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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When the San Francisco 49ers used a third-round pick to draft Jake Moody last year, the hope was it would settle their kicking position for years to come. A shaky second half to Moody's second season with San Francisco has put that into question headed to the offseason. Moody missed his sixth field goal in the past seven games last week, leading to questions about whether the 49ers will need to replace him or at least bring in competition for next season. Coach Kyle Shanahan expressed confidence in Moody on Thursday, attributing some of the struggles to a high ankle sprain he suffered in his kicking leg earlier in the season. “I still feel the same about him, that I believe he is going to be our guy," Shanahan said. “Everyone has got to perform and do things like that and I think he has had a tough year. ... I thought he was doing really well and then had a high ankle sprain to his kicking foot. Since he’s come back, he hasn’t been as consistent, obviously. But I think a lot of that probably has to do with that, just common-sense wise.” Moody got off to a strong start this season, making all six field goals he attempted in the season opener and going 13 for 14 before injuring his ankle while attempting to make a tackle on a kickoff return in Week 5. He missed three games and has struggled since he returned. He missed three field goals in first first game back at Tampa Bay, two more in the snow at Buffalo in Week 13 and then a 41-yarder last week against the Dolphins. “That’s the great thing about kicking is, you can be as talented as whoever and you can struggle,” Moody said. “I feel like this year, I’ve struggled. It doesn’t really waver my confidence or anything. I feel like, throughout my entire life, I’ve gone through struggles, I’ve gone through high points. The biggest thing is to just stay consistent, not change anything.” Moody had an up-and-down rookie season, making 21 of 25 field goals in the regular season and missing only one extra point. But he missed a potential game-winning kick in a loss at Cleveland and missed field goals in playoff wins against Green Bay and Detroit. Moody then made three field goals in the Super Bowl with two coming from more than 50 yards, including a go-ahead 53-yard kick late in the fourth quarter against Kansas City. But Moody also had an extra point blocked in that game. “I believe we’ve got the right guy and I think that eventually, I think he has shown that at times,” Shanahan said. "I thought he showed that at times his rookie year. I thought he showed that big time being 12 out of 13 to start this year. And I think he’ll show us all that in the future.” NOTES: The Niners placed LT Trent Williams on IR after his ankle injury hasn't healed as quickly as hoped. Shanahan didn't think there were any long-term issues. ... LB Dre Greenlaw (calf) will be shut down for the rest of the season after playing parts of two games in his return from a torn left Achilles tendon. ... OL Spencer Burford (calf) didn't practice but might be able to play this week. ... San Francisco has signed two OL this week, adding Matt Hennessy and Charlie Heck. ... RB Isaac Guerendo (hamstring, foot) was limited but appears on track to play this week. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLHow Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes

President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House on Jan. 20, as President Joe Biden moves out, with the White House set to revert to how it was four years ago in more ways than one. Trump's famous Diet Coke button will be one of the things returning, according to a report from the Daily Mail. The red button, which was on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, summoned a butler to bring Trump his favorite drink when pressed. Trump's Diet Coke button was removed by Biden shortly after taking office in 2021. Other previous arrangements of furniture and portraits will also return to how they were under Trump's first administration, the outlet reported. The quick transition will mark a tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, which holds less fanfare than the inauguration ceremony on the west front of the Capitol Building. Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump made their mark on the White House in 2020 with various renovations, including to the Rose Garden. Once the turnover happens on Jan. 20, 2025, the White House will look similar to how it previously appeared and will be staffed with many of the same people as his first term. Non-political White House staff largely remains the same throughout the different presidents. During the transition from Trump to Biden four years ago, the Trump White House team prepared to leave the executive mansion even as the then-president continued to contest his election loss. In the weeks before Trump's Jan. 20, 2021, exit, White House staff moved things out of the office buildings and residential parts of the mansion. By the time Biden arrived at the White House after being sworn in, much of his stuff was being moved into the executive mansion. The move-out process for the outgoing president concludes when he is out of office, and the move-in process begins for the newly sworn-in president at 12:01 p.m. when his items are unpacked from moving vehicles and put in their place. A 2021 report from the New York Times says the process of moving out one president, deep cleaning the residence, and moving in another president takes roughly five hours. The White House staff of roughly 90 people packed and unpacked the president's belongings and stock and rearranged the White House to the incoming president's liking. Previous transitions between administrations at the White House have had oddities. When President Bill Clinton moved out of the White House in January 2001, newly inaugurated President George W. Bush and his staff were greeted with an executive mansion with roughly $15,000 in damage , according to a General Accounting Office report. The incoming Bush administration accused the outgoing Clinton administration of vandalizing offices in the White House, among other damage to the executive mansion. