Biden’s motorcade was booed by a crowd of people as it drove to Newsom’s final campaign rally at Long Beach City College’s Liberal Arts campus and many protesters held signs criticizing COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Video of some protesters booing as the president passed by was shared on Twitter on Monday, while local media reported there were hundreds of protesters opposed to Biden and Newsom. The footage, shared by Drew Hernandez of Real America’s Voice (RAV), shows a large group of protesters shouting and jeering at Biden’s motorcade....

In a statement released by the White House on Monday, Biden called the government takeover and detention of Burma’s top officials—including leader Aung San Suu Kyi—“a direct assault on the country’s transition to democracy and the rule of law.” “In a democracy, force should never seek to overrule the will of the people or attempt to erase the outcome of a credible election,” the president said in his first statement on the issue....

The president is scheduled to visit Rzeszow later Friday, a city in southeastern Poland less than 100 miles from the Ukrainian border Biden will meet with President Andrzej Duda of Poland, as well as with U.S. troops at a military base in Rzeszow. There are roughly 10,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Poland, part of a total of 100,000 U.S. troops spread out across Europe—the most since the mid-2000s....

Excerpts released by the White House ahead of Biden’s Wednesday press conference offer a glimpse at a plan to pull 2,500 U.S. armed forces from Afghanistan between May 1 and September 11. The timeline defies the 14-month period established in a February 2020 agreement signed by President Donald Trump, U.S. NATO allies and the Taliban. The excerpts from Biden’s speech offer pledges to continue providing support to Afghanistan and assist in international efforts to train its military following U....

The proposal is part of Biden’s larger caregiving plan dubbed the “21st Century Caregiving and Education Workforce” plan, which addresses needs for children, the elderly and caregivers. Biden promised to end long wait times for elderly or disabled people seeking care while speaking during a speech in New Castle, Delaware on Tuesday. “Right now, there are 800,000 people who are eligible for home and community care through Medicaid, who have already signed up for it, but they’re waiting for a phone call” Biden said....

That said, there is one team that has given the Chiefs plenty of trouble. That would be the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals have won three consecutive games against the Chiefs, all of which came during the 2022 calendar year. They won each by a narrow, three-point margin and have established themselves as the top threat to Kansas City in the loaded AFC. Cincinnati’s success has, unsurprisingly, coincided with the arrival of Joe Burrow....

That’s part of any manager’s job. But when that lineup shuffle involves high-profile players such as DH Alex Rodriguez and first baseman Mark Teixeira, feelings can get hurt. MORE: Where does A-Rod rank among MLB’s most-hated players? Girardi sat A-Rod on Saturday for the third time in four games, and the 12th time in the past 18 games. And the slumping Teixeira, who is used to hitting in the meat of the order, batted an uncustomary seventh against the Giants on Saturday....

The Giants are spiraling toward another crash landing in another lost season, and Judge knows it. Following an embarrassing 29-3 loss to the Bears on Sunday, the Giants’ second-year head coach delivered an 11-minute rant (or impassioned speech, depending where you fall on the football cliché appreciation spectrum) defending the team, his process, the players and more. MORE: Bucs’ Arians won’t give reason why Antonio Brown left mid-game Judge offered a defense of the team’s culture — and even fired strays at “cowards behind microphones” who take shots at their players — but one point of emphasis was particularly strange: He said some former players call him “twice a week” saying they wish they’d have re-signed with the Giants even though they’re “getting paid more somewhere else....

“They helped me—so informative, and it was just such a good exchange back and forth. It was very respectful,” said Manchin, a conservative Democrat from West Virginia. “I don’t think anybody changed positions.… We’re just learning where everybody’s coming from. We’re learning where everybody’s position is.” Manchin’s virtual meeting with NAACP President Derrick Johnson, National Urban League President Marc Morial, the Reverend Al Sharpton and others came just days after he publicly voiced his opposition to a sweeping voting rights bill known as the For the People Act, which is expected to come up in the Senate later this month....

