Riots

AP Photo/Brynn Anderson The New England Patriots are the betting favorites to land Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones. Per PointsBet (h/t Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk), the Pats top the ledger at +150 ($100 bet to win $150). The Tennessee Titans are right behind New England at +200.…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Friday said Senate Republicans' decision to vote against a bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was "unconscionable" and "the betrayal of the oath we each take." The big picture: Manchin said in a statement on Thursday that Republicans had…

The Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to advance a bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, voting 54-35 as Republicans invoked the first legislative filibuster of the Biden presidency. Why it matters: Democrats argue the commission is urgently needed to investigate one…

Politics Fifteen percent of Americans believe that “patriots may have to resort to violence” to restore the country’s rightful order, the poll indicated. Broken glass on the doors to the entrance of the Capitol Rotunda in January. Erin Schaff/The New York Times By Giovanni Russonello, New York Times Service May…

Two people were arrested and seven police were injured following rioting, allegedly involving Moroccan migrants, in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta during a visit by populist VOX party leader Santiago Abascal. Violence broke out in the city, which is located on the North African coast and borders Morocco,…

If there was any dispute about the Falcons still wanting to trade expensive wide receiver Julio Jones this offseason, it should have been put to rest on Monday's edition of FS1's "Skip and Shannon: Undisputed." Jones, in a brief impromptu phone conversation with co-host Shannon Sharpe, leaked his true feelings…

Capitol Police said there was a 107% increase in threats to lawmakers in the first 5 months of 2021. Some Democratic lawmakers are worried about safety when they go home, The Washington Post reported.  Lawmakers have already spent thousands on private security following the Capitol riots. See more stories on…

AP Photo/Chuck Burton J. Cole returned to the court Saturday for the Patriots Basketball Club in their 91-75 loss to Union Sportive Monastirienne. The rapper scored two points on 1-of-2 shooting from the field in 12 minutes off the bench. He also grabbed one offensive rebound and dished out an assist.…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots signed veteran safety Adrian Colbert and running back Tyler Gaffney on Friday, bringing them to the maximum of 90 players on their roster in advance of the start of their offseason training program next…Read More

Fox News host Tucker Carlson lashed out at members of the U.S. Capitol Police who blasted Republican opposition to an independent commission to investigate the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, calling their letter nothing more than a “ransom note” from an “armed political action committee.” Just ahead of Wednesday’s House vote…