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Both men have roots and attitudes that make Israelis squirm. Their Texas oil connections fuel fears that they’ll favor the Arab states. Baker, the consummate pragmatist, never comes to a bargaining table burdened by sentiment of any kind. He and Bush believe that Ronald Reagan and George Shultz coddled Israel, never forcing Jerusalem to get serious about peace. Nor do they like the way Israel’s friends muscle congressional support. Administration colleagues say the two men use the same political calculus they would with any ally....

Just one day after the commission proposed a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism community, Bush directed White House chief of staff Andrew Card to immediately convene a group of top cabinet members to review the proposals and “discuss implementation,” a top White House official said. “He’s expecting action in weeks,” said Frances Fragos Townsend, deputy national-security adviser for counterterrorism, who will help oversee the review. The action comes despite reservations among some senior officials about the wisdom of some of the major commission proposals, including one to create a presidentially appointed cabinet-level national intelligence director–separate from the CIA director–with authority over the entire U....

Pep Guardiola stressed on Tuesday, in the wake of a third round of claims by the Football Leaks group, that City “want to follow the rules of UEFA, FIFA and the Premier League”. The Catalan was keen to shift the attention back to his side’s work on the pitch, however, and with a resounding 6-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night, one that puts them on the verge of the Champions League last 16, it is the football that will be the main focus once again, for the short term anyway....

It has less to do with Paul Johnson’s vaunted triple-option offense, though, and more to do with the fact the Yellow Jackets have already got an early tour of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. MORE: Week 1 highlights, big scores No. 25 Tennessee won’t get a chance to walk through the stadium until Sunday, though Jones said Georgia Tech has already received a call to tour the stadium and get a walkthrough....

The Boilermakers were offering a scholarship to Hayward, but Stevens penned handwritten letters to him, repeatedly, urging him to shun the Big Ten and head down the road to join the Bulldogs in the Horizon League. That’s no easy sell. But Stevens made it. “He was just a great guy, No. 1, and I love what he stood for as a person,” Hayward said. “He treated everybody that he recruited as family, and I loved that about it, it was a family atmosphere first and foremost....

“I think winning matters,” Klobuchar said. “I think a track record of getting things done matters. And I also think showing our party that we can actually bring people with us, have a wider tent, have a bigger coalition and, yes, longer coattails, that matters.” “I gotta respond to that,” Buttigieg said. “Senator [Klobuchar], I know that if you just go by vote totals, maybe what goes on in my city seems small to you....

A handful of teams in both leagues stand out as ones that could go either way. Do they push hard for October baseball or should they make moves with next season and beyond in mind? Let’s take a look at five such teams and what their situation is like as the season barrels toward the All-Star break. FAGAN: A wish list for the Home Run Derby Rays Record: 41-38, third place, 3....

Against Loyola Marymount, Collinsworth scored 23 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists, leading BYU to an 87-68 victory. His five triple-doubles are the most ever by a player in a single season. Michael Anderson (Drexel, 1985-86), Brian Shaw (UC-Santa Barbara, 1987-88), Jason Kidd (California, 1993-94) and Stephane Lasme (Massachusetts, 2006-07) all held the previous record with four. MORE: BYU guard’s record | No. 6 Arizona falls | So does No....

In a post to his six million followers, the renowned TV presenter and entertainer—well recognized for his Bill Nye the Science Guy show—shared an image of a large Conant thermometer showing the temperature outside to be surging to 111 degrees Fahrenheit. Nye, whose social media account lists him as being based in Los Angeles, stirred a wave of debate as users debated the merits of his comment, since attracting hundreds of direct comment replies, more than 15,000 likes and close to 2,000 shares....

It’s been ten years since Rep. Jim Nussle (R-Iowa) endured his own freshman blues. But the memory was vivid enough that he declared his first hearing as new chairman of the House Budget Committee on Wednesday “Freshman Day,” and invited some of the 41 first-year members of the 107th Congress to talk about what was on their minds. “Freshmen typically bring a vitality and exuberance to Congress,” said Nussle, “and we need to hear their ideas about writing the new budget....

