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Following the rejection and a lower than expected report on job gain in May, Biden told reporters in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, that his sweeping infrastructure plan is needed to accelerate recovery from the pandemic’s toll on the economy. “Now is the time to build on the progress we’ve made,” Biden told reporters. “We need to make those investments today to continue to succeed tomorrow.” Biden and Republican Senators have negotiated what is expected to be a $1 trillion investment following their opening bids, but have not yet reached a consensus on how to fund it....

Biden’s speech certainly involved a lot of flipping. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden was asked whether he supported “redirect[ing] some of the funding for police into social services.” At the time, he responded, “Yes, I proposed that kind of reform.” In Biden’s three previous speeches on violent crime, his focus has almost exclusively been on gun control. He certainly didn’t say anything pro-police in those speeches. Biden mentioned police only four times—twice in connection with enforcing gun control....

As University of Pennsylvania president, Amy Gutmann makes about $4 million a year in compensation, which is unacceptable for a university accepting federal funds. Affordable college tuition is a problem that Democrats promised to fix. Instead, the president nominated the most highly paid president of any Ivy League school in America to be ambassador to Germany. Overpaying administrators and a few faculty inflates academic compensation all over the country, driving the cost of college to astronomical levels....

“If you don’t want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don’t destroy it,” Biden said in a public address Monday. “They need to stop playing Russian roulette with the American economy.” The U.S. Treasury Department has estimated that the federal government could default on its debt by mid-October if Congress doesn’t agree to raise the cap on the debt limit before then. The U....

The transportation funding for road and transit projects, included in the stalled “hard” infrastructure bill, expired Thursday after Democratic leaders failed to unify their fractured caucus to pass the measure. The House voted late Friday to approve the one-month extension, before the Senate passed it earlier Saturday, ending the furlough for an estimated 3,700 Department of Transportation employees. Many of the employees who were furloughed this week worked for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Highway Administration....

I thought it was a really good speech. Just from a political standpoint, Biden looks strong. That’s one of the few times honestly, since Biden’s presidency — everybody on the right makes fun of him. They say he falls off bikes, he stumbles over his words, but yet [in this speech] he looked really strong and in command. One thing that I’ll say that Democrats are downplaying, and that Republicans are actually making a good point about, was the setting....

Bob Stoops left Oklahoma after an 18-year run that included a national championship in 2000 and 10 conference titles. Texas also has a new coach after firing Charlie Strong at the conclusion of the 2016 season. MORE: Ranking FBS coaches from 1-130 With the Sooners and Longhorns breaking in new coaches, who is the best coach in the Big 12? Here’s a closer look: 1. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Overall: 8 Record: 104-50 Lowdown: Gundy boasts a ....

With Oklahoma and Texas seeking membership in the Southeastern Conference, the conference appears headed for another drastic change in the College Football Playoff era. On the field, the Sooners remain the team to beat. Oklahoma has won six consecutive Big 12 championships, and coach Lincoln Riley has another loaded offense to work with in 2021. Heisman Trophy favorite Spencer Rattler returns at quarterback, and there is enough talent to make a national championship run....

In fact, one of Schwarzenegger’s memorable campaign lines–“the public doesn’t care about figures”–is arguably a true lie. It’s true on one level: he got elected without producing any numbers of substance. But it’s not true on another. Voters cared passionately about at least one number: $38 billion, California’s stated budget deficit earlier this year. Concern over this huge figure helped send Gray Davis packing. It let Schwarzenegger ride in by promising to open the books, not raise taxes and make everything work by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....

3 Up Ryan Howard, 1B, Phillies. Howard turned back the clock with a 4-for-5 day that included nine total bases. He launched his fourth homer of the season and even legged out a triple. He’s triple-slashing .262/.360/.508. Jose Abreu, 1B, White Sox. A second good game in a row suggests Abreu is breaking out of his brief slump. He went 3-for-6 with two doubles and a homer (5) in the White Sox’s blowout win....

Howard’s is a riches-to-rags-to-riches story. He won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Michigan but flopped with the Washington Redskins, then was dumped by expansion Jacksonville. “I never doubted I would make it,” says the personable Packer, adding that he won’t point fingers in his vindication. But, he notes with a smile, “those folks who said I didn’t have the talent to make it in the NFL–they got some explaining to do....

A snake removal specialist from Australian Snake Catchers arrived at the home in Kurrajong, New South Wales, to find the venomous snake hunched up on some grass. Death adders are one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia. They are also the fastest striking snake on the planet. It can strike and bite a victim in less than 0.15 seconds. The snake season in Australia is currently in full swing, meaning snakes are becoming more active in the warmer, summer months....

The 2-0 win over Manchester City in Houston came with an obvious string of caveats. The International Champions Cup clash had been played down as a competitive training session by Jose Mourinho in the lead-up, while City were always going to be behind the eight-ball given that they only recently arrived Stateside and were taking to the field for the first time. Match report: Man Utd 2-0 Man City...

Poland is among the nations seeking to claw back power from corporate tech giants, which lawmakers across the world have warned now have an outsized and inappropriate influence on the global political zeitgeist. “Today, who sets these rules is really the master of destiny for society and for nation-states,” Morawiecki told Newsweek during an interview in Warsaw, of which a full transcript is published. “So today, platforms and communication networks and intellectual property are even more important than the land and the buildings and the technology assembly lines and all the materials that go into creating these digital realms....

Those two shallow, transactional value exchanges, in the not so distant past, fairly framed the simple, straightforward relationship between brands and their customers. But consumers today—particularly younger ones—expect and demand more. They want more from the companies they engage with than the simple delivery of even the most life-changing products and services. They don’t just want to buy from a brand, they want to invest in it. They don’t just care about the benefits a product brings them; they care just as much about the benefits it brings to society....

This week, the intrigue isn’t quite there, although Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan will all have to avoid slipping up against inferior opponents to keep their Big Ten East hopes alive. Michigan State is a two-touchdown favorite at home against Maryland, while Ohio State (-16 at Illinois) and Michigan (-13 at Indiana) are big road favorites. The Spartans controlled their own destiny in the Big Ten prior to last week until a controversial call against Nebraska derailed their season....

With the league schedule having expanded to 20 games for the first time in the 2018-19 season, the decision to play multiple early season games that developed last year because of the league’s early postseason tournament at Madison Square Garden has become permanent. MORE: Sporting News preseason top 25 Michigan State will visit Rutgers in the first game of the conference season at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, and each Big Ten member will play two league games that weekend before returning to nonconference play....

Hosted by American Idol’s Luke Bryan and NFL star Peyton Manning, the awards ceremony was not only attended by country music stars but also by The Good Nurse’s Jessica Chastain, Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser, the Napiers, and singer Lionel Richie. The evening also featured stunning performances from Chris Stapleton and Patty Loveless, Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, and Elle King with The Black Keys, to name a few....