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In an interview with The Wrap about his new podcast The Right Time, Jones, who up until now has been one of the most politically outspoken commentators at ESPN, seemed to back away from the idea of forcing politics into the sports discussion. Jones said: How “giant” any of the political controversies Jones has been embroiled in is certainly open to debate.

Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized just a week after his wife, Barbara Bush, died. "President Bush was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital [Sunday] morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood," the former president's office said in a statement Monday night.

Tending to bonding before business, President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron opened the French president's visit Monday with an anything-but-ordinary double date with their wives at George Washington's house. The presidents and their spouses hopped on a helicopter bound for Mount Vernon, Washington's historic riverside home, for a private dinner one night before the leaders sit down for talks on a weighty agenda including security, trade and the Iran nuclear deal. Macron's pomp-filled three-day state visit t

A last-minute switch to "yes" by Kentucky Republican Rand Paul gave CIA Director Mike Pompeo enough votes to get a favorable recommendation from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday, letting him avoid becoming the first secretary of state nominee in the nation's history to be rejected in committee. The committee split along party lines 11-9 -- with Democrat Chris Coons switching his "no" vote to "present." That resolved a last-minute snag that developed when Republican Johnny Isakson was delayed giving the eulogy at

In her first press briefing since President immigration policy from the president last week, as several reporters tried to figure out what he meant. Several reporters asked what Trump meant by “breeding concept” in relation to sanctuary cities, which limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts. The tweet, sent last Wednesday, called sanctuary cities a "ridiculous, crime infested & breeding concept." “The president h

Donald Trump may have lied about his wealth in order to get on the famed Forbes list more than three decades ago. “If I was a Trump supporter, this new revelation would have me shocked,” Noah said on Monday, just days after an ex-Forbes reporter claimed Trump deceived him in an effort to get on the magazine’s first-ever Forbes 400 list. This proves that Trump’s “entire origin story was fake,” “The Daily Show” host added.

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Capital Source This week, when Dan Koh ran the Boston Marathon, he listed his address at his parents’ home in Andover. His wife? Not so much.   Capital Source It’s an election year in Lawrence.

Combined with existing accounts and Trump’s own social-media posts, they capture 45 hours and 43 minutes in 2013 that loom large in the controversy engulfing the White House.   The divided committee voted in favor of Mike Pompeo, paving the way for the CIA director to gain approval from the full Senate later this week.

Combined with existing accounts and Trump’s own social-media posts, they capture 45 hours and 43 minutes in 2013 that loom large in the controversy engulfing the White House.   The divided committee voted in favor of Mike Pompeo, paving the way for the CIA director to gain approval from the full Senate later this week.