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The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler wrote a Friday piece in the paper’s “Fact Checker” section that pointed out numerous historical inconsistencies and missing “nuance” in Scott’s story that his grandfather was “forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton…our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.” The article used U.S. Census data and South Carolina property records to poke holes in the family history of Scott, who in 2013 became the first Black senator elected from the South since Reconstruction....

That is, when Darren Sproles and Ryan Mathews aren’t getting them … or when the ball is not being spread around the rest of the Eagles’ reloaded offense, they say. MORE: NFL’s Top 10 running backs | Fantasy sleeper picks: RBs | Bradford looks like ideal fit Murray, the reigning NFL offensive player of the year, insists none of that is a problem. He, his fellow runners and their coaches swear they love the possibilities so much that Murray believes he can repeat as rushing champ, and Philadelphia can go far in the playoffs....

According to The Undefeated, which cited unidentified sources, seven NBA teams have “expressed interest of varying levels” for the center. Among those considering signing Cousins are the Knicks, who have “serious interest,” and the Clippers, who are “also intrigued.” Cousins was in a tough position last offseason when he entered free agency. He was dealing with a torn Achilles, which he suffered while playing with the Pelicans, that would keep him sidelined much into the 2018-19 season....

Not just because he lit up the Rockets on Wednesday for 27 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals, but also because he’s a six-time All-Star who contends his recovery from the torn Achilles he suffered last January is an ongoing progress. He’s 20 games back from an injury that often robs players of their peak explosiveness. He has 15 more regular-season games with which he can continue his recovery, and then likely two playoff rounds before he would need to face the Rockets over a full series....

MORE: Draft winners and losers | Picks and analysis It appeared to be an obvious subtweet to Sacramento’s moves, which involved selecting Marquese Chriss at No. 8 and then sending him to Phoenix for the 13th pick and Bogdan Bogdanovic (a 2014 first-rounder who has no NBA experience). They then used that 13th pick on Greek center Georgios Papagiannis, a player projected to go in the second round. Cousins’ tweet gained attention, and on Friday he was asked about it by ESPN’s Marc J....

Head coach Didier Deschamps has said that players will not be authorised to conduct transfer business while on international duty, with the 20-year-old winger yet to complete a move to Barcelona. France 13/2 to win World Cup While the former Rennes player has not been called, Deschamps has selected Kylian Mbappe, who continues to be linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain. With the squad due to convene on August 28, that gives the side from the French capital four days to complete a deal....

How to watch Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil online The first episode of the documentary, titled “Losing Control” will be released on Tuesday, March 23 on YouTube. The remaining three episodes will then be streamed weekly on Tuesdays. The release time for each episode will be 12 p.m. (midday) PDT. When it is available where you are will depend on your time zone. On the east coast, for example, episodes will be available at 3 p....

Turkey international Demiral joined Juve from Sassuolo in an €18million deal last month – the centre-back having impressed following his move to Serie A from Alanyaspor midway through the 2018-19 season. The 21-year-old’s style has been compared to former Juventus and Uruguay favourite Paolo Montero. However, despite arguably posing a threat to the club’s much-vaunted old-guard at the back along with standout close-season recruit Matthijs de Ligt, Demiral insists he need only look to the likes of Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci for inspiration....

Already many have voiced their anger at the decision by the streaming platform to show the French film, whose plot about an 11-year-old girl who becomes fascinated with a dance crew, features routines that have been condemned as sexually suggestive and exploitative, a claim Netflix denies. This week, #CancelNetflix has been trending with calls for people to boycott the platform. The latest high profile figure to add that hashtag to the debate was Gabbard, who represents Hawaii’s second congressional district and was the first female combat veteran to run for president....

Whether that will be enough will depend in part on the health of the U.S. economy. If the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer spending binge and planned tax increases don’t hamper the post-COVID recovery, that might be enough. However, if the economy tanks and the Republicans pull together a realistic program for bringing growth and jobs back and getting spending under control, a GOP-led majority in both chambers is not only possible but likely....

