Month: September 2020

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by Amazon Polly European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Portugal on Monday and Tuesday raised eyebrows, and a question: What in the name of COVID was so urgent that she needed to travel to Lisbon? In normal times, von der Leyen’s two-day trip —…

Steve Kornacki remembers the moment he saw the night begin to change. Shortly after doing a TV appearance focusing on returns from the key battleground state of Florida, he checked the returns. “The statewide vote total has gone from Clinton up 110,000 to Clinton up 4,000. So her lead has crashed. “You’re thinking, ‘What just…

Rep. Keith EllisonKeith Maurice EllisonThe Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says country needs to rethink what ‘policing’ means; US cases surpass 2 million with no end to pandemic in sight Officer charged in Floyd’s death considered guilty plea before talks fell apart: report Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says racism is a bigger…

GOP mega-donor and Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is reportedly breaking with ex-White House adviser Stephen Bannon and switching his support to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote GOP senator to try to reverse requirement that Pentagon remove Confederate names from bases No, ‘blue states’ do not bail…

Jose Mourinho hailed the “incredible” performance of Sergio Reguilon on debut for Spurs against Chelsea. Mourinho admits the Spanish full-back was at fault for Chelsea’s goal, but he was hugely impressed by the way the new signing put the setback behind him and grew into the game. READ MORE: Reguilon offers reminder of when Spurs were…

Tottenham are reportedly edging closer to completing a deal for Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar. Spurs have until Ooctober 5 to complete a deal for the Slovakian centre-back, who has slipped down the pecking order under Antonio Conte. Conte selected Aleksandr Kolarov, Danilo D’Ambrosio and Alessandro Bastoni as a back three in Inter’s 4-3 win…

Aston Villa have signed Ross Barkley on a season-long loan from Chelsea. With Frank Lampard keen to reduce the numbers in his squad following summer arrivals, Villa were reportedly interested in both Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. MAILBOX: How to tweak a perfectly fine handball law, and other mails… The former Everton star has followed Ollie Watkins,…

Send your thoughts to [email protected]…   How to tweak the handball law From what I have read, I don’t think there is anything wrong with the hand ball law. To me any change that seeks to remove ambiguity is a good thing. The ball hits your hand or you play the ball with your hand…

Eric Dier has revealed Jose Mourinho’s state of mind as the defender rushed off to use the facilities midway through the second half of Tottenham’s clash with Chelsea on Tuesday. The England international sprinted from the pitch, leaving his team down to ten men. Mourinho followed him down the tunnel to cajole him back as…

Following an overnight public relations disaster that followed a Republican Party vote to eviscerate the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, GOP lawmakers made an abrupt u-turn on Tuesday by withdrawing the reform proposal before a final vote on a package of rules that will guide the new legislative session. In the wake of the development,…