Donald Trump Jr., son of President Donald Trump, shared a video of an incident that occurred on the night of October 31 during which New York Police Department (NYPD) vehicle was covered in garbage in Brooklyn. The video the younger Trump shared was a cell phone video taken Halloween night. In the video, two uniformed officers can be seen removing cardboard boxes, eggs and other refuse that had been dumped on their car while some passerby taunt them....

Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son took to Twitter on Friday to retweet the Marine’s video and express outrage that he had now been “fired” following his comments. Lt. Colonel Stuart Scheller posted the video to Facebook and LinkedIn on Thursday following the attack near Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. troops, including 11 Marines. He appeared to criticize Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a former general, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff....

Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform that the FBI “stole” the passports, one of which he said was expired, during the search on August 8. “This is an assault on a political opponent at a level never seen before in our Country. Third World!” he wrote. While Trump did not offer any details on why the FBI may have wanted the passports, some Twitter users suggested that it was because the ex-president was viewed as a flight risk....

According to Edison Research’s exit poll, the Republican incumbent is up with Black men and women, Latino men and women and white women. With Black men, his vote share went up five percent from 13 percent in 2016 to 18 in 2020, with Black women it doubled from four percent to eight percent. These demographics still heavily favored the Democratic candidates though, despite Trump’s gains, with 80 percent of Black men and 91 percent of Black women asked stating they opted for Biden....

The White House sent a note in the early Wednesday morning hours of several people who were granted pardons, and here’s what it said about Bannon. “President Trump granted a full pardon to Stephen Bannon. Prosecutors pursued Mr. Bannon with charges related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project. Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen,” the email from Trump press secretary read....

Biden and the Democratic National Committee announced Monday evening they raised a combined $60.5 million in April, a decrease from the $80 million they raised in March -even when Michael Bloomberg’s $18 million transfer is not included. Biden and the DNC’s April numbers are the first revealed since he became the lone presumptive party nominee and shows he has much more cash on hand than Hillary Clinton did in April 2016, although she was still in a primary battle with Bernie Sanders during the same period....

Oddschecker, which compares odds offered by dozens of bookmakers, said the president had received “heavy backing” while the two men were on stage. The president attracted wagers from 73 percent of those placing bets during Thursday’s second and final head-to-head in Nashville, Tennessee. Just 25 percent of wagers went on Biden, with the remaining 2 percent made up of more speculative bets on Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. U.K.-based bookmaker Betfair also reported positive movement for the president, with Trump’s chances of re-election improving according to odds on the Betfair Exchange....

President Donald Trump’s White House is instructing people both inside and outside of the administration not to comply with subpoenas by the House committees currently investigating him under the umbrella of an impeachment inquiry. Democrats are exploring impeachment over the Ukraine-Biden affair. Trump asked the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate former vice president Joe Biden, a 2020 election candidate. Trump is accused of seeking foreign interference in the election....

The Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee voted to release six years of the former president’s personal tax returns, as well as returns for eight of his businesses, on December 20 after Trump sought for years to keep his financial documents hidden. While the committee did not indicate when they would make Trump’s tax returns public, they must do so before January 3, when Republicans gain control of the House majority....

The former president conducted a wide-ranging interview with Hannity and conceded to having lost to President Joe Biden—despite having long contested the result. “We were supposed to win easily, 64 million votes,” Trump said in the interview. “We got 75 million votes, and we didn’t win, but let’s see what happens on that.” Trump’s latest comments come more than seven months after calls declared Biden the winner of the presidential election back in November....

During a discussion of energy during Thursday’s final presidential debate, Biden said that his administration would “transition” away from the oil industry and replace it with renewable energy resources. Trump, who has rolled back environmental regulations, fired back at Biden by saying he would destroy the oil industry. At Friday’s afternoon campaign event, Trump said Biden’s proposed move away from fossil fuels “would mean America’s seniors have no air conditioning during the summer, no heat during the winter and no electricity during peak hours....

