According to a Morning Consult poll released Saturday, Kemp’s approval rating among Georgia Republicans since Election Day has fallen from 86 percent to 77 percent. At the same time, Kemp’s disapproval rating has nearly doubled, going from 10 percent to 19 percent between November 24 and December 3 among 551 registered Republican voters in Georgia. The declining approval for the first-term governor among his Republican base comes as Trump persists with attacks against Kemp and Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, repeating unsubstantiated claims that widespread election fraud caused President-elect Joe Biden to win the state....

Mueller on Wednesday testified for roughly six hours before the House Judicial and Intelligence committees about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the 448-page report, released in April, detailing the key findings of the probe. Despite Trump’s near-constant claims of innocence and “total exoneration,” Mueller reiterated that his investigation did not exonerate the president and denied that his probe was “a witch hunt,” a term Trump has repeatedly used for months to attack its credibility....

Kerry appeared on CBS on Sunday to discuss comments made by Trump’s attorney Rudy Guiliani this weekend, in which the former New York mayor publicly called for an investigation to be opened into alleged corruption involving Biden and his son Hunter, who once worked for a gas company in the country. Giuliani was responding to reports suggesting that Trump has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden in exchange for U....

China’s zero-COVID policy gained worldwide attention last week as videos showed how a physically locked down apartment complex on fire led to the deaths of 10 people in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Some blamed the tragedy on the strict lockdown measures residents were placed under, making them unable to escape the building. The fatal fire, coupled with previous unrest caused by harsh working conditions allegedly endured by thousands of Chinese employees at Foxconn’s flagship iPhone factory, has led to calls from citizens for Chinese President Xi Jinping to “step down....

The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that the economy added about 559,000 jobs in May, below the more than 670,000 estimated and hoped for by economists and the Biden administration. Although the number of new jobs added fell substantially short, the overall unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level since May 2020—coming in at 5.8 percent “As we emerge from the virus, our economy should be booming, but today’s lackluster jobs report shows President Biden’s policies have stalled our recovery,” House Minority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, tweeted after the report was released on Friday....

The move is in response to escalations with the Middle Eastern country that occurred last month, including the U.S. killing one of Iran’s top military generals and the subsequent retaliation that ensued. However, Congress is not expected to muster enough support in either chamber to survive a presidential veto. The administration issued an official veto warning Wednesday. And the president’s recent impeachment acquittal—coupled with his “emboldened” actions, as Democrats have labeled them, such as ousting impeachment witnesses and vowing political “retribution”—raises questions whether he will take the rebuke from Congress as a warning or as a toothless threat from a legislative branch constrained by a partisan divide....

The photo was posted on the platform, which is popular with conservatives, about one month ago. It shows Shirkey, majority leader in the Michigan Senate, smiling as he stands alongside William Null, who faces up to 22 years in prison if he is convicted of domestic terrorism. The image was uploaded by Jason Howland, co-founder of a group called the American Patriot Council. He wrote alongside the photo: “The establishment wants to remove one of Michigan’s nest [sic] sheriffs for sharing a stage with an ALLEGED terrorist, but here’s state senate majority leader Mike Shirkey on the same stage with the same guy… and he looks so happy....

Kinzinger, who represents Illinois’ 16th district, made the remark during a Tuesday interview with CNN in which he discussed reports that Trump was briefed on intelligence suggesting that Russia had paid out bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Although Kinzinger said he did not personally believe Trump was aware of the reports, as has been reported by multiple media outlets, he criticized the president for not publicly calling out Russia and Putin....

Biden, who served as vice president under former President Barack Obama, was declared the winner of the presidential election by the Associated Press and the national television networks on Sunday, after he secured at least 290 electoral votes. Trump has not conceded, baselessly claiming that Biden won through widespread voter fraud. While some Republican lawmakers have congratulated the Democrat on his victory, many GOP politicians have not yet admitted Trump’s loss....

