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Today’s college football slate is loaded from start to finish. A top-10 Holy War opens the day at noon ET, Alabama and LSU meet in Baton Rouge in the afternoon, and the night window brings Kentucky at Tennessee, Georgia at Ole Miss and No. 1 Miami at Notre Dame. FanDuel is giving new users $200 in bonus bets by betting $5 a day for four days, with no promo code required.

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The Underdog Nobody’s Talking About: Kentucky

Most of the attention today will go to Miami-Notre Dame and the Holy War, which makes Kentucky the most interesting spot on the board. The Wildcats are 7-1, 5-1 in the SEC and alone in first place in the conference. They’ve won five straight, including one-point wins over LSU and South Carolina and a 21-13 win at Oklahoma. They also had a bye week to prepare.

Tennessee is 6-2 but coming off a deflating 27-24 loss at South Carolina, and the Vols have struggled to finish against good teams. They did beat Alabama 26-10 and crushed Kentucky 56-34 last season, which is a big reason the market still sees Tennessee as the clear favorite at home.

Kentucky has done nothing but close games this season, and a 6.5-point spread gives the Wildcats room to lose and still cash. The first-place team in the SEC getting nearly a touchdown is a number worth backing, especially with Kentucky’s kicker, Adam Zouagui, reliable in tight finishes. Use your first $5 on the Wildcats.

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Today might be the best Saturday of the college football regular season. A top-10 Holy War kicks things off at noon ET, Alabama and LSU meet in Death Valley in the afternoon, and the night window brings Kentucky at Tennessee, Georgia at Ole Miss and unbeaten No. 1 Miami at Notre Dame. We’ve rounded up the best sportsbook and pick’em promos for new users, along with a play at each one.

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The theme across our plays today is simple: the underdogs are getting too many points.

BetMGM bonus code FOXNEWS covers your first bet up to $1,500, which makes it the place to take the biggest swing of the day. Miami is 8-0, ranked No. 1 and beat Notre Dame last season, yet it’s an underdog. Bet $100 on the Hurricanes and collect $275 if they win. If not, BetMGM refunds your $100 in bonus bets.

Fanatics Sportsbook promo code FOXNEWS350 gets you $350 in FanCash for a $20 bet. BYU has won the last three Holy Wars, all in close, physical games. Utah is unbeaten, but nearly a touchdown is a lot in a rivalry that’s been decided by small margins.

FanDuel gives new users $200 in bonus bets for betting $5 a day for four days, with no promo code required. Alabama has dominated this series, winning 15 of 23 meetings since 2004, including 20-9 last season. Getting more than a field goal with the Tide is worth backing.

Hard Rock Bet gives new users $500 in No Sweat Bets with a $5 wager, with a token every day for 10 days. Ole Miss knocked Georgia out of the playoff in January, has quarterback Trinidad Chambliss back and gets the Bulldogs at home at night. Take the points.

Underdog promo code FOXNEWS gets you $50 in bonus entries when you play $10. The last two Georgia-Ole Miss games produced 78 and 73 points, and Chambliss will be asked to carry the Rebels through the air at home.

Betr promo code FOXNEWS unlocks $200 in bonuses plus four free picks. With a 54.5 total in Baton Rouge, Alabama will need Russell to keep pace with LSU on the road, and he’s shown he can carry the Tide through the air.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Saturday she intends to appoint an ex-top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital during President Donald Trump's first term to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by lawyers and administration officials in a lawsuit challenging one of his prized Washington construction projects, the renovation of a historic public golf course along the Potomac River.

Jessie Liu, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, would examine whether officials with the Interior Department and the National Park Service and attorneys with the Department of Justice violated ethics or misled U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes during the course of the case that was initiated in February by the DC Preservation League and two golfers.

The Republican administration plans to close the East Potomac Golf Course and park on Nov. 15 with the intention of constructing a “World Class, championship-level golf course that is capable of hosting major events." An injunction issued by Reyes last month temporarily bars the government from removing or damaging any additional trees on the course and the administration must give 10 days’ notice in writing before making any “irreparable modification” to any “forms or features” of the course while the lawsuit is active.

Reyes is giving each side a chance to be heard on her plan to name Liu as special master in the case. They must do so in writing by Friday, when the next court hearing in the dispute is scheduled.