“The House GOP has a massive opportunity to upgrade this week from warmonger Liz Cheney to gifted communicator Elise Stefanik,” Trump said in a statement. The former president went on “Elise has intelligence, an endorsement from American Patriot Brandon Judd and the National Border Patrol Council, she has an A+ from the NRA, and she loves our Veterans. We need someone in Leadership who has experience flipping districts from Blue to Red as we approach the important 2022 midterms, and that’s Elise!...

Meeting notes leaked to British newspaper The Daily Telegraph revealed that Johnson said Trump was doing “great stuff” and “making America great again.” The meeting, which took place in 2017 back when Johnson was British foreign secretary and official notes were taken, was between Boris Johnson and U.S. diplomats about Trump’s foreign policy, particularly on North Korea, China and Syria. Relations between Trump and Johnson have always seemed close, with the president calling the prime minister a “British Trump” and even Democratic nominee Joe Biden saying that Johnson was a Trump “clone....

In a Tuesday letter blasting McConnell, Trump referred to the January 5 election as “the Georgia disaster,” adding, “We should have won both U.S. Senate seats, but McConnell matched the Democrat offer of $2,000 stimulus checks with $600. How does that work? It became the Democrats’ principal advertisement, and a big winner for them it was.” Trump then claimed that many of the political advertisements also featured McConnell, and that Georgia’s Republican voters didn’t vote or voted Democrat because the state’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and state Republican party didn’t do “its job on Election Integrity during the 2020 Presidential race....

Ivanovic leaves Chelsea with a stunning legacy The 17-year-old has emerged as one of Italian football’s brightest prospects since bursting onto the scene last season, making his senior Italy debut last September. However, the teenager has endured a rocky start to 2017, with certain sections holding him culpable for key defeats in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. The criticism coincides with the delicate process of renewing his contract that expires in June 2018, with Juventus, Real Madrid and Manchester United all believed to be circling for his signature....

Donnarumma has largely been superb since breaking into the Rossoneri’s first-team as a 16-year-old last season and the goalkeeper has been linked with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United following his impressive performances. Montella could start Deulofeu However, he received criticism in some quarters for failing to save a Miralem Pjanic free-kick in Milan’s 2-1 Coppa Italia defeat to Juventus in midweek. Team-mate and fellow teenager Manuel Locatelli was sent off in the same fixture, and Montella says his young stars are calm despite their critics, although he warned the duo they must learn to ignore external negativity if they are to succeed at the top level....

Dorothea Taylor, from Horry County, North Carolina, has been taking the internet by storm with her drumming skills. A recent TikTok video of hers, showing her drumming on a practice pad at an impressive speed, has surpassed 22.9 million views. In the footage Taylor, who is affectionately dubbed “The Godmother of Drumming” teaches a short lesson. The unassuming viral sensation, standing in her kitchen wearing glasses and a green T-shirt, tells viewers: “People always ask me, ‘how do you play doubles?...

Cologne are protesting the result on the grounds of the involvement of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in awarding Dortmund’s second goal, scored by defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos after Timo Horn spilled a corner. Referee Patrick Ittrich originally waved away the goal due to an apparent foul, before reversing the decision in consultation with the VAR. But Cologne sporting director Jorg Schmadtke claims Ittrich’s initial call should have stood due to it being made before the ball had crossed the line....

Reports have claimed Barca are keen on a summer deal for Atletico Madrid star Griezmann, and that they are set to go head-to-head with Manchester United for the Frenchman’s signature. Jose Mourinho has previously been quiet over Griezmann being a transfer target for the Red Devils, revealing last summer when quizzed about the forward that Ed Woodward knew the players he wanted to sign. And with links to Barca continuing, Umtiti has revealed that he has been talking with his France international team-mate about the club, predicting that coach Ernesto Valverde will have to play with six attackers if Griezmann does join....

Neither the Japanese nor the American vessel will be the first to make the descent to the Ocean Everest. The U.S. bathyscaphe Trieste, a crude undersea blimp, floated down to the Challenger Deep in 1960. But the Trieste just sat there for 20 minutes, unable to explore. The new robots will be able to conduct the first mobile search of the hadal zone-the virtually unexplored ocean depths below 6,000 meters-where, some scientists believe, there may be hidden pockets of life....