In a new poll from the Pew Research Center, 83 percent of participants said they have no confidence in Trump on world affairs. Only 16 percent said they had confidence in him to do the right thing when it comes to international relationships. Out of the six leaders included in the survey, Trump received the lowest score, followed by Xi, with 78 percent of participants expressing no confidence in him on world affairs, and Putin, with 73 percent....

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was delivered in a very tense and sharply divided partisan atmosphere on Tuesday. Republicans could be heard shouting “four more years” at one point, while Democrats sat silently or shook their heads in disagreement. Trump spurned Pelosi’s offer of a handshake at the beginning of the speech and she tore her copy of his speech at the conclusion. The tweet from the president’s eldest son echoed a number of other social media posts by conservatives blasting Pelosi, including the initial response by the White House....

The eldest son of former President Donald Trump taunted Cheney over her removal as the GOP’s No. 3 in the House, adding that if she involved herself in midterm races it would be “the first time she became active in anything.” He also called on the caucus to oust “CNN and MSDNC Republicans” next. House Republicans booted Cheney, a vocal critic of the former president, from her role as conference chair in Wednesday’s caucus vote....

The topic of Trump’s hands has been discussed since the 2016 election when presidential hopeful Senator Marco Rubio mocked Trump during a March debate for supposedly having small hands for a tall man: “He is taller than me, he’s like 6 foot 2 inches, which is why I don’t understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5 foot 2 inches. Have you seen his hands? And you know what they say about men with small hands,” Rubio joked....

McDaniel, who Trump had backed in 2017 after she helped deliver him Michigan during the presidential election the previous year, has not yet formally announced plans to seek a third term in the post. Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “I am pleased to announce that I have given my full support and endorsement to Ronna McDaniel to continue heading the Republican National Committee (RNC). With 72 MILLION votes, we received more votes than any sitting President in U....

Speaking to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network, Trump baselessly claimed that he had won the election against President Joe Biden, and said that Limbaugh also believed he had secured a second term in the White House. The radio host died from advanced lung cancer on Wednesday at the age of 70. His fourth wife, Kathryn Limbaugh, announced his death on his radio show, which was credited with influencing a generation of right-wing broadcasters....

Not unusually for Trump—whose strange handshakes and knee touches with world leaders often make for extremely awkward viewing—his attempt to give Niinistö a pat on the leg did not go smoothly. The pair were seated in the Oval Office for a press conference when President Trump declared “Finland is a happy country!” and patted leader Niinisto, who said nothing but appeared to swat Trump’s hand away. Trump didn’t appear to be deterred by the brush-off however, answering a question about what he could learn from Finland by replying: “Well, if you get rid of Pelosi and you get rid of Shifty Schiff… Finland is a happy country, he’s a happy leader too,” gesturing to Niinisto and smiling....

On Friday, the president tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump had both tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, making him one of a handful of world leaders known to have caught it. As shown in the graphic by Statista below, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was the first. Before being sent to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment on Friday evening, Trump experienced a low-grade fever, chills, nasal congestion and a cough according to his physician Dr....

In an interview with conservative talk show host Joe Pags on Thursday, Trump suggested he could wait until after the 2022 elections before revealing whether he will run for the GOP nomination in 2024. “Everybody wants me to do it, the polls are all saying I have to do it. I will be making a decision maybe before but possibly more likely right after the 2022 election,” Trump said....

In a month in which Trump has already been dealt a huge blow to his reputation after being widely blamed for the GOP’s poor midterm performance, the Republican won’t find respite during the holiday season due to a combination of lawsuits, court decisions and election results going against him. For starters, Trump will be facing a new battery lawsuit on November 24 from E. Jean Carroll, a former Elle columnist who accuses the former president of raping her in the mid-1990s....

In an article published by Ozy, John McLaughlin condemned Trump for abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, who have subsequently come under attack by Turkish forces. He also suggested that two of America’s biggest rivals—Russia and Iran—would be the ultimate beneficiaries. McLaughlin called the decision “a disaster on multiple levels.” He explained the withdrawal “illustrates not only his reckless instincts on foreign policy but also the near-total absence of a process for making momentous decisions in his administration....

While Harvard planned on using the money to assist its student body with financial assistance, the university has received criticism for accepting the loan. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday that the PPP was never designed to give loans to larger businesses. “We have over a million companies that have received this with less than ten workers,” Mnuchin said, “so there is very broad participation in really small business....

The former president released a statement on Saturday that urged “good and SMART America First Republican Patriots” to run against several GOP lawmakers who have drawn his ire. Most of the 11 Representatives mentioned in the statement voted to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill earlier this month, while others are likely on it for their vote to impeach Trump following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6....

Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the son of the former president questioned why the media was not making a bigger deal of the claims made by Durham, the special counsel appointed to investigate the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, in court filings submitted on Friday. Durham alleged that a tech executive for company Neustar had accessed White House servers in order to look at internet traffic from Trump Tower and the White House to uncover “derogatory” information about the former president....

“My numbers are better than Troy Aikman," McNabb told TMZ Sports. Plenty of former NFL players believe they should be in the Hall of Fame, and whatever you think of McNabb’s case, his willingness to compare his statistics to the former Cowboys star sparked debate on Twitter. While it’s true that McNabb had better career numbers in terms of passing yards, touchdowns, QB rating and some other metrics, they played in different eras; Aikman retired in 2000, McNabb in 2011....

Drug use is nothing new in Olympic sports; Soviet weight lifters discovered the benefits of steroid hormones back in the 1950s, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been trying since the late ’60s to enforce bans on various chemical aids. In recent years, most sports federations have instituted year-round spot-testing programs in an effort to keep competitors clean. Yet with every advance in pharmacology, the opportunities for cheating grow richer....

‘Rooney was as good as Ronaldo’ The likes of Carlos Tevez, Oscar, Willian and Axel Witsel have joined various Chinese clubs in the last month on lucrative salaries, joining stars such as Hulk, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse who had already made the switch. Watzke thinks that China will remain on the transfer window periphery when it comes to the premium picks in the market, however, and suggested that those who do go there lack ambition and are just doing it for the money....

The 100 most expensive transfers ever The Italian side have agreed to pay a loan fee of €6 million, and the club has an obligation to buy Costa for a fee of €40m. The Brazil international struggled for game time throughout the 2016-17 season, making just 23 Bundesliga appearances, though he did score four goals and provided six assists. Juventus are confident that they can bring the best out of him, and have confirmed his arrival on Italian soil....

Kenseth picked up his first win of the season in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism, but this race will be remembered for the “Big One” and other automotive carnage. MORE: Race recap | Images from Monster Mile | NASCAR’s family feuds The event that defined the race came on a restart with 57 laps to go. Jimmie Johnson, who lined up second on the restart, had the shifter fail in his Chevrolet....

That puts the Chase drivers at the front of the pack to open Sunday’s Citizen Soldier 400 (2:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN). Points leader Brad Keselowski and Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. will make up the front row for the race. MORE: 16 for ‘16: Chase drivers | Avoid those mistakes This was the third consecutive qualifying rainout at Dover, and the eighth in 93 races at the track. UPDATE: Kyle Larson, needing a good race to stay in the Chase, was down three laps early after his car had a power problem....