Following the hour-long meeting with Trump administration officials, Lee told reporters that it was the “worst briefing I’ve seen, at least on a military issue.” Amid escalating tensions with Iran, the House and Senate were briefed on Wednesday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, CIA Director Gina Haspel, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, CIA Director and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley. The meeting came one day after Iran launched a dozen ballistic missiles at U....

Gordon has four top-five and seven top-10 finishes in nine races this season, the main reason he’s leading the standings by five points over Matt Kenseth. The four-time Cup champion has two second-place finishes in the last three races. He has no finish worse than 13th and has led laps in four of the last five races, including a race-high 173 on Saturday night. Obviously he’d rather have the wins to clinch a spot in the Chase, but with only two drivers witih wins outside the top 16 in the standings, he is in a great position to make the Chase at this point in the season....

Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch are about to find out. Jeff Gordon, another driver who had problems at New Hampshire, found out that having a second-place finish in the first race (last week at Chicagoland) could help compensate for a rough day in the second one. Gordon, who cut a tire and wrecked with eight laps remaining Sunday to finish 26th, is seventh in the standings with a 21-point cushion on 13th-place Hamlin, who is tied with Greg Biffle for that spot....

Gordon won the third race of the Chase at Dover International Speedway, his fourth victory of the season. Kahne, meanwhile, finished 20th, but rallied from four laps down to earn the final transfer spot in the Chase. Kahne wound up two points ahead of AJ Allmendinger to finish the first round 12th in the standings. The top 12 drivers advance to the second round. Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Aric Almirola were all eliminated from the 16-driver field....

The remarks from Graham Norton, longtime host of the Eurovision songwriting competition, came during a recent festival. His comments about cancel culture have since gone viral on social media. “In what world are you canceled? I’m reading your article in the newspaper, or you’re doing interviews about how terrible it is to be canceled,” Norton said. “So I think the word is the wrong word. I think the word should be ‘accountability....

After putting on what she thought were simple pinstripe pants, the grandmother was shocked to learn they were filled with expletives—not quite family-friendly attire. “My nana thought these pants were pinstriped,” said the text-to-speech generator in granddaughter Chelsea’s video. The video zoomed in on the pants, revealing them to say the phrase “f**k you” repeated along it instead. “No, they say ‘f**k you,’ mom,” an off-camera voice can be heard saying, as the grandmother had just one response: “Oh my god....

Prosecutor John Durham has been presenting evidence to a grand jury and contemplating charges against some FBI employees and others outside the government, the Wall Street Journal reported. AP confirmed the use of the grand jury through a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity as they are not authorized to discuss it by name. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment, as it is an ongoing investigation....

U.K.-based Gravitricity said in a press release that its plan to store and release clean energy by hoisting and plunging weights down shafts close to 5,000 feet deep is now closer to becoming a reality, as construction of a prototype started in August. In theory, upon completion the system will suspend weight of up to 12,000 tonnes using cables and a winch in a shaft. Raising the weight charges the system, while dropping it discharges electricity to a power grid, effectively acting as a generator....

The action was captured on film for the first time by Dr. Ben Burville, a Visiting Researcher with Newcastle University, U.K. While it is not so unusual to see trained seals clap in a zoo or aquarium, the action had not previously been recorded in the wild and underwater. Burville’s clip, described in the journal Marine Mammal Science, shows a male gray seal clap two times underwater in front of another male, creating a “cracking” noise....

½ pound dried Great Northern white beans 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ½ pound country ham, trimmed of all fat and julienned into ¼-inch-by-1-inch pieces 1 cup finely diced yellow onion 2 teaspoons minced garlic 6 sprigs fresh thyme 4 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade 8 ounces mustard greens, rinsed and stemmed Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Pick through the beans for stones and imperfections. Rinse well in cold water....

Anthony had been on an indefinite suspension after he was charged for the solicitation of a prostitute. According to SI, Anthony will be used on NBA TV as a game analyst for summer league games from July 4-10. His first job will be to handle Saturday’s game between the Heat and Pacers at 9 a.m. ET. MORE: Dirtiest players in sports | Summer league breakout stars | No. 1 overall picks...

His hopes, while not completely dashed, were certainly shaken during four hours of testing Thursday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. MORE: Harvick leads Vegas test | Dillon’s poker face | Earnhardt enjoying spotlight | Danica hoping luck turns Biffle, typically one of NASCAR's top drivers on 1.5-mile tracks, was 34th on the speed chart while teammates Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were 27th and 29th, respectively. The lack of speed had Biffle a bit pessimistic about the Kobalt 400 race Sunday at LVMS....

“At least I can still play tennis,” Norman said in a telephone interview Sunday morning. Norman, the Hall of Fame golfer and entrepreneur, was cutting back trees in his South Florida home when the weight of a branch pulled his left hand toward the chain saw. He said the blade hit him just below where a person would be wearing a wrist watch. He said doctors told him it missed his artery by a fraction of an inch....

“Honestly, I don’t think I would have said anything because obviously he’s not listening to scientists and experts, so why would he listen to me?” Thunberg responded after she was asked what she might have said to Trump had they spoken at the summit. “So I probably wouldn’t have said anything, I wouldn’t have wasted my time.” Thunberg, 16, made the remarks in an interview with BBC radio’s Today program, on which she was a guest editor....

The 16-year-old from Sweden arrived in New York on August 28, ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit taking place this week. On Tuesday, she gave a speech in front of the Senate climate crisis task force during a 2-day period of events designed to encourage lawmakers to take more radical action when it comes to the evermore urgent subject of climate change. Ed Markey, a Democratic Senator for Massachusetts and a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal, thanked Thunberg for her leadership and for providing “moral clarity....

Why do so many Arsenal fans want Wenger out? The Atletico Madrid and France forward has been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford, with United manager Jose Mourinho insisting he wants quality over quantity in the transfer market. Goal understands that United are confident of securing a deal even if they fail to qualify for the Champions League this summer, with a deal likely to cost around €80 million....

Mike Conley added 19 points and 12 assists for the Grizzlies. Kevin Durant had 36 points and 11 rebounds for the Thunder. Russell Westbrook scored 29 points for Oklahoma City, but he made just 11 of 28 shots. Randolph's layup with 26 seconds left in overtime put the Grizzlies up by two. Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka traveled, giving the ball back to the Grizzlies. Courtney Lee made two free throws for Memphis to make it a four-point game....

Officials said that mountain goats rarely triumph in their altercations with bears. The bear’s carcass was discovered by a hiker on September 4 near the Burgess Pass trail, the Rocky Mountain Outlook reported. At the time, the bear’s cause of death could not be determined. So, wildlife officials with Parks Canada decided to conduct an autopsy. Wildlife ecologist David Laskin told the outlet that the bear’s wounds—located on its armpits and under its neck—were consistent with the “predatory attack behavior of grizzly bears and defensive responses of mountain goats....

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/Savings-Pattern3614 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) detailed decades spent living in his sister’s shadow and revealed the final straw that forced him to stand up for himself—digitally. Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for not taking down my video that was a gift from my best man?” the post has received more than 14,500 upvotes and 2,000 comments in the last six hours....