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As the United States and China prepare for talks this month, the trade dispute is doing real harm to the American economy, and if it triggers a recession, will represent a real threat to Trump’s re-election prospects. Job growth slowed in September, according to data released on Friday, and factory activity fell as a key manufacturing index declined to its weakest since the end of the Great Depression. As Beijing and Washington imposed tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars in goods, Trump has stood firm, accusing China of destroying American manufacturing with unfair trade practices....

In a statement on Saturday, Trump praised Duffy, calling him “very popular and capable.” “He would be fantastic!” the former president said in a statement Saturday. “A champion athlete, Sean loves the people of Wisconsin, and would be virtually unbeatable. His wife, Rachel, is likewise an incredible person.” Duffy served in Congress from 2011 until 2019 and represented Wisconsin’s conservative 7th district, which covers the northwest part of the state....

According to Black Ops’ design director, when asked if Annihilation would be the last map pack, gamers should keep their eyes peeled for more information in the weeks to come. Whether or not this means that more map packs are on the way is unclear, but obviously something worthwhile is in the pipeline. Though most figured that the map pack offerings for Black Ops would end some time before the big push to promote Modern Warfare 3, it wouldn’t be unexpected for Treyarch to continue DLC support in conjunction with the Call of Duty Elite beta....

At first the Allegheny County coroner attributed Gage’s death to sudden infant death syndrome. But when he learned of the baby’s drug regimen, he changed his opinion. “Though the exact cause of Gage Stevens’ death cannot be determined morphologically, it most probably was due to a cardiac arrhythmia,” reads his report. “Based upon the anatomic findings described above, the clinical history, and the documented reports of adverse reactions associated with [Propulsid] (especially when this drug is taken simultaneously with [Tagamet]), the death of the nine-month-old infant is determined to be directly related to the therapy....

It is the seventh edition of the championship which was title-sponsored by Pepsi and Standard Chartered Bank. The final match was delayed due to a wet outfield and the slight drizzle due to the previous-night rain. After the outfield was dry, the match was reduced to 16 overs per side. Defending champions Armed Police Force (APF) won the toss and decided to bat first on a damp slow outfield and Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) restricted them to 112/7 in 16 overs....

That used to be the kind of shot that would take the fight out of opponent and push Woods to a win. Not so much anymore. Despite nailing the trickiest of shots, Woods still couldn’t muster enough good ones down the stretch to beat Brandt Snedeker on Thursday in the second round of pool play at the Dell Technologies Match Play. The shot was also emblematic of Woods’ first two days at a tournament he hasn’t played since 2013....

Triple H on WWE Chairman Vince McMahon’s relationship with The Undertaker Triple H said that when it came to their relationship in WWE, Vince McMahon and The Undertaker had worked together for a long time. To Vince McMahon, The Undertaker was the one person who was not going to walk away from the company if he received a bigger offer. The Undertaker was always straight-forward in his dealings in WWE with Vince McMahon, there was and has always been constant respect between the two most important figures on WWE....

The Celtics guard barreled to the left side of the lane, but he forgot to use his outside hand for the layup. He didn’t see Tristan Thompson coming. Thompson, who trailed the play, smacked Rozier’s shot off the backboard into George Hill’s hands, and by the time LeBron James scored on the other end Thompson was celebrating. Thompson brought that energy with 13 points, 12 rebounds and two of Cleveland’s eight blocks in a 111-102 victory Monday that sends the Eastern Conference finals back to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday with the series tied at two games apiece....

From the early 30s to the modern day, the simple idea of a massive monster wrecking a city has captivated audiences in a variety of contexts. Most come with their own mythos, but introducing an existing world of ancient fairy tales to the concept changes the context in many ways. RELATED: Gamera: Rebirth - A Look At A Lesser-Known Kaiju Troll begins with a brief primer on the rules of its titular monster....

