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Grilled by host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation” about the two candidates—as well as other issues within the new Congress— McCarthy avoided directly answering the questions, saying in one case that there was “no simple answer.” Talking of Americans’ approval rating of Congress, which according to the latest Gallup survey is at 22 percent, Brennan asked McCarthy, in a video available online: “Doesn’t it further wear down credibility when you put someone who’s under state, local, federal and international investigation as a representative of your party on committee?...

Everton youth coach Sheedy, who played for the Boys in Green at the 1988 European Championship in Germany, believes that Coleman has matured as a senior international and says that he will “do really well” at the tournament in France. “Seamus has become a leader in that group,” Sheedy told the official Everton website. “He has shown all the attributes he has at Everton on the international stage now and it is no surprise that Martin has made him captain in games....

The complaints submitted to both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of Fair Employment and Equal Housing were filed by CAPS staff psychiatrist/clinical associate professor of psychiatry Ronald Albucher and Sheila Levin, a former clinical care manager and eating-disorder specialist. The complaints announced on Tuesday allege that Jewish staff were pressured to attend the DEI program’s racially segregated “whiteness accountability” affinity group. The group was created for staff who hold “so-called privilege through white identity, who are ‘white identified’ or ‘may be newly-grappling with or realizing their white identity’ or are seen as ‘white presenting and passing....

In jumping to a two-goal lead before 10 minutes were gone Tuesday, the French put themselves on the road to a 3-0 win and the SheBelieves Cup title. The Americans, meanwhile, finished last in the four-team, round-robin tournament. Following Saturday’s 1-0 loss to England, the setback marked back-to-back U.S. defeats for the first time since March 2014 — one month before Jill Ellis replaced Tom Sermanni as coach. And it was the team’s worst loss on home soil since the 2003 Women’s World Cup....

Part of FSU coach Jimbo Fisher’s strategy for the game is telling his team not to focus on winning, or even taking a glance up at the scoreboard. MORE: This week’s SN Top 20 | Bowl projections | Have you seen that scoreboard? “Sometimes, you get caught up in wanting to win the game,” Fisher said at his weekly news conference ahead of Saturday’s game. “You don’t get caught up in wanting to win, you get caught up in wanting to play well....

In the same session at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso of Spain will test his skills in one of Johnson’s road course cars. “It’s our backup car from the (Charlotte) Roval event,” Johnson said. “The way the timing worked out, it worked out well, we figured we would have a road course car freshly prepped and ready to go. We kicked around other dates where we were going to swap cars and (thought about) somewhere in the U....

Jimmy Johnson is an NFL analyst on Fox and a former football coach. Jimmie Johnson is the six-time Sprint Cup champion and four-time winner of the Brickyard 400. MORE: Hendrick confident of turnaround | Gordon looking for perfect ending to marvelous career Johnson starts 13th position in Sunday’s race and will be trying to snap a streak of poor finishes. He has finished 12th or worse in his last six races, including three results in the 30s....

Hoiberg, 43, is a far cry from the rough personality Butler may be used to from his seasons with Tom Thibodeau, but Butler seems to think Hoiberg’s hands-off approach is to the detriment of the team. MORE: The top 10 NBA moments of 2015 “I believe in the guys in this locker room, but I also believe we probably have to be coached a lot harder at times,” Butler told reporters after Saturday’s game, via the Chicago Tribune....

Miami’s lead in the series was cut to 2-1 as Boston raced out to an early lead and saw it out, with four Celtics players scoring at least 20 points. The Heat had overturned a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to win Game 1, while they rallied from a 15-point hole in the third quarter to take Game 2, yet this time around Miami, who trailed by 20 points at one point in Game 3, were unable to muster another comeback....

In an interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols on “The Jump,” Butler revealed he has created his own coffee shop from within the bubble. Butler has a French press as well as other coffee accessories, and he’s making an insane profit from it: He charges players $20 for a single cup. “I’m working on my coffee skills,” Butler said. “After my career, I’m opening my coffee shop. Right now, I’m charging 20 bucks a cup....

Legendary journalist Walters died at the age of 93 on December 30. Her career spanned over 60 years and included presenting multiple primetime news shows and specials, as well as hosting the daytime talk show The View, which she also created. Walters’ publicist said in a statement that she had “passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones.” The rep added that Walters had “lived her life with no regrets,” while praising her as “a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women....

Garoppolo went to Robbie Gould, who had just made a 45-yard kick in the snow for a 13-10 NFC divisional round victory, and shared his feelings about his teammate and Green Bay. “You’re a f—ng legend man. F— the Packers,” Garoppolo said. BENDER: What went wrong for Packers in playoff loss to 49ers? Gould himself was excited; he exclaimed the kick “feels good.” San Francisco, the No. 6 seed in the 2022 NFC playoffs, came in as a heavy underdog to the No....

Graham is “pissed off” after being targeted only 10 times through the Seahawks’ first two games, according to a report by Bleacher Report. He has seven catches for 62 yards and a touchdown. PHOTOS: NFL Week 2 action | MORE: Cowboys trade for Matt Cassel Graham, who was acquired by the Seahawks from the Saints in the offseason, has not spoken with the media since Sunday, but the report said he “wants the ball” and has wondered aloud to teammates about the purpose of the trade if he doesn’t get it....

The Republican congresswoman from Georgia who subscribes to QAnon made headlines this week for posting a wide-ranging conspiracy theory tinged with anti-Semitic tropes, leading to the #JewishSpaceLasers hashtag trending on Twitter. “The chair of the RNC, Ronna McDaniel… tried to distance the party from QAnon. She said it’s beyond fringe and dangerous,” the late-night host explained on Thursday night. “QAnon is so fringe, in fact, Republicans in the House just put their screwiest, Q-iest member on the Education and Labor Committee—that is Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia....

Kimmel pointed to a poll last week by The Economist and YouGov in which 53 percent of Republicans said Trump was the better president. A total of 47 percent said they preferred Lincoln, the president who steered America through the Civil War and abolished slavery. “They can’t be serious… no one believes Donald Trump is a better president than Lincoln,” said Kimmel in disbelief. “That’s like saying measles is better than ice cream....

News of Watt’s release from the team came early Friday as sources told NFL.com’s Ian Rappaport that the Texans would release its best defensive player in the franchise’s history. Shortly afterward, Watt himself took to social media to tell everyone that he sat down with the McNair family, the owners of the team, and asked for his release. Watt said that the two sides came to an agreement and that this would mark the end of his tenure in Houston....

In a review from The Telegraph, Rowling’s latest novel under her pen name Robert Galbraith focuses on “a transvestite serial killer” (better described as “a murderous cis man who dresses a woman to kill his victims,” by Pink News) The review says that the novel’s main message appears to be “never trust a man in a dress.” In June, Rowling came under fire for tweeting about an article that she said “erased” women....

“Everybody is born and then they die. There’s nothing new about that.” But all that changed for the Oscar-winner with her latest film The Mauritanian (in theaters and streaming February 12), which tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was held without being charged at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 until 2016 on allegations he was a member of Al-Qaeda. Foster—who was just nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the film—plays Nancy Hollander, the defense attorney who fought for his release....

A video posted on Twitter by Zach Purser Brown, a reporter with The Washington Post, showed the president closing his eyes for about 20 seconds during the opening speeches of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday. An aide is seen approaching the president, who then opens his eyes and claps as the speech ends. The video soon went viral, and has been viewed more than 4.6 million times as of early Tuesday....