In 2022, the “Ocean Eyes” star will top the bill at the English music festival, taking to the renowned Pyramid Stage on the Friday night of the five day event. Eilish shared the news via Instagram with a post showing a photograph of herself smiling in a Glastonbury hoodie, captioned “2022.” Emily Eavis, co-organizer of Glastonbury confirmed the news and said she “couldn’t be happier.” “We couldn’t be happier to announce that the wondrous @billieeilish is headlining the Pyramid on the Friday at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, becoming the youngest solo headliner in our history,” Eavis tweeted....

Stopping Tom Brady isn’t exactly the easiest thing to do, so the Bills have resorted to a unique tactic. MORE: Week 6 scoreboard | Millner suffers non-contact injury | Raider fans egg Chargers’ team bus Congratulations, Duke Williams. You just committed the worst pass interference penalty of the season. Source: Pete Blackburn

The Bills coach will eat a dog biscuit Thursday after being challenged by WIVB-TV news anchor Teresa Weakley as part of an awareness effort by the Erie County SPCA, the team announced Wednesday. MORE: Classic training camp photos | Stop talking about what Ray Rice ‘deserves’ Similar to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a new social media campaign called the Dog Biscuit Challenge will aim to raise money for the 22nd annual Paws in the Park fundraiser on Sept....

He began chugging from a hole punched in the bottom of the 12-ouncer at the same time brew began flowing through the tap. He finished the “shotgun” before an entire cup could be poured, producing a celebratory spike. MORE: Rams to curb drunken driving after games in L.A. His black T-shirt read, “Bad Choices Make Good Stories.” Not if you’re the Buffalo Bills. Pregame spectacles of parking-lot inebriation such as this one prior to last week’s matchup against the Jets have become just as much a part of the franchise’s sad-sack lore as seasons without a playoff appearance (16 and counting)....

The team cut defensive back Leodis McKelvin, it announced on Friday. MORE: Top 50 players in 2016 Draft | Jones not expecting to be back with Packers The 30-year-old played in just nine games last year due to a lingering ankle injury he sustained during the 2014 season. Overall, he appeared in just 19 games over the last two years. The move frees up $3.9 million in cap room, which gives the Bills about $13 million total in cap space....

The game got postponed after an hour’s wait, and the status of Hamlin remained unknown. Things started looking more bleak, though. “I think people are aware that people know we are done watching football tonight,” ESPN’s Joe Buck said as play was postponed by the NFL. “I’m sick to my stomach.” Hamlin collapsed on the field during the first quarter Monday night in Cincinnati. The event happened after he tackled Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins....

The Bills (3-3) are trying to keep pace with the 5-0 Patriots and 4-1 Jets in the AFC East. Jacksonville (1-5) enters the game on a four-game losing and will need to rattle off a couple wins in a row to keep its slim playoff chances alive. MORE: Week 7 NFL picks straight up | Picks against the spread | Fantasy advice The Bills lost last week to the undefeated Bengals as quarterback EJ Manuel got the start for the injured Tyrod Taylor....

All this was on the orders of bin Laden himself, the sources said. Why? Because the terror chieftain and his top lieutenants see a great opportunity for killing Americans and their allies in Iraq and neighboring countries such as Turkey, according to Taliban sources who complain that their own movement will suffer. (Though certainly not as much as Washington would like: last week Taliban guerrillas killed a U.N. census worker in an ambush, and a rocket struck near the U....

James I. Hudson, the study’s lead investigator and the director of the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory at the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, spoke to NEWSWEEK’s Samantha Henig about the surprise findings in this study and what the results tell us about body image and the growing obesity epidemic. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Your survey found that binge eating is a much more common disorder than anorexia or bulimia. If that’s the case, why don’t we hear more about binge eating?...

How Bioprinting Works A 3D printer is able to provide depth to whatever it’s printing, and a bioprinter does this by distributing biomaterials like living cells, synthetic glue, and collagen scaffolds in layers to create an object. This process is called additive manufacturing—the materials fed into the printer are solidified as they come out to create a 3D object. But it’s not as simple as putting materials into a 3D printer and hitting a button....