Ernst told Bloomberg News in a Sunday interview that Biden could be involved in an impeachment situation “the day after he would be elected.” Ernst clarified her comments to reporters Monday at the Senate. “That was taken entirely out of context,” Ernst told The Hill. “The point is that the Democrats have lowered the bar so far that regardless of who it is, if you have a different party in the House than that of an elected president, you can have just random comments thrown out there with folks saying we’re going to impeach....

Mingling on the Senate floor during a vote, at least five Republicans extended what looked like congratulating remarks to Harris, despite most GOP lawmakers still siding with President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) gave Harris an elbow tap, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) offered a fist bump and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) gave her a pat on the back and a fist bump....

In appearances online over the weekend, Mastriano, 57, R-Franklin, said he achieved the fundraising goal he set to formally become a candidate for governor and is organizing an announcement rally on Jan. 8 close to his home in south-central Pennsylvania. Mastriano helped spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election and led those opposing pandemic-related shutdowns, and vaccine and mask mandates. He headed anti-mask protests and supported the overturning of the election in favor of former President Donald Trump....

Stars coach Paul Put handed the Gor Mahia captain the national team armband for the regional tournament that is expected to kick-off in Kakamega on Sunday. Kenyan will kick-off Cecafa campaign against Rwanda at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega as Tanzania takes on Libya in the other Group A match in Machakos. Kenya’s game will kick off at 2.00pm with Kilimanjaro Stars talking on Libya in the second match from 4....

The actor and singer-songwriter (whose full name is Park Jin-young) has been “thankfully…very busy” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, working on new projects, including his new solo single “Dive,” the artist told Newsweek in a U.S. first exclusive interview. Speaking to U.S. media for the first time about his new solo track, Jinyoung told Newsweek about what fans can expect to see in the coming episodes of The Devil Judge, the artist he’d love to collaborate with most and more....

The attacker has been sidelined since February as a metabolic disorder threatened to sideline his promising career. CR7 and Messi: Changing the face of football However, Gotze posted a photo of himself running on Instagram suggesting his time away from the game may be nearing an end. In addition, Dortmund Sporting Director Michael Zorc indicated in an interview with Bild on Thursday that Gotze’s return may not be far off....

Governor Abbott has witnessed the damage that cartels, gang members, smugglers and other criminals have caused. Amid the highest levels of border apprehensions in decades, Border Patrol is overwhelmed by the number of migrants—and particularly of migrant children—it is required to handle. Our border agents need help, and so do the migrants who must be housed in safe and humane conditions while they are processed under the terms of U....

Reeves said in a thread on Twitter that “This extension will ease the process of marshalling additional resources for our response,” and “allow our system of care to continue to transfer patients to hospitals where treatment is available, ensure expanded access to telemedicine, and will keep options open for use of the great men and women of the MS National Guard.” He then told Mississippi residents that nothing will be locked down or mandated in the process....

The Sporting News has been tracking the hiring practices at the Power 5 level for the past seven coaching cycles (77 hires). The most common place to find a new coach is to hire a Group of 5 head coach, and two of the 10 hires in this cycle fit into that category. (We are counting Luke Fickell as a G5 coach because Cincinnati was in the AAC during his tenure, but also including Cincinnati’s new hire as a Power 5 hire because it will be in the Big 12 next season....

Harrison repeatedly pushed for Graham to take a test before the head-to-head on Friday, arguing that the senator had come in close contact with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah—who has tested positive for coronavirus—at a congressional hearing on October 1. But the incumbent provided a letter from a congressional physician informing him that he did not meet the official criteria for “close contact” with a person exposed to coronavirus and therefore did not need to be tested....

Ann Mathers, 88, called the police after making the grim discovery which also saw several femurs and jaw bones scattered in her flowerbeds. The grandmother, who has lived in her end terrace house in Dudley, in England’s West Midlands region, for more than 60 years, was said to be “scared to death” by the grave-robbing critters. She first found the skull last July and called the police who initially sealed her home off as a potential crime scene....