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The transitions from Bush to President Barack Obama and from Obama to Trump were less controversial than the Clinton to Bush changeover. Biden's exit from the White House will also likely come with additional scrutiny after the outgoing president and the incoming president's records with the handling of classified documents after leaving office came under scrutiny in recent years.Mukesh Ambani NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani 's Reliance Industries Ltd has signed a deal to import crude oil worth $12-13 billion a year from Russia's Rosneft for 10 years, sources said. Russian state oil firm Rosneft will supply up to 500,000 barrels per day (25 million tonne a year) of crude oil to Reliance, they said. Reached for comments, a Reliance spokesperson said Russia is currently the largest supplier of crude oil to India. "We are always engaged with a number of international suppliers, including from Russia, for sourcing feedstock for our refinery. As per practice, such supply contracts are done for the following year. The number of cargoes will vary depending on economics given the prevailing market conditions," the spokesperson said. The deal comes ahead of President Vladimir Putin's planned visit to India. PTI & Reuters Reliance-Rosneft deal has 10-year extension option Under the deal, Rosneft would deliver 20-21 Aframax-sized cargoes (80,000 to 100,000 metric tons) of various Russian crude grades and three cargoes of about 100,000 tons each of fuel oil each month, the three sources said. The new deal accounts for roughly a half of Rosneft's seaborne oil exports from Russian ports, which leaves not much supply available for other traders and middlemen, one source said. From Jan to Oct, Reliance imported an average 405,000 barrels per day of Russian oil, up from 388,500 bpd in the same period last year, according to tanker data obtained from sources. The new deal between Rosneft and Reliance was discussed and approved during Rosneft's board meeting in Nov, two of the sources said. Supplies will start from Jan and are set to continue for 10 years with an option to extend the deal for another 10 years, the three sources said. The pricing of the grades to be supplied on delivered basis is set at differentials to the average Dubai price of the loading month, according to the sources. Ready to Master Stock Valuation? ET’s Workshop is just around the corner!

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) Shares Sold by MetLife Investment Management LLCEXCLUSIVE: David O. Sacks Productions, Mark Goffman and Getaway Entertainment are teaming to produce a feature-length film about Satoshi Nakamoto, the enigmatic founder of Bitcoin , with Sophia Banks set to direct. The movie, inspired by Andrew O’Hagan’s longform article “The Satoshi Affair,” will delve into the mystery surrounding the elusive creator of the world’s most revolutionary digital currency, blending investigative journalism with captivating storytelling. “This film will be akin to watching The Social Network without knowing who the Mark Zuckerberg character might actually be,” Sacks remarked. “I’m delighted that we have the correct team in place to bring O’Hagan’s investigation, and the events since that period, to life.” Producers David Sacks and Daniel Brunt optioned the article and took it to longtime collaborator Mark Goffman, who is adapting the screenplay and producing with Sacks and Brunt. Producing for Getaway Entertainment are Damiano Tucci, Banks and Arwen Elys Dayton. David Seimer is executive producing. The film will explore the dramatic events that led O’Hagan to investigate the mysterious figure known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, and his pursuit to uncover the true identity of the cryptic inventor behind Bitcoin. O’Hagan’s article was originally published in the London Review of Books as a long read and then published by Faber in the anthology The Secret Life . His first-person search for the truth takes readers on a journey through the technological innovation that has transformed the global financial system, along with the numerous eccentric and mercurial personalities he encountered. “We are so excited to be partnering with David, Daniel and Mark on this upcoming project,” said Tucci. “The story of Bitcoin’s creator is one that has captivated the world for years. We can’t wait to dive into one of the greatest modern-day mysteries and provide a deeper look into the world of cryptocurrency.” Goffman added, “What I love is that it isn’t another story about crypto fraudsters or even greed. This is the story of highly flawed, overlooked outsiders who rebelled against Wall Street in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis that took everything from them and millions of other people. And they’ve created a currency that has revolutionized the global financial industry.” Banks is known for her ability to blend gripping, character-driven narratives with thought-provoking themes. “The challenge of bringing such a complex story to life is one I am eager to take on,” said Banks, whose directing credits include the 2022 action thriller Black Site starring Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney. “This film will not only explore the question of ‘Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?’ but also the cultural and technological ripple effect that the creation of Bitcoin has had, and continues to have, on our world.” Getaway’s upcoming slate of projects includes the Cary Joji Fukunaga-helmed Blood on Snow starring Tom Hardy and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; Oh, Canada from Paul Schrader starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi and Michael Imperioli; Hand of Dante from Julian Schnabel with an ensemble cast including Gal Gadot, Oscar Isaac, Gerard Butler, Jason Momoa and Al Pacino; and The Luckiest Man In America starring Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Maisie Williams, David Strathairn and Johnny Knoxville.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the Jan. 6, 2021 , U.S. Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was committed to holding accountable all perpetrators “at any level” for “the assault on our democracy.” That bold declaration won't apply to at least one person: Donald Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith's move on Monday to abandon the federal election interference case against Trump means jurors will likely never decide whether the president-elect is criminally responsible for his attempts to cling to power after losing the 2020 campaign. The decision to walk away from the election charges and the separate classified documents case against Trump marks an abrupt end of the Justice Department’s unprecedented legal effort that once threatened his liberty but appears only to have galvanized his supporters. The abandonment of the cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats he was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump's political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. “We always knew that the rich and powerful had an advantage, but I don’t think we would have ever believed that somebody could walk away from everything,” said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and former Justice Department official. “If there ever was a Teflon defendant, that’s Donald Trump.” While prosecutors left the door open to the possibility that federal charges could be re-filed against Trump after he leaves office, that seems unlikely. Meanwhile, Trump's presidential victory has thrown into question the future of the two state criminal cases against him in New York and Georgia. Trump was supposed to be sentenced on Tuesday after his conviction on 34 felony counts in his New York hush money case , but it's possible the sentencing could be delayed until after Trump leaves office, and the defense is pushing to dismiss the case altogether. Smith's team stressed that their decision to abandon the federal cases was not a reflection of the merit of the charges, but an acknowledgement that they could not move forward under longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Trump's presidential victory set “at odds two fundamental and compelling national interests: On the one hand, the Constitution’s requirement that the President must not be unduly encumbered in fulfilling his weighty responsibilities . . . and on the other hand, the Nation’s commitment to the rule of law,” prosecutors wrote in court papers. The move just weeks after Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Trump accused prosecutors of bringing the charges in a bid to keep him out of the White House, and he promised revenge on his perceived enemies if he won a second term. “If Donald J. Trump had lost an election, he may very well have spent the rest of his life in prison,” Vice President-elect JD Vance, wrote in a social media post on Monday. “These prosecutions were always political. Now it’s time to ensure what happened to President Trump never happens in this country again.” After the Jan. 6 attack by Trump supporters that left more than 100 police officers injured, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and several other Republicans who voted to acquit Trump during his Senate impeachment trial said it was up to the justice system to hold Trump accountable. The Jan. 6 case brought last year in Washington alleged an increasingly desperate criminal conspiracy to subvert the will of voters after Trump's 2020 loss, accusing Trump of using the angry mob of supporters that attacked the Capitol as “a tool” in his campaign to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence and obstruct the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory. Hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters — many of whom have said they felt called to Washington by Trump — have pleaded guilty or been convicted by juries of federal charges at the same courthouse where Trump was supposed to stand trial last year. As the trial date neared, officials at the courthouse that sits within view of the Capitol were busy making plans for the crush of reporters expected to cover the historic case. But Trump's argument that he enjoyed absolute immunity from prosecution quickly tied up the case in appeals all the way up to the Supreme Court. The high court ruled in July that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution , and sent the case back to the trial court to decide which allegations could move forward. But the case was dismissed before the trial court could get a chance to do so. The other indictment brought in Florida accused Trump of improperly storing at his Mar-a-Lago estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, enlisting aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showing off a Pentagon “plan of attack” and classified map. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case in July on grounds that Smith was illegally appointed . Smith appealed to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but abandoned that appeal on Monday. Smith's team said it would continue its fight in the appeals court to revive charges against Trump's two co-defendants because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” In New York, jurors spent weeks last spring hearing evidence in a state case alleging a Trump scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex. New York prosecutors recently expressed openness to delaying sentencing until after Trump's second term, while Trump's lawyers are fighting to have the conviction dismissed altogether. In Georgia, a trial while Trump is in office seems unlikely in a state case charging him and more than a dozen others with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The case has been on hold since an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case. Associated Press reporter Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — On a damp Wednesday night with temperatures dipping into the 30s, fans in sparsely filled stands bundled up to watch Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 37-30 on gray turf. The lopsided game was not particularly notable, but it was played on one of the nights the Mid-American Conference has made its own: A weeknight. “A lot of the general public thinks we play all of our games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not just some of them in November,” MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a telephone interview this week. “What it has done is help take what was a pretty darned good regional conference and has given it a national brand and made it a national conference.” When the conference has played football games on ESPN or ESPN2 over the last two seasons, the linear television audience has been 10 times larger than when conference schools meet on Saturdays and get lost in the shuffle when viewers have many more choices. The most-watched MAC game over the last two years was earlier this month on a Wednesday night when Northern Illinois won at Western Michigan and there were 441,600 viewers, a total that doesn’t include streaming that isn’t captured by Nielsen company. During the same span, the linear TV audience has been no larger than 46,100 to watch two MAC teams play on Saturdays. “Having the whole nation watching on Tuesday and Wednesday night is a huge deal for the MAC,” Eastern Michigan tight end Jere Getzinger said. “Everybody wants to watch football so if you put it on TV on a Tuesday or Wednesday, people are going to watch.” ESPN has carried midweek MAC football games since the start of the century. ESPN and the conference signed a 13-year extension a decade ago that extends their relationship through at least the 2026-27 season. The conference has made the most of the opportunities, using MACtion as a tag on social media for more than a decade and it has become a catchy marketing term for the Group of Five football programs that usually operate under the radar in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and New York. Attendance does tend to go down with weeknight games, keeping some students out of stadiums because they have class or homework and leading to adults staying away home because they have to work the next morning. “The tradeoff is the national exposure,” Buffalo coach Pete Lembo said. “You know November nights midweek the average fan is going to park on the couch, have a bowl of chips and salsa out in front, and watch the game from there." When the Bulls beat Ball State 51-48 in an overtime thriller on a Tuesday night earlier this month, the announced attendance was 12,708 and that appeared to be generous. There were many empty seats after halftime. “You watch the games on TV, the stadiums all look like this,” Buffalo fan Jeff Wojcicki said. “They are not packed, but it’s the only game on, and you know where to find it.” Sleep and practice schedules take a hit as well, creating another wave of challenges for students to attend class and coaches to prepare without the usual rhythm of preparing all week to play on Saturday. “Last week when we played at Ohio in Athens, we had a 4-four bus ride home and got home at about 3:30 a.m.,” Eastern Michigan center Broderick Roman said. “We still had to go to class and that was tough, but it's part of what you commit to as an athlete.” That happens a lot in November when the MAC shifts its unique schedule. During the first two weeks of the month, the conference had 10 games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays exclusively. This week, there were five games on Tuesday and Wednesday while only one was left in the traditional Saturday slot with Ball State hosting Bowling Green. Next week, Toledo plays at Akron and Kent State visits Buffalo on Tuesday night before the MAC schedule wraps up with games next Friday and Saturday to determine which teams will meet in the conference title game on Dec. 7 in Detroit. In all, MAC teams will end up playing about 75% of their games on a Saturday and the rest on November weeknights. When the Eagles wrapped up practice earlier this week, two days before they played the Bulls, tight end Jere Getzinger provided some insight into the effects of the scheduling quirk. “It's Monday, but for us it's like a Thursday,” he said. Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler said he frankly has a hard time remembering what day it is when the schedule shift hits in November. “The entire week gets turned upside down,” Loeffler said. “It’s wild, but it’s great for the league because there’s two days a week this time of year that people around the country will watch MAC games.” AP freelance writer Jonah Bronstein contributed to this report. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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How will artificial intelligence transform energy innovation?Percentages: FG .373, FT .667. 3-Point Goals: 4-15, .267 (Lee 1-2, Shogbonyo 1-3, Akins 1-4, Addo-Ankrah 1-5, Pickett 0-1). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 2 (Lopez-Sanvicente 2). Turnovers: 11 (Shogbonyo 3, Craig 2, Akins, Bowen, Lee, Lopez-Sanvicente, Mani, Pickett). Steals: 5 (Lee 5). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .431, FT .833. 3-Point Goals: 4-16, .250 (Gonsalves 2-6, Bieker 1-1, Riley 1-1, Rainwater 0-1, Turay 0-1, Berrett 0-3, Byrd 0-3). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 4 (Ariyibi, Berrett, Rainwater, Riley). Turnovers: 9 (Byrd 3, Ariyibi 2, Rainwater 2, Riley, Schenck). Steals: 6 (Gonsalves 3, Hutchings, Riley, Turay). Technical Fouls: None. A_102 (4,779).Horrified neighbours heard screams of "I can't breathe" as two women died in a horror double Christmas Day stabbing . At a home in a block of apartments in Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, around 6.36pm yesterday, the women, aged 24 and 38, were found dead - with forensic teams spotted near the address after Thames Valley police cordoned off the quiet residential street. A man and a teenage boy who were also injured are in a stable condition in hospital, the Mirror reports. A dog was stabbed in the incident and was taken to vets but did not survive. A large cordon remains in place around the property, and tributes can be seen placed outside. A man, 49, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the horror incident, police said. Thames Valley Police said officers were called to to the block of apartments at around 6.36pm after reports of a stabbing . Residents said they heard a commotion at the home before police were called, with one saying they initially believed people at the home were "messing about". But they later heard "screaming and shouting at the flat" with one woman complaining she couldn't breathe. They told The Sun: "At around 6pm a lady has come out of the balcony – she’s screaming ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.’ "They've been stabbed in the chest and the head. Suddenly someone has come out and the other person has run into our neighbour’s house. The dog ran out – it was a little white dog but you couldn’t tell - it was covered in blood. Within minutes there were about 12 ambulances." Photos taken at the scene show forensic officers combing the area for clues. A forensics team could be seen entering and walking up the stairs in a block of flats on Santa Cruz Avenue. A bloodied hand print could be seen on a metal rail, and specks of blood were still visible on window panes of the second floor flat. Two bunches of flowers were left tied to a fence near the flat. They were attached to two cuddly toys - a teddy bear and a pink flamingo. Numbered yellow evidence markers and first aid kits could be seen on the road and pavement outside the address, and on the boot of a car parked on the adjoining Trinidad Grove. Neighbours had described what they believed to be blood splattered on the front door of the Milton Keynes home. Forensic officers could be seen carefully examining evidence in the area around the flat, with numbered yellow tags placed next to the various evidence sites. Two doors up a house continued with a Boxing Day party with a reindeer with flashing lights and an inflatable Santa Claus. Stunned neighbours watched in disbelief as police officers sealed off the area. Kevin Hughes, 35, said: “no-one really knows what’s gone on. I was away at relatives yesterday. But this morning the area was swarming with police. I didn’t know the people involved. It’s a right mixture around here. There’s some social housing mixed in with some quite nice townhouses.” Meanwhile another neighbour said emergency workers were treating someone in the street following the horror incident, explaining: "[Paramedics] were working on him in the street. And the other [victims] were covered in a white tarp." Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Brangwin, of the Major Crime Unit, said in a statement that the force was not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident and the victims were known to the suspect. He added that locals can expect an enhanced police presence in the area while investigations are carried out. He said: “We have launched a double murder investigation , which may be concerning to the wider public. However, we have made an arrest and are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident and the parties are known to each other. “Members of the public will see a large police presence in the area while our investigation takes place. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to approach our officers and they will do their best to help." Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond. Sign up to our daily newsletter .Meta faces April trial in FTC case seeking to unwind Instagram merger

