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For four years, Trump was the perfect foil for European ambitions to establish an autonomous EU foreign policy and independence from NATO, which the U.S. still dominates. While Trump imposed tariffs and griped about the EU “taking advantage” of the U.S., European leaders pushed for the EU to end its dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. French president Emmanuel Macron stated last month, “It is vital that our Europe finds the ways and the means to decide for itself to rely on itself, not to depend on others in every area....

“It’s pretty windy outside. It’s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself,” White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard the presidential plane. Jean-Pierre added that the president is doing “just great” after tripping while going up the plane’s stairs. “All I know is, all I can tell you is, he’s doing fine. He’s doing great,” she said. While climbing the stairs to board the aircraft, Biden drew attention after stumbling several times....

After months of speculation, the decision to stay put at 10 teams could have an impact on several schools and conferences in the coming months. Here are five things impacted by the conference’s decision to stay put. MORE: Margin for error continues to shrink in CFP picture Texas, OU marriage So Texas and Oklahoma are still the main influencers in the conference, and that marriage continues. It will be interesting to see if the 10-team conference splits into two divisions, and whether the Longhorns and Sooners would still be in the same division (likely the case)....

To that end, conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby plans to conduct video conferences with as many as 17 schools that have contacted the Big 12 for consideration to join the Power 5 conference, ESPN.com reported Friday, citing unidentified sources. The 17 schools that will make presentations to the Big 12, the sources said: Boise State, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado State, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, New Mexico, SMU, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, UCF and UConn....

The Heat, led by Jimmy Peirson, have three matches left in the league stage and have no room to be complacent. A victory in their next game is likely to take them up to No. 4 in the points table. Currently, the Heat are languishing at seventh with a net run rate of -0.721. They are on a two-match winning streak and will come into this game on the back of a three-wicket victory against the Melbourne Stars....

The label responded Friday to a lengthy statement Swift posted to various social media accounts saying that the company has not prohibited the singer from using her old music in any way. In her post, Swift claimed Big Machine CEO Scott Borchetta and business partner Scooter Braun have blocked her from using old music both in live performances and in a planned Netflix documentary. Their stipulation, Swift claims, is she can license her music—which they own 100 percent of—if she promises not to re-record the tracks in the future....

It’s a good thing the action is noisily distracting, because you don’t want any down-time in which to ponder the plausibility, or the sense, of anything that is happening. This nutty paranoid thriller seems to be about a superrich master criminal (John Travolta) who enlists a brilliant, ex-con computer hacker (Hugh Jackman) to pull off an electronic heist of $9.5 billion in dirty government money. Since the penniless superhacker is a Good Guy, he initially wants nothing to do with Travolta’s shady schemes....

Turns out it’s precisely women like Scott who are opting to have breast augmentation surgery in growing numbers. It was the most popular cosmetic procedure in America last year—and nearly one-third of the patients were 40 or older, a 17 percent increase from the year before. “That’s staggering,” says Dr. Richard A. D’Amico, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Yet he expects the numbers to be even larger this year....

Note: All Wins Above Replacement (WAR) figures are from baseball-reference.com Craig Biggio Year on ballot: 2ndVotes last year: 68.2 percentPro: Member of 3,000-hit club, seven-time All-Star, four Gold Gloves, five Silver Sluggers — four at second base, one as a catcher, 2007 Roberto Clemente Award. Fifth on all-time doubles list at 668, 15th all-time in runs scored at 1,844. Eight seasons with 20 or more home runs, five seasons with 5+ WAR....

This is the biggest win in terms of runs in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, eclipsing Baroda’s win by 279 runs against Assam last season. Sent in, Bihar amassed 338 for six in the stipulated 50 overs with Rahmatullah smashing a 103-ball 156 before retiring hurt with the team’s score at 307. He struck 10 boundaries and eight sixes. Opener Babul Kumar (92 from 112 balls) lent fine support at the other end as the duo put on 166 runs for the second wicket to set the platform....

