During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings, Senator Josh Hawley grilled Jackson, alleging that she had a “pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes, both as a judge and as a policymaker.” Conservative commentator Owens reiterated the Republican lawmaker’s claims on Twitter on Tuesday, reacting to his questions about a case involving an 18-year-old defendant. “This is wild,” Owens tweeted. “This woman CANNOT be elected to the highest court in the land....

Owens defended the use of the chant during an appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday and also questioned President Joe Biden’s mental competence after the president’s interaction with a caller who used the phrase during the Christmas Eve Santa tracker phone-in. The phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” is widely understood to mean “F*** Joe Biden” and originated following an incident at a NASCAR race. It has since gained popularity among critics of the president....

Score another scoop for ““Focus Report,’’ a prime-time nightly news-magazine show that is rewriting the rules of Chinese TV journalism. In its four-year run, the show has won a huge audience for its increasingly bold investigative reports, exposing everything from illegal-toll-gate operators to bogus-medicine peddlers to teachers who accept students’ bribes. At a time when Beijing’s bosses are cracking down on political dissidents, media ““front runners’’ like ““Focus Report’’ are hitting just as hard at official graft and corruption–though only at the grass roots–and getting away with it....

Canelo retained the WBC middleweight title by knocking out Khan in the sixth round Saturday night with a brutal right hand. MORE: Blow-by-blow recap of Canelo vs. Khan MORE: GGG calls out Canelo | Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch? Khan got off to a strong start in the first two rounds, utilizing his speed to keep Canelo off balance. Khan’s success didn’t last long, though, as Canelo started landing blows with more regularity in Rounds 3-6....

Join DAZN to watch Canelo-Jacobs and 100+ fight nights a year The episode opens with Canelo showing off his new car, which he calls “the fastest in the world.” We also see the Mexican champ beating his team at cards on a table adorned with his logo — the ultimate power move. Jacobs, meanwhile, introduces the world to his 10-year-old son, Nathaniel, who seems more interested in Fortnite than his famous father....

The Canelo Alvarez vs. Rocky Fielding super middleweight championship bout on Dec. 15 will be one of the first major sports events eligible for betting in a number of states, and there are now more options for making in-person bets than there was for Alvarez’s most recent fight against Gennady Golovkin. MORE: Join DAZN to watch Canelo-Fielding and 100+ fight nights a year DAZN, a new live-sports streaming service in the U....

The authors of the research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry argued that while the policies have provided “important social benefits, particularly around issues of equity in criminal justice,” the climb in conditions like cannabis use disorder are “a potential public health concern.” To uncover the effects of the changes, researchers looked at surveys completed by 505,796 people between 2008 to 2016. Of the total participants who filled in The National Survey on Drug Use and Health in those years, just over half were female, 77 percent were aged 26 or above, 65 percent were white, 11....

In a series of photographs uploaded to Twitter, police and fire trucks were seen descending on part of the usually bustling area in the French Riviera resort town. According to France Info, a security perimeter was set up by police around the Palais des Festivals, while people were evacuated from the convention center and areas nearby. Also evacuated were those in boats and restaurants in the vicinity. France Info further reported that shortly after 3 p....

Last month, Joseph Oberhansley was found guilty of murder and burglary in relation to the death of Tammy Jo Blanton, who was 46-year-old, more than six years ago. At Clark County Court on Tuesday, Clark Circuit Judge Vicki Carmichael sentenced 39-year-old Oberhansley to life based on a jury recommendation. Blanton’s badly mutilated body was found by police at her home on 300 block of Locust Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on the morning of September 11, 2014, after she had failed to show up for work....

Pouliot was traded to Vancouver Tuesday in exchange for a 2018 fourth-round draft pick and defenseman Andrey Pedan, the teams announced several hours before final rosters were due at 5 p.m. ET. The 23-year-old is expected to be in the Canucks’ lineup when they open the season Wednesday against the Sharks. PREVIEW: Canucks’ rebuild must start with losing To make room, Patrick Wiercioch will be reassigned to AHL. Pouliot, a left-hand shot, was selected eighth overall in 2012 with the pick the Penguins acquired as part of their Jordan Staal trade with Carolina....