Senior Dezmon Epps was one of several Idaho players who allegedly robbed $285 worth of merchandise from VandalStore on the university’s campus Aug. 16, The Spokesman-Review reported. MORE: Worst crimes committed by athletes | Week 1 overreactions The VandalStore manager declined to press charges and told police he could not remember the identities of the players involved in the robbery. Idaho head coach Paul Petrino returned the stolen items after he was made aware of the thefts and said the team will handle punishments internally....

A man in his 50s, whose identity was not revealed by authorities, drove his pickup truck right into a sinkhole in the St. Louis area of Forest Park on Wednesday. He reportedly said that he didn’t realize the barriers blocking the road were to keep drivers away from the construction site. The man told police that he thought the barriers had been placed on the road for Fourth of July celebrations, so he drove around them, according to St....

Wood served as Arizona’s attorney general from 1991 to 1999 when he identified as a Republican, and later became a Democrat in 2018. The former GOP official’s remarks came in response to the results of the controversial Cyber Ninjas audit of Arizona’s Maricopa County’s 2020 election results—which reaffirmed President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. The Cyber Ninjas audit had been launched by Arizona Senate Republicans due to Trump’s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud....

She is in a video, shared on YouTube, which opens with an image of waves crashing against a beach, and the disembodied radio voice of Trump saying, “The national motto, in God we trust.” In the next frame is a woman walking along a beach, although it is not clear it if is the same one, captioned, “Tracey from Florida.” A woman’s voice is then heard saying, “President Trump is doing a great job, I could not ask for a better president of the United States of America....

The Sacramento Valley office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) criticized Trump for retweeting a doctored image showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer wearing a turban and hijab while standing in front of the Iranian flag. The image, which Trump retweeted from another account, was posted by the president hours after “white power” and a swastika were sprayed on a sign in front of the Guru Maneyo Granth Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Center in Orangevale....

President Biden has been under fire in recent days by Republicans and Democrats after classified document were discovered at two sites. House Republicans now in the majority have set their sights on multiple investigations into Hunter Biden and other aspects of the Biden administration. Speculation has ramped up online after President Biden’s 2017 tax returns allegedly did not declare $49,910 in monthly rent payments from Hunter Biden. “Was Joe Biden really paid $50,000 a month by Hunter for a house that’s worth comparatively very little....

The new USDA rules will enable meat companies to dictate their own pace when it comes to the killing of livestock by removing maximum limits on line speed. They also increase the delegation of inspection responsibilities to local plant employees, who do not undergo the same training as government officials. Food safety and worker advocates quickly decried the changes, saying they will result in “the fox guarding the henhouse.”...

This week, the administration designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and the Yemeni Houthi militant organization as a terrorist organization. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also lifted curbs on official U.S. contacts with Taiwanese officials this weekend, and on Tuesday accused Iran of becoming a new “home base” for the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. The cascade of developments has angered American allies and enemies, who are awaiting Trump’s departure and preparing for a new administration led by President-Elect Joe Biden....

The Trump campaign’s latest attack has been a social media blitz over an article published by The New York Post on Wednesday. The Post’s article alleges that Hunter sought to use his father’s role as vice president during the administration of Democratic President Barack Obama to benefit himself and Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company that Hunter served on the board of from 2014 to 2019. The Post published what it claimed were emails showing that Burisma adviser Vadym Pozharskyi emailed Hunter in May 2014 asking Hunter for “advice on how you could use your influence” to aid the company....

Meadows was discussing the president’s symptoms, which he described as “mild,” and responding to a question about whether officials who were traveling with Trump on Thursday—including Dan Scavino, the deputy chief of staff for communications, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s adviser and son-in-law—plan to quarantine. “We’ve tested all of our core staff, and I can tell you that Mr. Kushner, Mr. Scavino, myself, a number of us have been tested and come back with negative results,” Meadows said....

The president credited his daughter, who has been promoting the administration’s workforce initiative, with the sky-high number during his speech at the Economic Club of New York. “And when she started this, two and half years ago, her goal was 500,000 jobs,” the president said, regarding the administration’s ‘Pledge to America’s Workers.’ “She has now created 14 million jobs,” Trump claimed, “And they are being trained by these great companies, the greatest companies in the world because the government cannot train them....