“Merrick Garland has to immediately end Special Counsel investigation into anything related to me because I did everything right, and appoint a Special Counsel to investigate Joe Biden who hates Biden as much as Jack Smith hates me,” Trump wrote on Truth Social less than an hour before Garland’s announcement. On Thursday, Garland named Robert Hur, a veteran prosecutor who worked in the Trump administration as the U.S. attorney for Maryland, as the special counsel overseeing the Justice Department’s (DOJ) probe into the Biden documents....

In his new book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, Trump Jr. spends a lot of time railing against the “fake-news media” along with other staple hate figures of the Trump campaign: Hillary Clinton, socialists and the Bidens. He even dedicates a whole chapter to the “biased liberal media and fake news” titled: “The Enemy of the People?” “Today, as we gear up for the 2020 election, the fake-news media are bigger and more invasive, and their audiences more brainwashed, than ever,” he writes....

The president provided no evidence to support the assertion, and did not explain how or when he expects these hugely significant milestones to be achieved. Though the crowd at the U.S Bank Arena were delighted by the president’s promises, social media users and scientists were more skeptical. “The things we’re doing in our country today, there’s never been anything like it,” Trump told his adoring crowd. “We will be ending the AIDS epidemic shortly in America, and curing childhood cancer very shortly....

Betting odds comparison site Oddschecker told Newsweek that the president’s odds shortened on Wednesday morning on the back of a slow but steady increase in the percentage of wagers backing Trump to be reelected on November 3. More than 70 percent of bets placed since Monday have backed the incumbent. However, the website said any shift in Trump’s favor was so far small and was unlikely to significantly shift the election in either direction....

“I don’t want to talk about that,” the president told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, in a TV interview that aired Sunday, on whether he would “show up at the inauguration.” Trump then claimed that he didn’t lose the election. “I want to talk about this: we’ve done a great job,” he said. “I got more votes than any president in the history of our country. In the history of our country, right?...

Golden State governor Gavin Newsom has been critical of the Trump administration on rising homelessness in California, which according to government figures, reached 129,972 in 2018. Newsom launched a 100-day challenge in which cities and counties in his state can apply for emergency homelessness aid and urged Trump in a letter to order the Department of Housing and Urban Development to house 50,000 homeless Californians with federal housing vouchers, according to The Daily Californian....

The nature of the announcement and the level of detail Trump gave prompted disquiet among the media and observers, who noted the president’s apparent enjoyment of the moment and raised concerns that his statement may have compromised operational security. Nick Paton Walsh, an international correspondent for CNN, even suggested that there were similarities between Trump’s statement and the kind of aggressive, visceral rhetoric the international community has come to expect of ISIS itself....

Tony Schwartz, ghostwriter of the president’s famous book and now a vocal critic of Trump, said the commander in chief wanted to be “excused for a life of lies and hatred” in a tweet Tuesday night. The writer has previously said Trump’s family “belong in prison” and told CNN he would rename The Art of the Deal memoir “The Sociopath” to better describe the subject. “If you don’t think Trump feels anything, read his letter to Nancy Pelosi,” Schwartz said yesterday....

Trump and Fox News have had a long and mutually beneficial relationship. Many of the network’s opinion hosts have promoted Trump, giving him extended time during live broadcasts. In return, Trump has been a major ratings draw, though this has also been true for other news outlets. However, the president has become increasingly critical of Fox News, especially since his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. Many of his supporters are following suit and some are turning to alternative news sources....

The search warrant served on August 8 was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from the former president’s Florida home earlier this year. The National Archives had asked the department to investigate after saying 15 boxes of records it retrieved from the estate included classified records. FBI agents recovered 11 sets of classified records from Mar-a-Lago, including some marked top secret and “sensitive compartmented information,” according to a property receipt unsealed by the court on Friday....

The commander-in-chief told reporters that he was “being nice” when he suggested that the country’s numbers may be underreported, but also cautioned that he was “not an accountant from China” when talking about exact numbers. Trump questioned the novel coronavirus numbers coming out of China after Bloomberg reported that a classified U.S. intelligence report concluded that the country had concealed the full impact of the virus within its borders....

The Griner-Bout swap has become yet another political divide among American politicians, particularly with former President Donald Trump, who’s already stated he intends to run in 2024 for another presidential term. Trump on his social media account said he previously had a chance to swap Whelan for Bout, who’s more notably recognized as the “Merchant of Death.” Trump made a statement to his Truth Social account Sunday night. “I turned down a deal with Russia for a one-on-one swap of the so-called Merchant of Death for Paul Whelan....

Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the former president said: “I get along great with Ron,” adding that the governor was doing a “terrific job” in Florida. “Ron was very good on the [Special Counsel Robert] Mueller hoax. He was right up front along with Jim Jordan and all of the rest, they were fantastic. The Republicans really stuck together and it was a great thing,” Trump said. “He’s been a friend of mine for a long time....

Biden has seen his poll numbers tank in recent months after he took office in January with an approval rating above 50 percent. As multiple crises have plagued the Biden administration over the past year, latest polls have suggested that Trump would beat the current president if another presidential election were held today. During a Friday evening interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked about his future political plans after he spent a few minutes attacking Biden’s policies....

The 18-year-old has a year remaining on his contract with the Rossoneri, but his agent Mino Raiola has indicated that the teenager will not sign a new deal. Donnarumma farce has been a PR disaster for Raiola​ The latest twist in the tale came when Donnarumma seemed to change his mind and pledge his future to Milan on Instagram, only to later claim his account had been hacked. Donnarumma, who also denied rumours of a split with Raiola on social media at the weekend, is preparing to face Spain in the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championship on Tuesday and he apologised for the bizarre social media incidents....

Doncic went down with the injury in the final game of the regular season, placing fear on his status for the entire first round of the playoffs against the Utah Jazz. Doncic was able to make a quicker return than expected, nearly coming back for Game 3 before the team elected to hold him out until Game 4. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial)...

Playing in his 14th straight MLS All-Star Game, Donovan scored the winning goal by finishing off a Diego Valeri pass and beating German World Cup hero Manuel Neuer in the 71st minute. A minute later he walked off to a well-earned ovation, commanding the respect of the Timbers fans more accustomed to booing the LA Galaxy midfielder’s every move. It’s been a tough few months for Donovan. But after a summer that saw him watch a World Cup from afar for the first time in 16 years, a World Cup where his U....

Dontrelle Willis will make his latest attempt to return to the major leagues with the Brewers, who agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the veteran pitcher. ESPN.com reported the deal , which includes an invitation to major league spring training, and noted that it came a day after Willis threw for a number of scouts . Though Willis’ rise to stardom with the Marlins came more than a decade ago, and he hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2011, the left-hander just turned 33 last week....

Every team, though, should be thinking about its respective worst-case scenarios. MORE: Thursday’s clinching scenarios | Max Pacioretty update | Bryan Murray’s cancer fight Here are a few: Penguins For as bad as things have gone in Pittsburgh this season — some of it out of the Pens’ control, some not — and for as hard as the team gagged the past few games — it blew, as a guesstimate, 35 two-goal leads — the Penguins control their destiny....

Donnarumma wins NxGn award Aubameyang has been in sublime form this campaign, scoring 23 goals in as many Bundesliga outings. His fine performances have seen him linked with the likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid, with the forward having previously spoken of his desire to one day play for the Bernabeu giants. Nevertheless, Watzke is not overly worried about a potential summer exit. “As of yet, I have no information that suggests Auba will leave Dortmund,” he told Sport Bild....