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The remarks came during Biden’s first meeting with Israel’s prime minister. The two men had a private, one-on-one meeting in the White House dining room for 50 minutes before they spoke to reporters in the Oval Office. Biden and Bennett were originally scheduled to meet on Thursday, but their talk was rescheduled to Friday in light of the attack at Kabul’s airport. When the leaders sat to speak in front of the press, Biden began by addressing the situation in Afghanistan....

Over his career, Biden has made three runs for president. First in the late eighties, for the 1988 election eventually won by George H. W. Bush. Second in 2008 and third in 2020. Biden’s first attempt came to a close following allegations of plagiarism—which he admitted to. News that he had embellished his academic record and lifted quotes from politicians—including British Labour leader Neil Kinnock—without attribution (later described as “an oversight,” according to The New York Times) pressured the politician to pull out of the race in September 1987....

Madrid - Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia has said that Marcelo Bielsa will not continue as first team coach at the Spanish Primera Liga club next season. Urrutia gave the news in a press conference called at the club’s offices Friday evening, confirming the news which many had been expecting for several days. “We think it is in the best interests of the club to make the change,” said Urrutia, who added that the decision had been made unanimously at the last meeting of his board of directors....

Germany suffered a humiliating group-stage exit at this year’s World Cup, becoming the third defending champions in a row to suffer such a fate after Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014. Writing in his regular column for German publication Kicker, Berthold said: ‘‘The damage to our image is huge, and this is Oliver Bierhoff’s main responsibility. “The now overdone commercialisation and the alienation of the national team from fans and media is due to him....

The contact turned Biffle's rear bumper until a liability, and NASCAR ordered the Roush Fenway Racing driver into the pits under caution to fix it. Biffle fell back to 25th and rallied to finish ninth but wasn’t happy with the contact. He approached Johnson soon after the race and gave him a slight shove while Johnson was doing postrace interviews. “Hey, you tore my rear bumper off you (expletive),” he told Johnson....

Other than the initial reveal that introduced fans to the games’ starter and Legendary Pokemon, there’s been a very slow stream of new information released about the highly anticipated pair of titles. Fortunately, a wealth of new information on the games may be rushing in at some point in the very near future. According to Serebii, the Japanese variety show Pokemon Smash will be revealing a ton of new details about Pokemon X and Y on its May 19th broadcast....

Recalling their win over The Ascension, The Lucha Dragons, Los Matadores, The Prime Time Players and Tyson Kidd & Cesaro, Big E hilariously poked fun at the other Elimination Chamber match on the show, which saw Ryback defeat Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Mark Henry, R-Truth and Sheamus to win the vacant Intercontinental Championship. Explaining why he thought it was so bad, Big E pointed out an awkward moment in the match where Wade Barrett launched Dolph Ziggler into Mark Henry’s pod, breaking the pod open, but Henry stayed in his spot for several minutes before he was officially told to enter the match....

Cole, who managed a United legends team in a 2-2 draw against Barcelona at Old Trafford on Saturday, has been impressed by Jose Mourinho’s side winning all three of their opening Premier League matches without conceding a goal. But he feels the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Real Madrid should not be forgotten in a hurry, and believes European glory this season is a tough ask, ahead of United’s return to the continent’s elite club competition at home to Basel on September 12....

Known for his power, agility and explosiveness, Crews is quite the crowd-worker. He will debut at NXT Takeover in Brooklyn which will be a precursor to SummerSlam. It is currently unknown if he will actually be involved in a match or cut a promo at the event, but let it be said that he enters with a lot of expectations from fans and the powers that be at the WWE....

The Diamondback obtained a document about the discussion, which will take place at Maryland. The Big Ten is titling this idea, “A Year of Readiness,” which equates to a mandatory redshirt season to examine “the health of the educational experience.” MORE: SN Top 50 players | HAYES: What’s wrong with NCAA? | Best teams that didn’t win title According to the report, “the document, which shows football and men’s basketball as the only sports with graduation rates less than 75 percent across the NCAA, states that a push for freshman ineligibility would benefit athletes academically....