Former governors Christine Gregoire and Gary Locke jointly endorsed Ann Davison in the attorney’s race in a statement on Tuesday, criticizing rival candidate Nicole Thomas-Kennedy. Though the Seattle city attorney’s race is nonpartisan, Davison identifies as a Republican and local Democratic groups have backed Thomas-Kennedy, putting them at odds with the former governors. Thomas-Kennedy has also faced criticism for controversial past tweets about the police, including one saying: “Eat some covid laced sh*t and quit ur jobs....

Senate Bill (SB) 7 had been passed by the state senate early on Sunday but about two hours before a midnight deadline, Democrats started to leave the chamber in increasingly large numbers, eventually preventing the Texas House of Representatives from having the quorum necessary for a final vote. However, Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said he would reintroduce the bill and order lawmakers to attend a special session for that purpose....

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee met to discuss funding to address climate change and resiliency projects on Thursday as rescue and recovery efforts continued in the wake of major natural disasters across the country. “We have a once in a lifetime—once in a generation—opportunity to advance a bold, ambitious investment in the United States,” Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who chairs the Natural Resources Committee, told members at the start of the meeting....

Congressional Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Senator Tom Carper have expressed doubts about whether a federal gas tax holiday is the best way to ease high gas costs for Americans. Biden has been facing pressure to take action to help alleviate pain at the gas pump as prices have surged across the country and as consumer inflation hit a 40-year high last month....

The nation’s highest court did not respond to a request for emergency relief from Texas abortion providers on Tuesday and the new law - Senate Bill (SB) 8 - came into effect. Several elected Democrats reacted to the news on Twitter on Wednesday morning with some warning the decision could threaten abortion rights throughout the country. Critics of the new law had argued that it went against the court’s precedent established in 1973’s landmark case Roe v....

Manchin’s change of heart could be particularly embarrassing for McConnell, seeing as he previously threatened that the GOP would not help pass the CHIPS Act—a bill aimed at building up U.S, manufacturing and technological competitiveness against China—if Democrats went forward with its reconciliation package. On Wednesday night, the Senate passed the CHIPS Act by a 64-33 vote. Shortly afterward, Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that an agreement has been reached on the major energy and health care bill....

While Democrats appear to be bracing for disappointment on November 8, some of the party’s candidates could be poised to pull off upset victories against their GOP opponents. Recent polling suggests that there are a series of tight races across the country where Democrats could pull off some unexpected wins over their GOP opponents. Here are seven states where Democrats could pull off surprise wins. California Republican Representative David Valadao is slightly favored to win his race in California’s 22nd district against Democratic challenger Rudy Salas, according to analysis from poll tracker FiveThirtyEight but the election appears to be very close....

“That would literally turn the Nixon arguments on their heads,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). “That was one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever heard as a response,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said. “It made no sense at all.” Amid the trial’s first day of questions and answers from senators to the House impeachment managers and the president’s defense team, Dershowitz made the argument that even if the allegations that Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to push them to investigate the Bidens were true, it’s not impeachable because a president’s actions in the course of seeking reelection are in the “public interest” and justified....

Prevalent narratives about immigration and demographic change assume that Hispanic voters will tend to vote Democratic and that the preferences of younger voters will not change over time. Yet the preferences of young voters obviously do change over time, and also respond to changes in the political landscape. If each younger generation were invariably more “liberal” than the previous one, history since Adam would be a steady march toward ever-increasing liberality....

There are a few basic spells in Demon’s Souls that can simply be purchased from Freke’s Apprentice in the Nexus for a few thousand souls, but most of the stronger magics are obtained differently. Players will need to defeat powerful demons and claim their souls, but instead of consuming them to level up or crafting them into weapons, some boss souls can be given to Yuria the Witch or Sage Freke to learn new magic....