Manchin, the most crucial stimulus vote, gave interviews on Fox News Sunday, ABC’s This Week, NBC’s Meet the Press and CNN’s State of the Union this morning, where he reiterated the importance of keeping the Senate’s legislative filibuster rule and defended delaying the American Rescue Plan in an attempt to gain bipartisan support. Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace reminded viewers that Manchin had single-handedly prevented Democratic legislation and nominees from moving forward in the Senate....

“I don’t know who is going to be running. If Joe Biden runs again and he is the Democratic nominee, depending on who the Republican nominee is, we will just have to wait and see,” Manchin told former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on an episode of his new podcast, The Chris Cuomo Project. “I am not predicting anything or how I would support or not support, or get involved or not,” he said....

Moorhead becomes the fourth SEC coaching change this offseason in what has been a busy few weeks for the conference. MORE: College football bowl schedule The Bulldogs went 14-12 under Moorhead’s lead over two years. Mississippi State fell to Louisville 38-28 in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30, finishing the 2019 season at 6-7. Moorhead’s team also lost last year’s Outback Bowl to Iowa. Prior to Moorhead’s hiring, Mississippi State had won six bowl games in eight years....

The host of the Joe Rogan Experience continues to face criticism amid an ongoing controversy over misinformation on his show and a scandal over his past use of racial slurs. Arguably the biggest podcaster in the world, Rogan boasts an estimated 11 million listeners per episode on the Spotify exclusive show. Earlier this month, video hosting platform Rumble offered to match the $100 million deal the podcaster reportedly signed to host his show exclusively on Spotify....

But that’s exactly what ESPN tried to get Thomas to do in an upcoming E:60 episode. In a teaser, the network aired a clip where they asked Thomas to name all 18 starting quarterbacks he’s protected since joining the franchise in 2007. There are even more quarterbacks he’s blocked for that didn’t start, but let’s not make this too difficult. Impressive. The good thing is even Thomas is able to laugh about the ridiculousness of the situation he’s been in for so long....

The 76ers star’s knee soreness has caused him to be listed as doubtful for Game 4 against the Nets, according to an NBC Sports report. Embiid missed 14 of Philadelphia’s last 24 regular season games in hopes of improving the condition of his knee. But according to Embiid, the pain has gotten worse. Despite not being 100 percent, the big man is averaging 22.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in 22....

He added with a smile, “I know, I’m getting around to it.” On April 27, he finally got around to it. “I’m retiring today,” he wrote for The Players’ Tribune. “I know I didn’t play the last two years, but I tried. I did. I wish I could have gone out in a bit of a different way. But, you know, just thinking about it all — all 726 games — I realized something....

Bosa blasted the league and the officiating in Saturday’s game, as evidenced by a clip of him in front of his locker shared by USA Today’s Mike Freeman. In an NSFW rant, he claimed a lack of accountability for officials after blown calls. “I think there needs to be more accountability on — I mean if I say something to them, I get a $40,000 fine. But if they blow a call that ruins an entire team’s season, they get to — they’re probably back in the locker room after the game like, ‘Ha, got that a—hole....

In fact, Votto and Bench are the only two players in Reds history to bash three long-balls in the same game three times in their career. Votto entered the game with only one home run in his last eight games, but now has 16 on the season with Tuesday’s outburst. MORE: Chris Heston no-hits Mets | Pujols ties mantle, passes Brett on historic night After walking in his first at-bat, Votto cleared the fences in the third, fifth and seventh innings to give Cincinnati plenty of breathing room in its 11-2 win....

Since making his major league debut in 2007, Votto has established himself as one of the premier first basemen in the league. Entering Monday’s action, the 33-year-old lefty slugger has a career batting line of .312/.425/.539 with 248 home runs. MORE: MLB mailbag: Who might be traded in August? To put that in perspective, Votto ranks third in Wins Above Replacement (51.6 WAR) among active first baseman, only trailing behind two legends....

“I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, ‘Let’s talk about it tomorrow,’” Bolton tweeted 12 minutes after Trump tweeted about Bolton’s exit. It is unclear whether Bolton got to talk to Trump before his termination decision was made. Trump broke the news by tweeting, “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,” and made it clear the two did not see eye-to-eye....