Seven Senate Republicans joined Democrats in voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial, but the 57-43 majority fell short of the two-thirds needed for a conviction. After the vote, Trump thanked the senators and his lawyers for the acquittal, railed against Democrats for impeaching him, and vowed to continue his MAGA movement this year. “I want to first thank my team of dedicated lawyers and others for their tireless work upholding justice and defending truth,” the former president said in a statement....

Trump issued a message of support for Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and advocate of the QAnon conspiracy theory, while calling for the Department of Justice to reopen an investigation into her shooting by Capitol police officer Michael Byrd. The clip of Trump addressing the small crowd at the “Texas Loves Ashli Babbitt” event on Sunday was posted on Twitter by News2Share’s Ford Fischer, who live streamed the entire ceremony....

The article, shared by the president amid a flurry of election-linked retweets as he continues to claim the result was tainted by fraud, refers to attorney Sidney Powell’s “Release the Kraken” comments at a recent Trump campaign press conference. It suggests the Kraken is actually a “cyber warfare program” that tracks and “aquires [sic] evidence of nefarious activities and crimes committed by the Deep State.” It adds that this has allowed Trump, alongside “loyal patriots” in the military and Space Command, to have gathered the evidence they need to prove his claims of fraud....

The nine justices issued an unsigned ruling on Friday refusing to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton aimed at throwing out election results in four states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden. Trump and some of his Republican supporters had billed the case as the “big one” that would hand the election to the president and guarantee him a second term. Now that the case has fizzled out, social media users offered their advice for Trump’s next steps....

In April, Brnovich rejected a state election official’s call for a probe into potential irregularities in an audit of 2020 presidential election results from Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county. Brnovich and Arizona’s Republican Governor Doug Ducey have both denied widespread election fraud in the state’s election. In a statement emailed to Newsweek, Trump urged “the lackluster Attorney General of Arizona, Mark Brnovich, to get on the ball and catch up with the great Republican Patriots in the Arizona State Senate....

In an opinion piece for CNN, Sandra Garza also condemned the GOP lawmakers who have downplayed the storming of the Capitol, as well as the Senate Republicans who voted against a bill to set up an independent inquiry into January 6. The Senate vote in May was 54-35, short of the 60 votes needed to proceed despite the backing of six Republicans. Garza wrote: “Only a handful of Republican senators showed that they possessed the moral compass to do the right thing by voting yes, putting America first, and showing warmth and compassion for the officers (as well as their families) who protect them daily....

On the same day U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann was laying out the details of Donovan’s farewell, the LA Galaxy midfielder was on the other side of the country making it clear just who was really behind the gesture. To the surprise of nobody, it wasn’t Klinsmann. “I give (U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati) a lot of credit for making the effort to make this happen,” Donovan told the Galaxy Insider on Tuesday....

Late in the fourth quarter, trailing by 28 points, Utah star guard Donovan Mitchell came up hobbling with an apparent left leg injury. Mitchell went straight to the locker room and did not return to the game. How serious is Mitchell’s injury? Here’s everything we know below. What is Donovan Mitchell’s injury? The Jazz were trailing by 28 points with under five minutes to play in the game when Mitchell came up hobbling, grabbing his left leg....

Doritos aired a commercial during Super Bowl 50 on Sunday night that was meant to be funny (I assume), but it ended up freaking out almost everyone. MORE: Super Bowl 50 photos | Mountain Dew’s terrifying commercial So, how did we feel about that? I said almost everyone because one person did enjoy it: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Congrats on the endorsement, Doritos!

Dembele has been strongly linked with Barca, who are seeking a replacement for Neymar following the Brazil international’s world-record €222 million move to Paris Saint-Germain. Coutinho 6/4 to join Barcelona But Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has insisted it will take more than €100m to tempt his side into allowing the 20-year-old to leave Signal Iduna Park. And Zorc insists there is nothing in a report from France that claimed forward Dembele has reached a long-term agreement over personal terms with Barca....

It was the first time in 11 matches that Costa has been cautioned, with the Spaniard having improved his disciplinary record since the start of the campaign. He collected four cautions in his opening seven domestic appearances of the season in all competitions, but the last of those came against Arsenal on September 24. Costa has been walking a disciplinary tightrope since then, and has finally toppled off after talking his way back into the referee’s notebook....

Learning about all of this was genuinely wonderful, because it meant I finally encountered something I care less about this month than Doug McDermott’s NBA draft stock. MORE: McDermott is SN’s Player of Year | All-Americans | Coach of Year This is March. This is the week ESPN has trained us to view as “Championship Week,” which means there will be more than a dozen conference tournaments contested and decided, a full field of 68 teams selected and seeded for the NCAA Tournament, and then the beautiful brand of insanity known as March Madness truly will begin....

Truex, who was one of the Championship 4 drivers last year at Homestead-Miami Speedway but currently sits ninth in points with only one top-five finish, was ready to take out his frustration on literally anyone. MORE: Harvick move to Hendrick makes sense | New all-star rules “I just want to get out and punch somebody,” Truex said on the team radio. “Like seriously, like hard, like as hard as I can....

Once thawed, the vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna must be used within hours. Some providers are scrambling to figure out how to best distribute these doses before they expire. In some places, people queue for hours outside of distribution sites, waiting for extra doses at the end of the day. In others, people who happen to be by a pharmacy at the right time may snag a shot along with their potato chips....

The case has inflamed political debate around abortion only weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe Vs Wade, which enshrined federal rights for terminations. The rape victim had to cross state lines from Ohio, where abortions are now essentially banned after six weeks, to Indiana where the procedure can take place up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. But Indiana attorney general Todd Rokita told Fox News he would investigate Bernard, accusing her of being an “abortion activist acting as a doctor” who had failed to file the required reports into the case....

Young cited irreconcilable differences in her filing after being married to Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, for 24 years. She is seeking spousal support. In 2019, Forbes estimated the music mogul’s net worth at $800 million. The 55-year-old has now responded to his wife’s petition, revealing a prenuptial agreement. According to TMZ, Dre’s response to the divorce filing is that he’s agreed to pay Young’s spousal support but he says any distribution of property should be governed by their prenuptial agreement....

During a New York Times interview published Thursday, Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke about states that have mask mandates and how they have trouble enforcing residents to abide by them. “That’s really one of the reasons there’s a reticence on the part of many people, including myself, [to support a national mandate]. If you have a mandate, you have to enforce it....

Wild Heaven Brewery in Avondale, Georgia, posted its “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” German-style lager and “Fauci Spring” açaí pale ale on Twitter. Both sound like delicious options for people to enjoy in their own homes (especially an açaí pale ale-that sounds awesome), while practicing social distancing. Brewery President Nick Purdy told Newsweek that Wild Heaven thought that beer named after Fauci would make people happy. “We were inspired to try to put some smiles on people’s faces....