Inside Biden’s Anti-Trump Battle Plan (and Where Taylor Swift Fits In)
“It’s game on, the beginning of the general election,” said Representative Ann McLane Kuster of New Hampshire, the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of 97 centrist House Democrats. “We’ve got to win this.” In a race without historical parallel — a contest between two presidents, one of them facing 91 criminal charges […]
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan Over a Year Ago
Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out. The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” […]
Sin-bin trial plan recommended for professional games
Players surround referee Michael Oliver during the recent Tottenham v Chelsea match Plans for football to introduce 10-minute sin-bins for cynical fouls and dissent have been recommended for trialling in the professional game. The game’s lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), said it will “identify which levels are best to test”. The trial will […]
Opinion | Trump Has a Master Plan for Destroying the ‘Deep State’
I study government bureaucracies. This is not normally a key political issue. Right now, it is, and everyone should be paying attention. Donald Trump, the former president and current candidate, puts it in apocalyptic terms: “Either the deep state destroys America or we destroy the deep state.” This is not an empty threat. He has […]
Las Vegas Grand Prix: How a plan 40 years in the making finally came to fruition
The Las Vegas Grand Prix will pick its way around some of the city’s most iconic locations A plan 40 years in the making finally becomes reality this weekend, when Formula 1 holds a grand prix on the famous Las Vegas Strip. F1 is going all out to make an impression. It hopes to create […]
House Passes Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote
Speaker Mike Johnson was forced on Tuesday to rely on Democratic votes as the House passed legislation to keep federal funding flowing into early 2024, after scores of Republicans opposed his plan to avert a government shutdown at the end of the week. Almost all Democrats and a majority of Republicans overcame the opposition of […]
Opinion | Israel Needs a Biden Peace Plan
During my nine days of reporting recently in Israel and the West Bank, little did I know that the most revealing moment would come in the final hours of my visit. As I was packing to leave on Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a news conference in which he indicated that Israel and […]
Neil Robertson reveals plan to take a break after Wuhan Open exit
Robertson won the world title in 2010 Neil Robertson says he is planning to take a break from the game to go back home to Australia. Robertson led 3-1 but lost four frames in a row as he made another early exit from a tournament. “Everything is fine, just missing Australia a bit,” said Robertson […]
Ireland v New Zealand: Irish start to plan for Joe Schmidt reunion in World Cup quarter-final
Simon Easterby (right) worked with Joe Schmidt (left) for five years before Schmidt left Ireland in 2019 Ireland are excited to face World Cup “standard bearers” New Zealand and come up against a familiar face in Joe Schmidt, says Simon Easterby. The sides will renew their rivalry in a highly-anticipated quarter-final at the Stade de […]