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His comments came during an exchange with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders about the progressive candidate’s support of the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which protects the gun manufacture and distribution industry against civil liability actions brought over the misuse of the weapons by others. “I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA,” Sanders said. “Thirty years ago, I likely lost a race for the one seat in Congress in Vermont because 30 years ago I supported a ban on assault weapons....

The question came as part of a press briefing held during Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with multiple Arab leaders including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. When asked how he can be sure another similar incident will not happen again, Biden answered, “God love you, what a silly question. How can I possibly be sure of any of that? I just made it clear if anything occurs like that again, they’ll get that response and much more,” referring to his past criticism of the crown prince over his alleged involvement in Khashoggi’s death in 2018 in Istanbul....

Biden hopes to use the summit being held in Brussels on Monday to underscore the nation’s “ironclad commitment” to Article 5 in NATO’s Strategic Concept, which states that “an attack on one is an attack on all and will be met with a collective response.” As NATO leaders seek to revise the document for the first time in years, Biden will argue that new framework is needed to deal with the world’s “evolving strategic environment,” including Russia’s “aggressive policies and actions; challenges posed by the People’s Republic of China to our collective security, prosperity, and values....

Allen overcame Giancarlo Stanton’s leadoff homer in the ninth and retired pinch-hitter Didi Gregorius with the tying run on first to close out Cleveland’s 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Friday night. Allen, making his first appearance since allowing a career-high six runs in the ninth inning against Cincinnati on Tuesday, recorded his 19th save in 20 chances. The right-hander tried to use that experience as a positive this time....

Nor was I the only big-firm job applicant subjected to anti-Semitic bigotry. Back in those days, law firms were operated on a pseudo-apartheid basis: there were firms that didn’t hire Jewish lawyers; there were Jewish firms that hired both Jewish and non-Jewish lawyers; and mixed firms, which hired a few token Jewish applicants. Everyone was aware of this discriminatory system. I reported my experiences to the dean of Yale Law School who assured me it was not “personal....

New NXT Theme: The theme song for the new season of WWE NXT is “Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria. Big Show for WWE Championsip? :It will be announced on WWE SmackDown (22 June 2012) that Big Show is the first participantin one of the Money in the Bank Ladder Matches at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.WrestlingInc’s correspondent sent word that Show declared he will be in the Money in the Bank ladder match for the WWE Title shot....

Barrett and the Buckeyes travel to Piscataway, N.J., to take on Rutgers as three-touchdown favorites on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC) . Ohio State covered for just the second time this season last week against Penn State. MORE: Ohio State-Rutgers matchup, trends, stats Line: Ohio State -21 Total: 64 Line movement: Ohio State opened -20 at The Wynn, but was bet up to -21. Some shops have gone to -21....

Previously, although backups were encrypted once they were uploaded to Google Drive or iCloud, they weren’t encrypted during that transfer. This means that messages are end-to-end encrypted no matter whether they’re being sent, received, stored locally or in the cloud. Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone on his Facebook page, saying “We’re adding another layer of privacy and security to WhatsApp: an end-to-end encryption option for the backups people choose to store in Google Drive or iCloud....

The Jaguars had trailed 27-0 until a touchdown with 24 seconds remaining in the half left trimmed the deficit to 20 points. But after four first-half interceptions from Trevor Lawrence, and with a defense that had few answers against Justin Herbert and the Chargers’ offense, it appeared the highly anticipated clash would be lopsided. MORE: Highlights, scoring updates from Jags-Chargers But Lawrence wasn’t done. The Jaguars scored touchdowns on each of their first two drives of the second half and limited the Chargers to a made field goal and a missed field goal kick to bring the game to 30-20....

The Colombia international was a target for the London club in the previous transfer window but ultimately decided to stay and fight for his place at San Siro. Why did Real Madrid’s CAS appeal succeed? But with Bacca said to be unhappy in Italy and West Ham in the midst of a striker shortage, Bilic has suggested that a renewed push could be an option. “Maybe,” he said. “We tried....

In 2011, NASA ended its space shuttle program, with high costs, slow turnaround, and safety problems that led to the fatal Challenger and Columbia disasters among the factors for its demise. Since then NASA has resorted to purchasing rocket trips to and from the International Space Station (ISS) from Russia. Keen to restore spaceflight from U.S. soil, in 2014 NASA awarded two huge contracts, worth a total of $6.8 billion, to Boeing and SpaceX, with the aim of getting crew to the ISS independently once again....

Gunasekara joined the EPA in March 2017, overseeing the agency’s Office of Air and Radiation. During her time in this position, she was involved in attempts to roll back environmental regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other types of pollution, the Post reported. She also played a key role in the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement. Gunasekara left the EPA last year and set up what she described as a “pro-Trump non-profit” in Jackson, Mississippi, known as the Energy 45 Fund....

Alabama announced Thursday that it has hired O’Brien to be its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Nick Saban. The former Penn State coach is replacing Steve Sarkisian, who left Tuscaloosa to become Texas’ head coach. COACHING CAROUSEL: Every FBS head coaching change in 2020 “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to work with some of the best football players in the country, while helping to continue the success this program has enjoyed for many years,” O’Brien said....

The study, conducted by economist David Autor and others, found that only about one-quarter of the funds from the PPP went towards supporting jobs that would have disappeared during the pandemic, according to a breakdown of the research written by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. It also found that benefits within the $800 billion program “flowed disproportionately to wealthier households rather than to the rank-and-file workers that its funds were intended to reach....

Hamlin posted to Instagram a heartfelt thanks. “When you put real love out into the world it comes back to you 3x’s as much,” Hamlin wrote. “The Love has been overwhelming, but I’m thankful for every single person that prayed for me and reached out. We brung the world back together behind this. If you know me you know this only gone make me stronger. On a long road keep praying for me!...

The Billy on the Street host, 43, received backlash online while discussing the significance of his new film Bros, which he stars in and co-wrote. “I told myself to look around and appreciate how rare and magical this moment is because you are making a movie that looks and feels like all the romantic comedies you grew up loving, but you’re doing it as a gay man,” Eichner told Variety....

The health of Al Qaeda is a separate matter. Osama bin Laden’s organization may be in trouble, but–more likely–it may simply be lying low, plotting in the shadows. In the past it has waited for several years after an operation before staging the next one. Al Qaeda, however, is a band of fanatics, numbering in the thousands. It seeks a much broader following. That, after all, was the point of the attacks of September 11....

“If John Bolton’s accounts are true,” Biden wrote in his tweet, “it’s not only morally repugnant, it’s a violation of Donald Trump’s sacred duty to the American people to protect America’s interests and defend our values.” In a longer statement obtained by Newsweek, Biden wrote that Trump “sold out the American people to protect his political future.” “Trump was willing to trade away our most cherished democratic values for the empty promise of a flimsy trade deal that bailed him out of his disastrous tariff war that did so much damage to our farmers, manufacturers, and consumers,” he continued....

While the ethos of U.S. militarism in recent decades emphasized the dangers of foreign foes, the Trump presidency and its unprecedented attacks on the most basic principles of American democracy substantiated President Abraham Lincoln’s claim that true danger to the U.S. would come from within: “It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.” In order to nurture democracy, President Joe Biden should abide by its core belief to carry out the will of the people....

The undertaking has been named “Operation Allied Refuge” and will be spearheaded by the U.S. Air Force, which is tasked with getting tens of thousands of prospective Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants out of Afghanistan amid fears of reprisal as the U.S. military withdraws. Naveed Shah, government affairs associate for Common Defense, attended a Zoom meeting earlier Wednesday where a senior White House official confirmed that the operation would begin later this month....