My Dearest Father passed away peacefully this morning,” he wrote. “Please raise a glass for him.” Bricusse is survived by Adam, as well as his wife, actress Yvonne Romain. In a statement to the BBC, Bricusse’s agent said that “with a breaking heart,” he had passed away in his sleep. Bricusse wrote some of the most recognizable songs in film and theatre history....
Messi set to return Saturday Inter beat defending Serie A champion Juventus 2-1 last month but has since drawn with Bologna and lost to Roma, though the club did claim a 2-0 victory at Empoli beforehand. De Boer’s men are seven points adrift of Juve in ninth, but Joao Mario - who joined from Sporting CP in August - has hope the club can contend for a first Scudetto since 2010....
As a Senator in the 1990’s, Biden was known to be tough on crime, and Adams, a former NYPD captain, has been vocal about his support for police and the criminal justice system. They both find their long-held positions on policing and crime back in the Democratic mainstream, as some mayors and elected officials have shifted their stance on crime and the “defund the police” movement over the past several months....
As of Wednesday morning, Biden had raked in an impressive 51 percent of the popular vote, compared to President Donald Trump’s 47.2 percent. The current president has received at least 73.4 million votes. This year’s presidential election saw record-breaking voter turnout. On November 4, it was determined that over 160 million people cast their votes on Election Day and through the early voting period, making 2020 the highest voter turnout election in 120 years....
House Republicans have long promised to probe the Biden administration on a variety of matters, including the business dealings of the president’s son Hunter Biden. That investigation has already begun after Republican Representative James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen seeking information about the Biden family’s financial affairs. More House investigations are expected into matters including the U....
During a CNN town hall on Thursday, Biden was asked if he has plans to visit the Southern border during his presidency. He responded that he’s been there before and he knows it well. “I mean, I know it well. I guess I should go down. But the whole point of it is I haven’t had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down,” the president said....
The poll by Politico/Morning Consult found that considerably more people disagreed than agreed with the statement that the president “is in good health.” With Biden turning 79 on Saturday, the poll’s findings come amid questions over whether he will run for re-election and a report from CNN suggesting a rift between those working for the president and those working with Vice President Kamala Harris. The survey was conducted between November 13 and November 15 and had a a margin of error of two percent....
Whole lotta hype going on regarding President Biden’s recent address to Congress and the new legislative packages (The American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan) he’s selling. We’re told this was: —“the most ambitious ideological statement made by any Democratic president in decades,” in support of a “breathtakingly large agenda.” (John Harris, Politico) — a “stunningly sweeping spending agenda” amounting to a “big government revival.” (Howard Fineman, “Long Underestimated, Biden Comes Into His Own,” Real Clear Politics)....
Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 10 percentage point lead on Trump in a general election matchup, a number that the president dismisses as being “fake news.” While polls aren’t always indicative of the outcome of an election, numbers coming out of key swing states, including the critical Sunshine State, raise concerns about Trump’s ability to win. Biden leads in Florida by 3.7 percentage points, according to a Real Clear Politics average, a similar advantage that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had in 2016....
Biden had already said he and his wife would “continue to pray for the health and safety of the President and the First Lady”; later in the day the campaign announced that both Bidens had tested negative for the virus. Biden, until very recently, campaigned mostly from his basement in Delaware. He rarely took questions from reporters and is usually seen wearing a mask—something the president mocked him for during the debate on Tuesday....
Biden is under pressure after it emerged that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center think tank in Washington D.C. and at his Delaware home. The documents dated from Biden’s time as vice-president, during the Obama administration. Following the special counsel’s appointment, Biden’s chances of winning the 2024 presidential election fell from 14/5 on January 11, to 10/3 on January 13, according to U....
This year’s inauguration looked very different than in years past due to the coronavirus pandemic. Typically, thousands of people would gather on the National Mall to watch the event. However, people were encouraged to tune in at home to celebrate Biden’s first day on the job. The ceremony was packed with musical talent. Lady Gaga performed the National Anthem. Jennifer Lopez sang a medley of “This Land is Your Land” and “America the Beautiful,” along with her hit song “Let’s Get Loud....
“We do not believe the Russian government was involved in this attack, but we do have strong reason to believe that the criminals who did the attack, are living in Russia,” Biden said at the White House. “We’re also going to pursue a measure to disrupt their ability to operate. And our Justice Department has launched a new task force, dedicated to prosecuting ransomware hackers to the full extent of the law....
Revealing the plan on Monday, Biden’s campaign team said the former Vice president wanted to help “rebuild the middle class and ensure that this time, everyone comes along.” In effort to bring that goal to fruition, Biden’s plan is to invest $640 billion over 10 years in order to ensure that “every American has access to housing that is affordable, stable, safe and healthy, accessible, energy efficient and resilient, and located near good schools and with a reasonable commute to their jobs....
One of Biden’s first actions when he took office was to reverse former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and African countries, describing it as a “stain on our national conscience.” He tasked the State Department to come up with a way to deal with the issue within 45 days. On Monday, the State Department announced those who had been denied entry to the U.S. on or after January 20, 2020 could “seek readjudication” without resubmitting their application forms if their initial requests were valid....
“You have stood down ICE and you’ve stood down Border Patrol, and guess what? That’s the impeachment hearing I want to hear,” Bannon, the former White House chief strategist under former President Donald Trump, said during a recent episode of his War Room: Pandemic podcast. “You’re going to sit there for day after day and week after week and we’re going to bring the witnesses,” Bannon continued, in an attack that appeared to be aimed at the president....
