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On Tuesday, Trump delivered his third State of the Union on the eve of an expected vote in his Senate impeachment trial. Pelosi, who has traded jabs with the president in the past, largely remained unmoved by his speech, opting mostly to read his prepared remarks or scan the room. At the end of his speech, Pelosi took what appeared to be a hard copy of his speech, and tore it in two, prompting a flood of gifs and memes on social media....

The Iowa caucuses, which are traditionally the first time that voters actually formally cast their support behind presidential candidates every four years, took place last Monday. Although the results are usually released within a couple hours, they were delayed several days after an app that was supposed to streamline the reporting process malfunctioned, and was too complicated for many precincts to use. Many Sanders supporters and surrogates suggested that the glitch was part of a concerted effort from the Democratic Party to mask the candidate’s success in the state....

In March, the Democratic-controlled House passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in a 220-211 vote, with all Republicans and one Democrat opposing it. The final House vote on the amended legislation came after Senate Democrats used a budget process called reconciliation to pass the legislation in the upper chamber without Republican support. “Here’s a radical idea: majority rule. Not a single Republican voted to provide a $1,400 direct payment to the working class or a $3,000 Child Tax Credit....

The independent senator from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate appeared on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, where host Jake Tapper brought up Trump’s Saturday tweets about Cummings’ congressional district in Maryland, which includes a large chunk of Baltimore. In that original tweet, Trump dubbed the city a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and claimed that “No human being would want to live there.” However, Tapper pointed out in his opening remarks on State of the Union that “718,000 human beings live in Cummings’ district and President Trump is their president as well, though he apparently views them and the city of Baltimore as someone else’s responsibility....

Sanders’ renewed push for upgraded masks comes amid the raging Omicron variant, which is more transmissible than both the original strain and the Delta variant. The Masks for All Act, which Sanders introduced last year, would require the federal government to send every American a package of three N95 masks. The legislation is being co-sponsored by 15 Democratic senators, including Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “As we face the rapidly spreading omicron variant, we should remember that not all face masks are created equal,” Sanders, an independent, said in a statement....

Fields, of course, had a myriad of factors working against him. He reportedly didn’t work well with Nagy, the Bears had no weapons on the field, and he was still a first-year player adjusting to the game speed of the NFL. Heading into Fields’ second season, some things are better. Luke Getsy, the Bears’ new offensive coordinator, is fresh off a stint as QB coach of the Packers. New quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko has a history with Getsy, so the chemistry is there....

“Lupus” is an umbrella term for several related autoimmune diseases. The most common type is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), in which a misfiring immune system attacks several systems in the body and cause inflammation. This article looks at the connections between weather, environment, and lupus symptoms. How Weather Affects Lupus Only a few studies have been done on how weather affects lupus symptoms. The first significant study looked at system-specific effects of weather changes rather than at overall lupus symptoms and flares....

Our full Week 7 free agent primer features more players in this vein (Tre’Quan Smith, Rondale Moore, Mike Boone, Robert Tonyan), but our list largely consists of potential QB, WR, TE, and D/ST streamers. Week 7’s depth-depleting set of byes (Rams, Eagles, Bills, Vikings) will force more than a few owners to dig deep for their starters, so we didn’t skimp on the suggestions. All streamer recommendations can be found at the end of the list....

The Brazilian forward netted an early contender for the goal of the World Cup against Serbia. The Selecao striker had already opened the scoring in the Group G clash, taking advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to fire home. But it was his second in Brazil’s victory that will surely go down as one of the most spectacular of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Tottenham striker met the ball in the area and pulled off a spectacular volley that made it 2-0 for Brazil, leaving Milinkovic-Savic looking bemused....

In the United States, health insurance can help cover the costs of some of your cancer care to reduce your out-of-pocket expenses. Read on to learn about the best health insurance options for people with lung cancer. Health Insurance Options & Lung Cancer Coverage There are a wide variety of health insurance plans available, including employer-sponsored plans, private health insurance, and government-sponsored insurance programs. Each of these plans may require you to pay a monthly fee, known as a premium....

Let’s look at some best practices. Resident-centered meal service is no longer about serving the food on trays or adding tablecloths. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed protocols and interpretive guidelines that state the “the facility must provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs, taking into consideration the preferences of each resident.”...

In one experiment, Harvard researchers assigned 22,000 doctors to take either 50 mg of beta carotene (more than twice the amount typically found in a multivitamin) or a placebo every other day for 12 years. In a second trial. 18,000 people with histories of smoking or asbestos exposure took beta carotene and other vitamin-A supplements in hope of warding off lung cancer. Neither study showed any benefit, federal health officials announced last week....

O’Rourke, a former three-term member of the House of Representatives from El Paso, first made his announcement in an exclusive interview with Texas Monthly before confirming the news on Twitter. “I want to serve this state and try to bring the people of Texas together to do some of the really big work that is before us and get past this smallness and divisiveness that Greg Abbott has brought to Texas,” O’Rourke said in the interview....

After working at IBM for almost a decade and cofounding the Launch School, an online software enterprise, Kevin Wang may have undertaken his most ambitious project to date with Nervos, a blockchain network poised to transform the financial services industry. Blockchain technology is a decentralized method of sending data that is fundamentally secure; each “block” of data is verified by a network of computers around the globe, assigned a unique identifier—or a “hash”—and added to the rest of the “blockchain....

Earlier this week, four different teams in the American League faced off in win or go home wild-card games. Now, the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, and New York Yankees will face off to decide which two teams advance to the league’s championship series. On Wednesday night, the Oakland Athletics’ faced the Rays in the American League wild-card game at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California. The Rays hit four home runs to beat the Athletics 5-1, becoming the third team in MLB postseason history to hit four homers in a winner-take-all game....

Odds were posted on eight bets tied to the Games, with the promise of more to come. “We are excited to be the first sports book in Nevada to open wagering on the 2016 Summer Olympics,” William Hill U.S. CEO Joe Asher said in a statement. “With more than two out of every three Americans having watched the London Olympics in 2012, the games in Rio have the potential to offer a sizable impact in August of 2016 like we saw last June, across Nevada, with the World Cup....

Lions at Packers (-10.5, 49) There’s been some interest in the underdog here, despite Detroit’s 1-7 straight-up and against-the-spread record, and the Packers winning and covering the spread the last four times these teams have played in Green Bay. The line opened as high as -12.5 at The Wynn and was bet down steadily during the week. The Packers, while obviously in a different situation, are in somewhat of a desperation spot themselves, having lost two in a row....

Usually when a book finds itself in the red going into the late game, most of the damage has come from parlays with many of the popular public favorites covering. But in Week 12, favorites went only 5-7 against the spread. However, teasers (getting 6 to 7 points added to the spread at reduced odds) were another story, as favorites went 11-1, and the all-way tease (where both teams in game cover) occurred eight times, including the final four games posted on the day....

One third of the SSC costs is supposed to be “nonfederal,” but benefactors are hard to find. During trips to Tokyo this autumn, White House science adviser D. Allan Bromley and Secretary of State James Baker each tried to coax a few hundred billion yen from the Japanese. Both returned with their cups empty. (So far, the only foreign aid is a $50 million pledge from India.) If Congress loses its enthusiasm for the SSC, that might free up money for labs closer to home....

On one level, Bush more than kept his word to voters. He said he would give a big tax cut, and lo and behold, he did. While the official price tag is $1.35 trillion over 10 years-less than the $1.6 trillion he outlined-unofficial estimates put the real tax cut at $1.8 trillion-or more. Although it has been clear for some weeks that Bush would get this win, it’s a big one....