COMEDIAN Bill Maher has slammed Democrats for cutting off Trump-supporting relatives over Christmas as he called on the country to "come together." Speaking on his Come Together podcast the comedian hit out at what he said was "the left's" ideological purity that led to them ostracizing anyone who had voted for the Republican in November's presidential election . In a conversation with the veteran comedian Jay Leno, 74, Maher argued that the worst thing anyone could do in liberal circles was "be friends with a Republican." Bringing up the late Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr., the pair talked about the controversy when he was photographed hugging Republican President Richard Nixon. "Sammy - when he hugged Nixon, he was ostracized by the left a lot," Maher said, describing it as a sign of what was to come. "We live in this time when you're not allowed to have friends from the other side or cross lines politically," Leno added. READ MORE ON DONALD TRUMP Talking about the strained relations in many politically divided families this holiday season, Maher slammed those who were refusing to speak to their Trump -voting relatives. "Just the idea that, you know, 'cut your family off for Thanksgiving if they voted for the wrong guy,'" he said. "F**k off, you f**ks." This isn't the first time Maher, 68, has espoused similar opinions. Most read in The US Sun He previously hit out at Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun, who controversially said it was fine to cut off relatives who voted for Trump and to not be with them for the holidays in an interview with MSNBC's Joy Reid . Maher was speaking on his HBO show Real Time in the aftermath of Trump's election victory over Kamala Harris. "You know who I really wouldn't want to have Thanksgiving dinner with? This overly educated i.e. extremely stupid, Ivory Tower academic, but I would because if we ever want this nation to heal, this is what we have to do, force ourselves to reach out and find out why someone feels the way they do, and make the choices they make without prejudging them a monster," he said. "And they must do the same for you." New figures show that almost half of adults are estranged from a close relation. Of those, around 40% blame the split directly on political differences. In the days following his dominant Election Day victory, President-elect Donald Trump has begun carving out his future administation. Here's a list of Trump's confirmed cabinet picks: Susie Wiles - White House Chief of Staff Dr. Mehmet Oz - Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Stephen Miller - Deputy Chief of Staff Bill McGinley - White House counsel Tom Homan - "Border Czar" Elise Stefanik - Ambassador to the United Nations Lee Zeldin - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Marco Rubio - Secretary of State Kristi Noem - Homeland Security Secretary Mike Huckabee - Ambassador to Israel John Ratcliffe - CIA director Pete Hegseth - Secretary of Defense Mike Waltz - National Security Advisor Steven Witkoff - Middle East envoy Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy - Department of Government Efficiency Tim Scott - Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee Tulsi Gabbard - Director of National Intelligence Matt Gaetz - nominated for Attorney General but later refused the position Pam Bondi - nominated for Attorney general just hours after Gaetz's withdrawal Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , Secretary of Health and Human Services Jay Clayton - US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Doug Burgum - Department of Interior Todd Blanche - Deputy Attorney General Karoline Leavitt - White House Press Secretary Chris Wright - Energy Secretary Doug Collins - Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs William McGinley - White House Counsel Steven Cheung - White House Communications Director William Owen Scharf - Assistant to the President and White House Staff Secretary Dean John Sauer - Solicitor General of the US Commissioner Brendan Carr - Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Linda McMahon: Education Secretary Matthew Whitaker - NATO ambassador Scott Bessent - Treasury Secretary Keith Kellogg - Special envoy to Russia, Ukraine Warren Stephens - Ambassador to the UK Almost half say of those estranged over politics say the break occurred within the past year, with 1 in 7 saying it happened in the run-up to the election. A third of American adults say their relative's political believes have left them feeling uncomfortable at a family gathering over the past year. On top of that, a third worried that political arguments would darken upcoming family gatherings. But the evidence suggests the divisions aren't irreconcilable. Read More on The US Sun Just over half of those estranged because of politics say they want to patch things up, and that an apology from the relative or a change in behavior may increase the chances of that. However, fewer see reconnection as likely.What went wrong on the onside kick that almost cost the Vikings?

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