It was a close vote: 338-320. Defenders of the status quo called Berlin a symbol of past arrogance, aggression and failure, while Bonn, said Labor Minister Norbert Bluem, was “connected with the longest peaceful chapter of our history.” Berlin advocates asked how a great nation in the heart of the “new Europe” could be governed from a university town turned “provisional” capital in 1949. “Germany doesn’t need a capital just for cocktail parties,” scoffed former chancellor Willy Brandt....

Nicholson, a Vietnam veteran and Republican Party activist, was appointed to the job by President Bush at the start of last year. He spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Dan Ephron recently about data theft, security and the health problems affecting returning Iraq and Afghanistan vets. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: How did your administration miss the budget mark by so much? Jim Nicholson: Because of the Byzantine budgeting process of our government, you compute, submit and defend the budget about two years in advance of when you enter the budget cycle … This shortfall occurred in the ‘05 budget cycle....

“I don’t know if I’ve ever had [a game] like that,” the right winger said. Oshie’s evening consisted of quite a few trips up and down the dressing room tunnel - including once due to a high stick that gave him the cut and once from an illegal check to the head - and scoring the game-winning goal. REPORTS: No supplemental discipline for Evgeni Malkin on TJ Oshie head shot...

Holtby, a Canada native who has played for the Capitals since 2010 and led them to a Stanley Cup in 2018, made note of the Woodrow Wilson bridge that stretches between Northern Virginia and Maryland’s Prince George’s County, the second-largest county in the state and one of the most affluent counties in the nation whose population is majority African-American. “Here a monstrous bridge stands, named after a racist president,” Holtby wrote....

A top Republican strategist dubbed the legal document striking the unusual deal “the Wizard of Oz letter” because it strips away the myth that Bush is in charge. Until now, it’s been all speculation about Vice President Cheney’s influence. With the revelation of the tandem testimony, nobody with a straight face can deny Cheney is a co-president or worse, the puppeteer who pulls Bush’s strings. Aside from being fodder for the late-night comics, the arrangement confirms Bush’s inability to articulate anything without a script–or a tutor by his side....

Friends say Gore was flattered at being taken so seriously by the political press. She made the two leading newsmagazines plus the front pages of The Washington Post and The New York Times before bowing out of the race. Not bad for an unambitious housewife, which is how Tipper Gore has been portrayed for much of her life. When Al Gore lost the presidency in 2000, Tipper was said to be relieved at having her husband’s political career cut short....

Evan Neumann told state TV station Belarus 1 that he was at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection. However, he rejects any charges brought against him, including those involving assaulting police and obstruction. “I don’t think I have committed some kind of a crime,” he told the station in an interview, although his original English was dubbed over in Russian. “One of the charges was very offensive; it alleges that I hit a police officer....

Kenneth Rader, who is from Sioux City, entered his plea to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The three other charges he initially faced, which included disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, were dropped under the plea deal. Rader’s guilty plea came as the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot is set to hold the first of its public hearings on Thursday in a live prime-time broadcast to begin presenting what its probe has uncovered....

Alam allegedly entered the Capitol on January 6, screamed “f— the blue” in a police officer’s face and smashed the glass pane of the door that Ashli Babbitt attempted to climb through before being fatally shot. Facing 11 charges and more than 40 years in prison, Alam claimed prosecutors would be unable to prove their case, but requested a plea offer anyway. At Wednesday’s hearing, Alam repeatedly said he wanted U....

A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. MORE: Notable sports deaths in 2016 “It is a sad day for our team as we mourn the untimely loss of Ryan,” team owner Chip Ganassi said of Shea, who was the car chief for Ganassi’s No. 42 Xfinity Series car. “Ryan was a dedicated worker and a great friend to those on our team, as well as others in the garage....