The new football schedule for the Big Ten in 2020 is a better-late-than-never slate that will keep the conference in play for this season’s College Football Playoff. Now the Pac-12 is the only Power 5 conference that will not play football in the fall of 2020. MORE: Everything to know about Big Ten’s reversal The Big Ten football schedule in 2020 will be an abbreviated version of the schedule the conference released last month before it suspended the fall season....

This week’s roundup of gaming news is certainly busy, with tons of different stories coming out ranging from exciting, to disappointing, to downright strange. Obviously the GameStop “Stonks” and r/wallstreetbets saga has been the center of attention this week. G4 announces its most iconic shows are set to return next summer. Upcoming PS5 exclusive Returnal has been delayed, though not very far. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us 2 reaches another impressive milestone as one of the most critically acclaimed video games of all time....

In this week’s roundup of gaming news, the Pokemon Presents showcase brought a ton of updates for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, as well as Pokemon Legends: Arceus. 343 Industries provided Halo fans with a development update on Halo Infinite, which unfortunately came with a few downsides. Activision also finally unveiled Call of Duty: Vanguard with its first official trailer, alongside an event in Warzone. CD Projekt Red unveiled the patch notes and upcoming DLC on the way to Cyberpunk 2077 this month....

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Director Yang Jiechi met Monday in Luxembourg for a four-and-half-hour session of discussion that a senior Biden administration official described as “candid, in-depth, substantive and productive” during a press call later that same day. A readout issued by the White House offered few details of the meeting, simply saying that the two men discussed “a number of regional and global security issues, as well as key issues in U....

Speaking to reporters in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, the president said the rebate cards are “part of what we’re considering, that’s part of the whole operation,” according to CNN. Biden also mentioned the possibility of temporarily suspending the federal gasoline tax. “I hope to have a decision based on the data I’m looking for by the end [of] the week,” Biden said, referring to the potential gas tax holiday. The Biden administration has been facing heavy pressure to help alleviate Americans’ pain at the pump amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and surging inflation, which hit a 40-year high in May....

Psaki previously served in President Barack Obama’s administration as a press spokesperson. She also was the spokesperson for the State Department between 2013 and 2015. Her first press conference as Biden’s press secretary was a stark contrast to those held under former President Donald Trump’s administration, during which members of his press team would often spar with the media. Psaki calmly fielded questions from the reporters present. “I have deep respect for the role of a free and independent press in our democracy and for the role all of you play,” Psaki said....

Fifty-two percent of respondents said they approve of Biden’s job performance, while 43 percent said they disapproved, The Hill reported. These numbers showed a slip in his approval rating from June, when 59 percent of respondents said they approved of his performance, compared to 34 percent who disapproved, according to the previous poll. His approval rating peaked in May at 61 percent. The poll also showed Congress remains unpopular. Forty-five percent of respondents said they approve of Congress’ work, while 55 percent did not approve, according to The Hill....

Polling by Gallup released Monday shows that Biden’s favorability now stands at 55 percent in the wake of his victory over Trump in the presidential election. Trump’s favorability currently stands at just 42 percent, and the president’s highest favorability during his nearly four years in office was 49 percent—or 6 percent lower than where the Democrat president-elect’s favorability currently sits. Trump’s favorability peaked in April of this year. Comparatively, Biden’s favorability is also double-digits above where Trump’s stood after he won the 2016 presidential election....

“While it was different for everyone, we all lost something,” Biden said from the White House’s East Room. “A collective suffering. A collective sacrifice. A year filled with the loss of life—and the loss of living for all of us. But, in the loss, we saw how much there was to gain in appreciation, respect and gratitude.” Fewer than 18 million people watched Trump’s first prime-time presidential address, which was about the war in Afghanistan, in August 2017....