Reyes, who was nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden, wants to know whether federal officials lied about the extent of renovation plans during months of hearings. She also wants to know if they were truthful about various steps they took, including cutting hundreds of trees early last month. She announced during a hearing Oct. 30 that she was starting a formal investigation of the government's conduct. Earlier in the case, she had rejected numerous motions from the plaintiffs to step in, saying she trusted the government attorneys.

As the city's chief federal prosecutor, Liu oversaw some of the matters referred to her office by then-special counsel Robert Mueller during his investigation into possible ties between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia. Trump later nominated her to be associate attorney general, the third-highest ranking Justice Department job.

Liu withdrew from consideration after running into opposition on the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee because of her past membership in a lawyers’ group that has supported abortion rights. She eventually resigned from the group because, she said previously, it took left-leaning positions, and she is now part of her own law firm, Liu Shur Kravis LLP.

David Super, a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, said the initiation of a formal investigation by a judge to look into the conduct of a trial's participants "can be a precursor to holding someone in contempt of court.”

Super said it also is a reflection “of the difficulty she had in determining who initiated the tree-cutting in defiance of the assurances DOJ provided. She doesn’t have the time to keep holding long, complex hearings and so wants a special master to narrow the issues.”

Reyes ordered the Oct. 30 hearing after multiple Truth Social posts by Trump indicated there were plans for the golf course and construction was expected to begin Nov. 15. Trump said the park would be closed for 15 months while work goes on.

The presidential posts, which began Oct. 18, created a tense dynamic in multiple court hearings afterward when administration officials could not confirm the existence of the plans under questioning from Reyes. She eventually asked whom she should trust. The Justice Department filed notice Oct. 28 that the plans were real.

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Bedayn reported from Austin, Texas.

This article originally appeared on Associated Press at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/judge-wants-former-us-attorney-174249261.html

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By Phil Stewart

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Building on a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military said on Saturday it is launching a task force to help crack ‌down on Tehran's movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material over its land borders and through the ‌Caspian Sea.

Task Force Iron Gate, which was first reported by Reuters, will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other US government agencies. ​Beyond movement of weapons, it will also focus on halting the flow of dual-use technologies used by Iran and stemming what Washington calls illegal revenue streams.

The establishment of the task force is the latest illustration of how the US is still searching for ways to increase pressure on Tehran, more than eight months after launching with Israel a war against the Islamic Republic.

While US ‌strikes have dealt devastating blows to Iran's conventional ⁠military and the US naval blockade has severely restricted its crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Iran still poses a formidable threat to the region and its ⁠rulers have tightened their grip on the country.

IRAN'S SECRET NETWORK

A Reuters investigation found Iran has created a secret network of military agencies to import at least $2 billion in hardware, explosives and heavy-duty trucks since January 2025, evading both the US naval blockade and Western ​sanctions.

The ​material entered Iran by cargo ship across the Caspian Sea from ​Russia, by truck from Central Asia, and by freight ‌planes from China, the Reuters investigation showed.

US Central Command said the task force will coordinate with other government agencies. A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that was expected to include the Treasury, State and Justice Departments but also the intelligence community.

"Strengthening CENTCOM’s collaboration with US interagency partners will further constrain Iran’s ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish their military," Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of Central Command, said in a statement.

Central Command estimated that its ‌naval blockade has prevented Iran from exporting more than $25 billion in ​crude oil.

Still, Iran has proven resilient and gloated following US midterm election ​results that punished Trump's Republican Party, giving control of ​Congress to opposition Democrats. Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war for electoral rout, and ‌appeared to question whether the conflict was worth it.

Mediators ​have intensified efforts in recent ​days to end the war between Iran and the United States amid fears it could reignite after the US midterm elections.

Trump has been threatening to carry out a new offensive against Iran, putting countries in the Gulf ​on edge, since Tehran has threatened broad ‌retaliation against Gulf infrastructure.

Reuters has reported that US intelligence assessments in recent months have indicated that renewed strikes ​on Iran would not fundamentally change Tehran's negotiating position or lead to the fall of Iran's government.

(Reporting ​by Phil Stewart; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Tomasz Janowski)

This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/exclusive-expanding-naval-blockade-us-133922238.html

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