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The Face the Nation moderator said that Vice President Mike Pence replacing Trump in the event of impeachment would not “undo the election results” as McCarthy argued in an interview yesterday. Brennan also quizzed the leading House Republican on a new offer set out by the Ukraine whistleblower’s attorney Mark Zaid at the weekend. The representative of the unidentified whistleblower, who raised the alarm about Trump’s now-infamous phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said his team offered Republicans the chance to send written questions to his client under oath with the penalty of perjury attached....

Whether it’s on the main courts, where Maria Sharapova plays today; or somewhere else at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, matches are paring the field in Queens, the New York borough that contains Flushing Meadows. Sharapova faces Alexandra Dulgheru (don’t worry, we had to look her up too). CoCo Vandeweghe, one of the aforementioned lookers, was among American winners on Tuesday. And Jordan got to see Federer win....

The temperature was forecast to spike at 44 Celsius (111) Thursday, on the third straight day of a heat wave. It was already 39C (102F) when Sharapova's match started and increased to 42.5C (108.5), forcing organizers to enact the Extreme Heat Policy and suspend matches on outside courts. MORE: Must-see Aussie images Sharapova wasted three match points on serve at 5-4 in the third set, and then had to save break points and serve to stay in the match before getting the crucial break in the 17th game of the deciding set....

Meteorology being not nearly as sophisticated as it is now, the general received daily reports providing only a rough read on whether the following day’s weather conditions would allow for the landing of Allied forces on the beach at Normandy. Though they had tricked the Germans into thinking the invasion would be in Calais, the Allies knew it was only a matter of time before the enemy figured out the deception....

Williamson took on the “entrenched” political establishment and said principles which are inscribed in marble and on documents have been left to die in the American people themselves. The longtime self-help author said the religious and spiritual foundations of the U.S. – and not the status quo – ended slavery and enacted civil rights as she made the case that “harnessing emotions is crucial to beating Donald Trump.” But she also took aim at liberals, criticizing The New Yorker interviewer David Remnick’s description of her as a “crystal gazing kook” as he quoted other news media personalities’ characterization of her on a personal level....

According to USA Today, Rollins was caught using Stanozolol, a muscle-building anabolic steroid. MORE: Bold Mariners predictions | A look back at PED use | MLB manager rankings “Having spoken at length with David, I know that he is truly remorseful for his error in judgment,” Mariners executive vice president Jack Zduriencik said in a team statement. “We will continue to work with him to get past this situation.”...

Greene, a freshman member of Congress, and Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat who’s in her second term, both quickly made names for themselves, albeit on opposite sides of the political spectrum. On Wednesday, the two talked on the House floor and agreed to debate the Green New Deal, an environmental plan Ocasio-Cortez is trying to make a staple of her legacy. The Republican congresswoman stipulated that the debate wouldn’t be planned until after she read the plan in its entirety....

Ivermectin gained popularity during the pandemic and some doctors have had anecdotal success using it. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t authorized ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, so some hospitals and physicians have refused to prescribe it, fueling a tense debate between those who believe in its power and those who don’t see it as an effective treatment for COVID-19. During a Wednesday interview with Alex Jones on Info Wars, Greene pushed ivermectin as being more beneficial than vaccines and lambasted those who blocked the use of the drug, which is often used for parasitic infections....

Greene took aim at unnamed critics of Trump and argued that he was right not to grant pardons during his final days in office to those allegedly involved in the riot. “I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I did. I ate way too much, enjoyed time with my family, went shopping on Black Friday, & got a dress for my daughter’s upcoming wedding,” Greene tweeted. “But I’ve been noticing in certain echo chambers absurd criticism of Pres Trump & J6’ers (January 6 protesters),” she wrote....

In a Tuesday interview on Greg Kelly Reports, a program on the conservative-leaning media network Newsmax, Kelly asked Greene about whether she believed in the conspiracy theory that a Jewish space laser caused the 2018 California wildfires. “I actually have no idea because I’ve never said that phrase or typed it, ‘Jewish space lasers,’” Greene responded. “This is a story that some leftist ‘journalist’—really he’s an activist—wrote a hit piece on me and entitled it ‘Jewish space lasers....

