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Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images “By the way, somebody just said, ‘Your hair looks different today,'” Trump said at the Future Farmers of America convention in Indianapolis on Saturday. “I said, ‘Well, I was standing under the wing of Air Force One doing a news conference early this morning, a very unfortunate news conference. And the wind was blowing and the rain, and I was soaking wet, and that’s what I ended up with today,'” Trump continued....

Lawmakers of both major parties denounced Trump for encouraging a large group of his supporters to march on the Capitol during a joint session of Congress, where protesters descended into a violent mob — and five people died. On Wednesday,Trump was impeached, for the second time, for inciting an insurrection against the government. Depending on the outcome of his Senate trial, he may be barred from ever holding federal office again....

PresidentDonald Trumpthis week criticized Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, arguing they should “recuse” from “Trump related” legal cases because of what he implied was their liberal bias. “It’s very obvious,” Trump, 73, said during a news conference on Tuesday, the second day of his trip to India, according toUSA Today. “Justice Ginsburg should [recuse herself] because she went wild during the campaign. Perhaps she was for Hillary Clinton....

Photo: Twitter PresidentDonald Trumphas been publicly feuding this week with an unusual opponent: a former top official in his administration who criticized the president’s recent visit to Ohio and Texas. Anthony Scaramuccidrew his former boss’ ire after a Thursdayinterview with MSNBCin which he said Trump wasmaking the trips to cities healing from mass shootingsall about him. “The president didn’t do well on the trip. He’d probably be mad at somebody for saying that, maybe he’ll tweet something negative about somebody for saying that,” said Scaramucci, who made headlinesfor a days-long tenure asthe White House communications director in 2017....

After a weekend tweet-storm and a Wednesday speech, PresidentDonald Trumpagain attacked the late Arizona Sen.John McCainin an interview withFox Business Networkthat aired Friday morning. Both Trump and the Kremlin deny the claims and some details of the dossier have not been verified, though many have “held up over time” or “proved to be partially true,” according to CNN. Trump said Friday the dossier “was a fake, it was a fraud” and that McCain passed it to the FBI “for very evil purposes....

Charles Herbster.Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Republican Charles Herbster — who in recent weeks has facedseveral allegations of groping women, but still secured the endorsement of former PresidentDonald Trump— lost Nebraska’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. In the end, University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen won the state’s Republican nomination for governor,the Associated Press reports. In April, eight women — including a Republican state senator — toldThe Nebraska Examinerthat Herbster, then a leading contender in the GOP primary race, had touched them inappropriately or forcibly kissed them at public events....

Photo: Courtesy Angela Kennecke Angela Kennecke of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, an investigative reporter for CBS affiliate KELO, tells PEOPLE she made the broadcasts about her daughter, Emily Groth, so other families won’t feel her pain. “If I can prevent one other mother from going through the heartbreak I am going through, it’s good that I spoke out,” she tells PEOPLE. An autopsy revealed Emily had six times what would be considered a therapeutic dose of fentanyl for a large adult male, and she died almost instantly, Kennecke says....

Tyler Perryis sharing some sweet words about his close, longtime friendCicely Tyson. The entertainment mogul wrote a heartfelt tribute to Tyson on Thursday night after learning she had died at the age of 96. Tyson and Perry, 51, worked together on several films beginning with 2005’sDiary of a Mad Black Womanas well asWhy Did I Get Married?, Madea’s Family ReunionandWhy Did I Get Married Too? “I was sitting at the table working when I got this overwhelming feeling to watch Miss Jane Pittman....

Photo: VCG via Getty “The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic games given the [People’s Republic of China’s] ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses,” Psaki said at a Monday briefing. She continued: “The athletes on team USA have our full support. We will be behind them 100 percent as we cheer them on from home....

U.S. Embassy In Vienna.Photo: Thomas Kronsteiner/GettyThe State Department is investigatingreports of illnesses among up to two dozen U.S. officialsstationed in Vienna that have cropped up since the beginning of the year, a situation that mirrors one in Havana, Cuba.CNN reports that the health incidents impacted U.S. diplomats, intelligence officials and other government personnel in Austria, with one source telling the outlet that a handful of those impacted were transported to the US....

Elon Musk.Photo: spacex. Inset: Getty Officials in Ukraine announced they have received a shipment of satellite internet terminals fromElon Muskto help them remain onlineas they continue to resist Russia’s invasion. Over the weekend, Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation Mykhailo Fedorov reached out to Musk on Twitter asking him to allow access SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service, Starlink. “While you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine!” Fedorovwrote....

Photo:Kin Cheung/APUkrainian tennis player Lyudmyla Kichenok wants her mixed doubles win at Wimbledon to serve as inspiration to her fellow countrymen.“I try to encourage the people in Ukraine with my performance,” the 30-year-old Kichenoksaid on courtfollowing Thursday’s match. “I hope it’s going to help them a little bit because they are fighting for their freedom.”Kichenok and her partner, 30-year-old Mate Pavic of Croatia, won the title in three sets (6-4, 6-7 (9), 6-3) over Xu Yifan of China and Joran Vliegen of Belgium....

Todd Woodcroft in 2019.Photo:Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images The University of Vermont has fired its men’s hockey coach Todd Woodcroft over “inappropriate text messages” with a student. Woodcroft was “relieved of his duties” effective immediately after the university conducted an internal investigation on Tuesday. According to astatementfrom the Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman, Woodcroft engaged in “inappropriate text messages with a UVM student on multiple occasions that failed to maintain professional boundaries....