In the interview, Craig told hosts Chris Vlastro and John Santucci he believed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was taking the right approach in leading the impeachment inquiry against Trump. He said, “I think [Pelosi] should be focusing on exactly what she is focusing on now, which is whether there was efforts by the president to have a foreign government intervene in our political process by investigating one of his political adversaries....

In a post to his six million followers, the renowned TV presenter and entertainer—well recognized for his Bill Nye the Science Guy show—shared an image of a large Conant thermometer showing the temperature outside to be surging to 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Nye, whose social media account lists him as being based in Los Angeles, stirred a wave of debate as users debated the merits of his comment, since attracting hundreds of direct comment replies, more than 15,000 likes and close to 2,000 shares....

In a tribute to Plante, 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl said: How did Bill Plante die? According to his family, Bill Plante died from a respiratory failure, shocking the journalist community. No information available on whether Plante was hospitalized or at home at the time of his death. Detailed information is expected to be disclosed in the coming days. Bill Plante was famous as CBS’ White House correspondent Bill Plante was born on January 14, 1938, to parents Regis and Jane....

The legendary American also said she would miss watching Federer compete at Melbourne Park this year. The 20-time Grand Slam champion will not feature at the first Slam of the year as he is currently recovering from knee surgery. Federer is one of the most successful players in the history of the Australian Open, having won the title on a total of six occasions. The Australian Open was the first Grand Slam that the Swiss won after becoming a father (in 2010)....

Stopping Tom Brady isn’t exactly the easiest thing to do, so the Bills have resorted to a unique tactic. MORE: Week 6 scoreboard | Millner suffers non-contact injury | Raider fans egg Chargers’ team bus Congratulations, Duke Williams. You just committed the worst pass interference penalty of the season. Source: Pete Blackburn

The Bills coach will eat a dog biscuit Thursday after being challenged by WIVB-TV news anchor Teresa Weakley as part of an awareness effort by the Erie County SPCA, the team announced Wednesday. MORE: Classic training camp photos | Stop talking about what Ray Rice ‘deserves’ Similar to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a new social media campaign called the Dog Biscuit Challenge will aim to raise money for the 22nd annual Paws in the Park fundraiser on Sept....

He began chugging from a hole punched in the bottom of the 12-ouncer at the same time brew began flowing through the tap. He finished the “shotgun” before an entire cup could be poured, producing a celebratory spike. MORE: Rams to curb drunken driving after games in L.A. His black T-shirt read, “Bad Choices Make Good Stories.” Not if you’re the Buffalo Bills. Pregame spectacles of parking-lot inebriation such as this one prior to last week’s matchup against the Jets have become just as much a part of the franchise’s sad-sack lore as seasons without a playoff appearance (16 and counting)....

The game got postponed after an hour’s wait, and the status of Hamlin remained unknown. Things started looking more bleak, though. “I think people are aware that people know we are done watching football tonight,” ESPN’s Joe Buck said as play was postponed by the NFL. “I’m sick to my stomach.” Hamlin collapsed on the field during the first quarter Monday night in Cincinnati. The event happened after he tackled Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins....

The Bills (3-3) are trying to keep pace with the 5-0 Patriots and 4-1 Jets in the AFC East. Jacksonville (1-5) enters the game on a four-game losing and will need to rattle off a couple wins in a row to keep its slim playoff chances alive. MORE: Week 7 NFL picks straight up | Picks against the spread | Fantasy advice The Bills lost last week to the undefeated Bengals as quarterback EJ Manuel got the start for the injured Tyrod Taylor....

All this was on the orders of bin Laden himself, the sources said. Why? Because the terror chieftain and his top lieutenants see a great opportunity for killing Americans and their allies in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Turkey, according to Taliban sources who complain that their own movement will suffer. (Though certainly not as much as Washington would like: last week Taliban guerrillas killed a U.N. census worker in an ambush, and a rocket struck near the U....