Greene was speaking as part of her headline appearance at the New York Young Republican Club’s 110th Annual Gala on Saturday night. While dismissing the allegations that she was involved in plotting the riot at the Capitol, along with top Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon, Greene said that there would have been weapons at any right-wing coup in the U.S. “Then Jan. 6 happened. And, next thing you know, I organized the whole thing, along with Steve Bannon,” Greene said....

The House Republican conference has largely remained quiet about the investigation into their colleague, and former President Donald Trump has similarly said little about the case against the congressman, despite the pair being one-time allies. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), a GOP lawmaker on the so-called “moderate” wing of the party, went so far as to call for Gaetz’s resignation shortly after news of the investigation broke in April. However, there has been one Republican lawmaker still happy to appear beside the embattled Gaetz: Rep....

Tensions within the GOP came to a head as House Republicans remained divided about who should be elected to lead Congress’ lower chamber after the party retook a narrow majority in the midterm elections last year. Representative Kevin McCarthy, of California, has secured the majority of his party’s support, but a handful of holdouts threatened to derail his bid. McCarthy could lose only four votes due to Republicans’ slim majority....

“I understand how terrible it is…. One of my schoolmates brought guns to school and took our entire school hostage, and that happened right down the hall from my classroom,” Greene told her colleagues on the House floor. She was speaking of an incident that happened when she was 16 years old and in the 11th grade. Greene graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, in 1992....

Greene, who earlier this month said the Capitol rioters were not Trump supporters at all, took a different approach Tuesday as she made a House floor statement in opposition to a proposed study of the January 6 events. The Georgia Republican said the study is just a “witch hunt” targeting Trump and “all those who support him.” Despite touting U.S. law enforcement officers, she accused federal authorities of abusing suspected rioters in custody....

Tight end Mark Andrews left in the second quarter with a shoulder injury. The team first announced that Andrews was questionable to return and then said later that he was out. After a Week 7 performance with no catches, Andrews had two for 24 yards within the first two plays of the Week 8 game. But he and Jackson connected just once after that. Andrews left the game with three catches for 33 yards....

The Shark Tank star and Dallas Mavericks owner has been public in his support for President-elect Joe Biden, but his tweet encompassed the Republican and Democratic candidates running for Senate. Georgia’s two Senate seats are currently occupied by Republican incumbents, but the results of last week’s election pushed both to continue competing with their Democratic opponents into the new year. “For those considering donating to Reps or Dems in the Georgia Senate run-offs, can you please re-consider and donate that money to your local foodbank [sic] and organizations that can help those without food or shelter?...

Mauer gained attention Tuesday night when he ejected Clippers coach Doc Rivers in overtime, but that’s not what Cuban had an issue with. The outspoken owner was upset with the very first play of the game when Nets shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic blatantly double-dribbled (and traveled) and it wasn’t called. MORE: Biggest early-season surprises and disappointments “Refs are going to miss things because there’s other things going on, but there was nothing else going on....

“Last year was really, really difficult, physically and mentally,’’ Teixeira told the New York Post. “I felt like garbage all season. When you are feeling like that and trying to perform, you get beaten down and you wonder, ‘Am I ever going to be the same?’ This offseason I asked my body to do a lot of things, and it responded. That’s the exciting thing, everything I wanted to accomplish I did, and I feel great going into the season....

Goodwin defeated Panthers defensive back Donte Jackson — and earned the $1 million prize — in the final of the inaugural 40 Yards of Gold pay-per-view event in Sunrise, Fla. Goodwin edged Jackson at the tape by five one-hundredths of a second. Sixteen NFL players entered the event, a 40-yard-dash tournament hosted by former NFL receiver Chad Johnson. The field was split into two brackets: offensive players and defensive players....