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A majority of the audience at the Cobb County, Georgia, policy conference were reportedly seen not wearing masks at the event, which was highlighted by GOP politicians and pastors praising the president. Video of the event showed few people wearing face coverings or practicing social distancing in the Cobb Galleria’s main ballroom. At least one speaker at the event, Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, had recently been in close contact with Trump over the past week....

In a public briefing on Tuesday, a journalist asked McCarthy if he could characterize how the Republican party might look different moving beyond President Trump. “Well, you’re assuming President Trump is moving on,” McCarthy began before asserting his belief that Trump will continue to play a part in the nation “regardless of whether he’s president again or he’s citizen Trump.” As such, McCarthy echoed the sentiment of numerous congressional Republicans who continue to suggest that Trump could still successfully contest the election results by having hundreds of thousands of ballots in several key swing states thrown out so that he is declared president-elect rather than his Democratic opponent, President-elect Joe Biden....

Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon and Indiana’s Tevin Coleman are putting up ridiculous rushing statistics every week. That continued in Week 7; Gordon and Coleman became the first two FBS running backs to crack the 1,000-yard mark this season. That continued Saturday. Here are five reasons why Gordon and Coleman are ridiculous. — Coleman finished with 219 rushing yards in a 45-29 loss to Iowa. He’s run his total up to a FBS-best 1,060 yards....

Microsoft’s Search for the Best App Recently, Microsoft published an Office form titled “App Nominations: Your favorite apps in the Microsoft Store on Windows”. The form asks survey takers several questions about their favorite app on the Microsoft Store, including the reasons why they chose that app in particular. If you want to get involved, follow the link above and get answering. However, Microsoft does list the following restrictions for which apps you can nominate as the best on the Microsoft Store:...

Automatically Delete OTP Messages in Google Messages As first spotted by XDA Developers, the latest beta version of Google Messages brings with it the ability to automatically find and delete OTP messages on your phone. This removes the hassle of manually finding and removing such messages from your device. While the feature is currently still in beta, it wouldn’t be too long before you see it in stable releases of the app....

It was in the year 2021 when the support was announced but now it is finally being rolled out. How Google Pay users can change their default language to ‘Hinglish’? Google Pay users can easily switch to Hinglish on their app. Read the steps below to know how: First of all, the user needs to launch the Google Pay app on his deviceThen, on the top right there will either be the initial of the name or the profile pictureTap on that and there you will see the ‘Settings’ option click on it...

To put your mind at ease, the Google Play Store has begun displaying privacy labels on all its apps to give people more visibility into their data collection policies. The information will be listed under a new Data Safety section on the Play Store, and though it was announced in May last year, it has only just begun rolling out. “As a privacy-conscious informed consumer, having Google’s provided labels aids in decision making,” Melissa Bischoping, Endpoint Security Research Specialist at Tanium, told Lifewire over email....

The March 2022 Feature Drop adds several new things to eligible Google Pixel phones, including Night Sight support in Snapchat. Here are five new features coming to your Google Pixel phone as part of the update. 1. Night Sight in Snapchat Good news to all Snapchat users on Pixel phones because Google is now bringing its amazing Night Sight mode inside the app. With Night Sight, you will now capture more vibrant and detailed low-light photos and videos directly inside Snapchat without using the flash....

As announced by Google last year, the Google Chat tab is being rolled out for Gmail users with free accounts. By default, the redesign is not available, but it can be enabled via Gmail Settings > Early Access option for Android and web users. Once enabled users will get access to four tabs: Mail Meet Chat and Rooms After looking at this, a question is why is Google making these changes?...

“I’ve delivered 500 babies in my career,” Jensen, a physician and former state lawmaker, says in the ad. “Abortion is divisive, and [Minnesota Governor] Tim Walz is weaponizing the issue. In Minnesota, it’s a protected constitutional right, and no governor can change that. And I’m not running to do that.” Jensen goes on to say he’s running for governor because “we need safe streets, excellent schools, parental rights and more money in the family budget....

“I grew up as a Republican because I believe in smaller government and strong national defense and that’s being destroyed by conspiracies right now and anger,” said Kinzinger on CNN’s State of the Union. “I really do worry about the future of my party,” the congressman added. When asked if he was worried about what the president may do during his remaining weeks in office, Kinzinger said: “If you convince people that, you know, Congress can change a legitimate election and everything was stolen, there’s a deep state slash QAnon theory driving this which is that it’s Satanists pedophiles that run the government....

“I lost two legs for @jaketapper’s right to say whatever the hell he wants, but that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking Constitutional questions about the election,” Mast wrote in a tweet. Mast’s comments were in response to criticism from Tapper after he voted in opposition of President Donald Trump’s impeachment following the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6....

Collins, who said Trump was “unworthy” to be president before the 2016 election, has been guarded in her remarks about him as she seeks reelection. During the debate, she was asked about whether Trump had “failed” in protecting Americans from COVID-19, after portions of the president’s comments in interviews for Bob Woodward’s upcoming book Rage revealed that he had intentionally downplayed the threat. “I believe that the president should have been straightforward with the American people,” Collins said....

Although previously pledging not to exceed two terms, Johnson’s new television ads frame his reelection campaign as fixing a broken country. “That’s not how it felt when I ran in 2016,” Johnson says, speaking directly to the camera in the ad. “Back then, I intended to serve a second term and go home. But now with Democrats in total control, our nation is on a very dangerous path.” According to Johnson’s campaign spokesman Dylan Lefler, the ads will run on both broadcast and cable stations across Wisconsin for the next few weeks and are part of a six-figure media buy....

Senator Marsha Blackburn, the first term senator from Tennessee, appeared on Fox News on Friday where she discussed the upcoming vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual bill that sets policies and funding for the country’s various defense agencies. Blackburn, often noted to be one of the most conservative members of Congress, said that Republicans will work to ensure that the latest NDAA will not allow service members to be fired for not being vaccinated against COVID-19....

Republican Edward Durr was declared winner of the state senate race in South Jersey’s 3rd legislative district by the Associated Press on Thursday. At the time the race was called, Durr was ahead of Democrat Stephen Sweeney by roughly 2,000 votes. Durr entered the race as a long shot against Sweeney, who has held the office for a dozen years and is currently president of the state senate. Durr told Politico he was “walking on eggshells” while the results were being recorded, though he held a sizable lead since Wednesday....

Griffin, who served in various White House rolls including the director of strategic communications during former President Donald Trump’s time in office, said she believes Republicans will keep him around for fundraising during the midterms. “Republicans are going to keep him around through 2022 because he will be helpful in winning back House seats, getting back the House majority,” she said on CNN’s State of the Union. “He is monster fundraiser....

A national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Wednesday found that although a 61 percent majority of GOP men said they would take the vaccine, only 34 percent GOP women agreed. Democratic women also appeared to be more reluctant than their male counterparts, although both were more likely to agree than Republicans, with 85 percent of men and 70 percent of women saying they would choose to be vaccinated. However, a 71 percent majority of Independent women said they would take the vaccine, more than the 62 percent of Independent men who agreed....

Kahne led the most laps — his best performance of the season — and was in control until Jeff Gordon beat him on the final restart, leading to Kahne’s sixth-place finish. For Kahne and a handful of other established winners, it was another race and another missed opportunity without a win. “Yeah, no kidding. I know that,” Kahne said when reminded of his status by a TV reporter after the race....