At least that’s the talk around the White House Mess. It is silly talk, to be sure. Moore, an amiable former congressman, has been in his current job for only four months, and he couldn’t be responsible for all of the president’s blunders even if he had worked at them night and day. But there must be someone to blame for the kind of time George Bush is having as the White House-and the presidential campaign-seems increasingly to stumble from blunder to blunder....

For all its military power, political clout and economic might, America could be losing its influence in what is arguably the most dynamic region of the world. Big changes are happening in Asia, for which America’s policies are increasingly out of step. Washington’s preoccupations–the mess in Iraq, the jobless recovery and the escalating fiscal deficit at home–are not Asia’s preoccupations. When Bush looks into the future, he sees an American Century with a troubled story line dominated by the fight against terror....

Now the man Bush nicknamed the Architect is done. The official announcement of Rove’s resignation came Monday morning. In a White House press conference with Bush, Rove said he was leaving to spend more time with his family. “It’s not been an easy decision,” Rove said, his voice quivering at times. “But now is the time.” Word of Rove’s resignation broke early Monday morning when the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page published an interview with Rove conducted over the weekend....

After that column ran, I received lots of e-mail from readers in similar straits. Some of them expressed hope that the Bush administration’s proposed plan to ease the subprime crisis might offer them a solution. But these troubled borrowers are likely to be disappointed. Here’s why. Under the terms of the deal, lenders are offering to freeze the interest rates and monthly payments for five years for subprime borrowers who fit a limited set of conditions....

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) emergency temporary standard issued on Thursday, businesses with at least 100 employees can choose to require their employees all be vaccinated against COVID-19 or remain unvaccinated and undergo weekly testing and wear a mask. The responsibility for enforcing the standard falls on businesses, and Department of Labor officials said they’ll be investigating claims and potentially doing programmed checks to ensure compliance....

The mayor called the situation that led to the move a “public health crisis,” saying his city lacked the resources to care for the migrants—especially those infected with the virus—being sent to Laredo by Rio Grande Valley border agents. “These migrants aren’t being tested. Border Patrol doesn’t test them,” Saenz told Border Report. “We much less don’t have the infrastructure of testing and quarantining. When you test, then if they’re positive, then there’s an obligation there, or duty, to quarantine and that’s expensive and the NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] don’t really have that capacity here locally....

But this and many of the claims about erectile dysfunction supplements have no or very little supporting research. Supplements are not regulated in the United States, meaning that products you buy may or may not be effective—or safe. This article looks at which herbal supplements do and don’t have scientific backing for treating erectile dysfunction, as well as typical dosages and potential side effects. Which ED Supplements May Help? ED supplements that appear to be safe and effective, according to studies, include:...

They couldn’t have picked a more appropriate song. In the shorthanded Nets’ 110-107 victory over the Knicks on Sunday, Durant went off for 53 points and added nine assists, six rebounds and two steals in 43 minutes of action. As evidenced by the narrow decision, Brooklyn needed every point from its superstar, who shot 19 of 37 from the field, 4 of 13 from the 3-point line and 11 of 12 from the free-throw line to help make up for the absences of Kyrie Irving and Seth Curry, among others....

Australian bookstore Rabble Books & Games announced on Tuesday that they will no longer be stocking any books by J.K. Rowling. The author behind the Harry Potter franchise previously made transphobic comments in June and received severe backlash from the Twitterverse, and even Harry Potter actors. “Hey Rabblers, we want to talk about JK Rowling. We are always trying to make Rabble a safer space for our community, and part of that is trying not to put books by transphobes on the shelves, when we know about them,” the bookstore began in an Instagram update....

Mangum came on to replaced injured quarterback Taysom Hill, who left the game twice with a foot sprain. A sample of reaction tweets to the Hail Mary: The Hail Mary happened in the same end zone in 2013, when Nebraska beat Northwestern on a 49-yard Hail Mary. 

The investigation that was opened late in 2021 and first reported by The Salt Lake Tribune concerns complaints of alleged Title IX violations over the school’s continued enforcement of a ban against same-sex dating after specific mentions of LGBTQ relationships were removed from the school’s honor code. Early in 2020, the college operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, announced it was removing a section of the honor code that prohibited expressions of “homosexual behavior,” the AP reported....

Of course not. I’m on record with the most unequivocal denial that you can possibly imagine. It’s unthinkable. And with a certain amount of time, that will become clear, and that issue will go by the wayside. I mean, look at the logic of it. Do you think that on the eve of signing an agreement with Mia in which we had hammered out [custody], I’m going to get in a car, drive up to Connecticut in broad daylight, in an open house with many people walking in and out … that I’m going to pick that moment in my life to … to do this thing?...

LightSail 2 was launched June 22 on a Falcon Heavy Rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space exploration company. It was developed by The Planetary Society, a non-profit headed by Bill Nye that’s devoted to space exploration. The LightSail project was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, raising an impressive $1.24 million. Weighing a mere 11 pounds, LightSail 2 is relatively small for a spacecraft. And has just two major components: A solar sail and a CubeSat, a module designed at Cal Poly that’s about the size of a loaf of bread....

State Senator Richard Pan, a Democrat from Sacramento, announced Thursday that he’s shelving Senate Bill 871 for now due to COVID-19 vaccine rates being “insufficient” especially among children. In a press release, he also stressed that the state needs to focus its effort on increasing access to COVID vaccinations for children through physicians and other health providers, and on education efforts to give families accurate information about the vaccine....

The annual salaries — $5 million for Tom Herman at Texas, up to $4 million for Ed Orgeron from LSU — don’t quite measure up to the record contracts held by Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh or Alabama’s Nick Saban before him. But the sticker prices can still seem rather jarring when placed into the context of widespread spending cuts across academics at many of the schools that commit top dollar to maintain successful athletic departments, or to bail out distressed ones....

The multi-Grammy-winning artist called out her many impersonators in a series of posts shared on her Instagram Stories on Thursday. The “Bad Guy” singer shared a screengrab of a list of YouTube videos of people “pretending to be Billie Eilish” and requested the imposters to “please stop.” Eilish shared one particular picture of a doppelgänger that was spotted walking down a boardwalk while men in black t-shirts that read “Security” surrounded her....

Over the past few months, Blanco has posted a series of clips aimed at “Attention” singer Puth, mocking everything from the musician’s voice to his music. Given that the two have previously worked together and appeared on an Instagram Live with one another last year, a number of fans speculated that the feud was some sort of publicity stunt or prank. However, the feud has received renewed attention, after “Bored” singer Eilish took to her own TikTok account to hit out at Blanco’s criticism of Puth....

The “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” singer, who will turn 50 on February 17, took to his Twitter and Instagram accounts on Saturday morning to reveal that his 1962 Chevrolet Nova had been taken, as he shared photos of the missing vehicle. In an accompanying statement, Armstrong said that the pearl-colored car has been in the Green Day family for more than three decades. “My car was STOLEN 1962 Chevy II,” the musician wrote....

That’s because Allen and the Bills were already up by three touchdowns when he threw two scoring passes that didn’t count in the third quarter. He’d already thrown two legal touchdowns and run for two more by that point. Buffalo had to settle for a field goal on the penalty-laden drive, but the game was already well in hand. The Bills went on to win 48-19 and clinch their first AFC East championship in 25 years....