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Set to a soaring orchestral musical score, the new 52-second ad blast contains a series of statements made by politicians who say they will be casting votes in Biden’s favor in the upcoming November 3 election, using the slogan: “Country over party.” The Facebook ad library—which maintains a database of paid political ads—shows the new campaign remains active, costing up to $20,000 and targeting key battleground states including Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona....

The last time a candidate sustained an advantage this large was nearly 25 years ago when Clinton led by 8.5 percentage points over Republican and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. Clinton went on to win the election and defeat Dole with 379 electoral votes. While Clinton did not win a majority of the popular vote, his popular margin remains the largest won by either party since Ronald Reagan won in a landslide victory by 18....

Georgia’s special election will determine which political party gains control of the Senate. Democrats, including Georgia senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, have supported sending Americans $2,000 direct payments as part of a coronavirus economic relief effort. Despite support for the stimulus checks from President Donald Trump, House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has all but rejected the idea. During his Monday remarks, Biden asserted that incumbent Georgia senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue would block the $2,000 stimulus checks from going out....

“Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement,” he tweeted. “And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it.” This will be the first step for Biden in his undertaking of the mammoth task of undoing four years worth of environmental deregulation. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord in June 2017. The White House served notice to withdraw from it on November 4, 2019....

The list of grievances seems endless. Of course, one of Trump’s greatest hits is that China is to blame for COVID-19. On July 23rd, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a remarkably hawkish speech, even for him, arguing that nearly 50 years of engagement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had been a mistake. The administration then intensified economic pressure, in ways that critics say are untethered to any recognizable long-term term strategy....

As the threat of impeachment looms over Trump, Biden claimed the defining characteristic of the current presidency has been “abuse of power.” Biden lashed out at his political opponent, who is accused of urging Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “It’s clear he considers the presidency a free pass to do whatever he wants, with no accountability. He does not understand the immense responsibility demanded of all those who hold the office of the president of the United States....

Dozens of Detroit auto workers recorded a heated argument between Biden and an auto plant worker during a Michigan campaign stop Tuesday morning. The former vice president repeatedly expressed his support for the Constitution’s Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, and told a throng of men wearing construction worker gear that he has never claimed he will take Americans’ guns away. “You are actively trying to infringe our Second Amendment right and take away our guns,” the man says as the two stand in the middle of a swarm of hard hat-wearing workers....

The White House released a brief readout of the call early on Thursday morning as Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia had launched “a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the U.S. would “reinforce NATO” if Russia invaded Ukraine by “positioning forces to the east among our partners and allies to make sure that they’re protected.” The White House statement on Thursday, attributed to the president, said that President Zelenskyy “reached out” to Biden....

After Biden became the first head of state to speak with Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, a readout carried by the White House called the U.S.-Japan alliance “the cornerstone of peace, security, and stability in the Indo-Pacific and around the world.” Kishida, 64, told reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday that the U.S. president had offered “strong remarks on the U.S. commitment to defend Japan, including Article 5 of the U....

What, then, does that make the Joe Burrow-Ja’Marr Chase connection? The former LSU teammates and standouts haven’t missed a beat in their sophomore and rookie seasons with the Bengals, recreating a deadly connection that haunted SEC defenses during the Tigers’ 2019 College Football Playoff championship season. MORE: Bengals’ Joe Burrow makes LSU callback with victory cigar while celebrating AFC North title Put simply, Burrow and Chase are both stars — whether at the college or professional levels is irrelevant....

It will be only the Bengals’ second divisional-round game since the 1990 season. It’s a stage Cincinnati has rarely seen, and one that will likely require a veteran presence if the team wants to advance to its first AFC championship game since 1988. Luckily, Cincinnati has exactly that in its leader — sort of. MORE: Joe Burrow’s nicknames, explained Despite being in only his second year, quarterback Joe Burrow is playing like an NFL veteran....

The Bengals hold the first overall pick and are widely expected to use it on the former LSU quarterback, who set college football alight last season. According to NBC’s Peter King, Burrow “made clear” to the franchise he wanted them to retain wide receiver A.J. Green this offseason when he spoke to Bengals representatives at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last week. The 23-year-old, who this season became only the 16th player in history to win both the national title and the Heisman Trophy in the same year, suggested he was keen to be able to count on the support of an experienced receiver such as Green....

Flacco broke his own Ravens record for consecutive completions with 21 against Jacksonville. The number paused at 17 when the teams went back to their locker rooms for halftime with Baltimore leading, 13-7. The streak ended when Flacco attempted a deep pass to Mike Wallace in the end zone early in the third quarter. MORE: Live Ravens-Jaguars updates Flacco’s previous record was 14 straight completions, accomplished in 2009 against the Broncos....

It’s the Chase for the Sprint Cup and things happen, from wrecks with teammates to broken parts and pieces. MORE: Logano wins | Winners & Losers | Chase drivers take hit | Harvick not happy with restarts In the same way that Jimmie Johnson’s string of six championships in eight years defies logic, JGR teams always seem to have some of their worst problems during the Chase. It was no different Sunday in the Sylvania 300....

Manchin, like President Joe Biden, has spoken of his desire for a future package to receive support from both sides of the aisle, despite Democrats in Congress also considering means to force through plans without this. Earlier this week, Biden met with a group of 10 GOP senators pitching a $618 framework for relief—having touted a $1.9 trillion proposal of his own. Manchin spoke of the possibility of something in the middle being hit, in a discussion with the Bipartisan Policy Center....

Justice complained Monday about a clause in the American Rescue Plan that prevents states from using relief funds to offset revenue losses from tax cuts. The governor wants to eliminate personal income taxes in the state, phasing them out over the next few years, beginning with a 60 percent cut in January 2022. The lost income tax revenue would be recouped through increases in other taxes but would still leave the state with a $90 million shortfall, according to The Intelligencer....

Speaking to comedian Joe List on the latest episode of his Spotify podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience—which, the host says, gets over 200 million downloads per month on the platform—Rogan expressed concern about not being “allowed to talk” due to his “privilege.” “You can never be woke enough that’s the problem, it keeps going,” Rogan said on Monday. “It keeps going further and further down the line and if you get to the point where you capitulate and you agree to all these demands it’ll eventually get to where straight white men are not allowed to talk because it’s your privilege to express yourself when other people of color have been silenced throughout history....

Speaking to comedian Dave Smith on his podcast on Tuesday, the UFC commentator said that young people don’t need to “worry” about the vaccine if they’re healthy. His comments came despite guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which said all adults aged 16 and over are now eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. Vaccines also prevent transmission of the virus to others and can help towards herd immunity, the CDC added....

While on “Good Morning Football,” Thomas laid into both the Colts and Saturday for the decision to make the former ESPN analyst the head coach in Indianapolis, calling it the “most egregious thing I can ever remember happening in the NFL.” MORE: Meet the Colts’ new 30-year-old play-caller “When you hire your drinking buddy to be the head coach of an NFL football team, it is one of the most disrespectful things I’ve ever seen in my entire life to the commitment, the lifestyle and the experience that it takes to be an NFL coach, any coach, much less the head coach of the Indianapolis football Colts,” Thomas said....

Gallo’s second-inning drive off Carlos Carrasco was measured at 443 feet, but it sure looks like it went a lot longer, seeing how it landed halfway up the stands. STATS: Indians-Rangers Game Center Your browser does not support iframes. It also looked a lot longer than Gallo’s first major league homer, a bomb against Jeff Samardzija in 2015 that traveled into the same section. Your browser does not support iframes....