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In March 2018, the Trump administration introduced steel and aluminum tariffs to counter what the president described as “aggressive foreign trade practices.” The president also took aim at Chinese goods as he started a trade war with Beijing that may be soon eased with a preliminary trade deal. However, Federal Reserve economists Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce concluded that any gains made by the tariffs in reducing competition for some U....

A tally of the president’s social media channels, including Twitter activity and Facebook status updates, shows he has increased the frequency of posts throughout this year. And the trend became more apparent in the run-up to the next presidential election on November 3, when he is pitted against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Between Monday 28 September and Sunday 11 October this year, leaving roughly three weeks (23 days) to the polls opening on November 3 election, Trump’s Twitter account was used 509 times—a figure that includes his personal posts and retweets....

Mattis served as commander of Central Command during the Obama administration but was removed over his hawkish views towards Iran. As President Trump’s defense secretary, Mattis wanted the president to keep American troops in Syria. When Trump refused, Mattis tendered his resignation. Trump accelerated the date of his resignation and claimed that Mattis had been fired. In the aftermath of Trump’s handling of the George Floyd protests in Washington, D....

America has been rocked by protests after the death of George Floyd with footballers around the world adding their voices to the Black Lives Matter movement. U.S. Soccer themselves have taken a surprisingly strong stance and announced earlier this week that players would no longer be forced to stand for the national anthem. Trump has now slammed that decision, however, vowing he won’t be watching the game again until the move is reversed....

In a post published on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “There is so much unnecessary turmoil in the Republican Party, in large part do to people like the Old Broken Crow, Mitch McConnell, his ‘wife’, Coco Chow, who is a sellout to China, and their RINO allies, who make it difficult for everyone else by constantly capitulating to Hopeless Joe Biden and the Democrats. “The 1.7 Trillion Dollar Green New Deal ‘booster’ that McConnell and the RINOS handed to the Dems last week was a real downer and embarrassment to Republicans!...

While showing his support for Palin as she attempts to win the Alaska congressional seat left vacant by the death of Don Young, Trump criticized McCain, who died in August 2018 of a brain tumor, and his presidential bid. In his endorsement of Palin, Trump described the former Republican vice presidential candidate as a “wonderful patriot” before adding it’s “my turn” to publicly back her as she did for him during his 2016 presidential campaign....

Speaking to Vanity Fair, the political consultant—whose time in White House communications totaled six days—suggested that “more damning” information on Trump would emerge and force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take action. “In the next three to six weeks, there will be more damning information related to the president” that will come out, Scaramucci said at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit at California’s Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts....

Romney told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that Trump returning to the White House would see “a pretty dramatic departure” for the nations of the world and could cause a reassessment of their relationship with the U.S. The senator’s comments come amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has seen the U.S. work closely with its NATO allies in providing assistance to Ukraine, imposing harsh sanctions on Russia and bolstering the alliance’s own defenses....

Having previously rejected a new deal to extend beyond 2018, the 18-year-old performed a U-turn on Tuesday to commit his future to the club in a deal that will reportedly pay him €6million-per-year. It marked the end of a dramatic saga in the transfer window, in which relations with his agent Mino Raiola and Milan soured as Donnarumma was linked with a host of Europe’s top clubs, including Real Madrid and Juventus....

Donnarumma, who made his debut for Milan as a 16-year-old and is already regarded as one of Italy’s top goalkeepers, stunned the supporters in June when his agent Mino Raiola told the club he did not want a new deal. But, after a month of negotiations, Milan said on Tuesday that Donnarumma would stay at the club until 2021. “I was raised at this club and I never had any doubts in my head about staying,” Donnarumma told reporters....

The Fortress of Doom will act as a home for the Doom Slayer when he is not ripping and tearing his way through the demon hordes of hell. Players will visit the space fortress in-between missions where they can train and unlock upgrades and items. The inclusion of this hub fortress is one of the biggest ways Doom Eternal is breaking from the structure of previous games in the series....

To understand the villainess and her history with the Doom Slayer, one must first understand the Maykr race. An extra-dimensional alien species comparable to Lovecraft’s cosmic horrors, the Maykrs are a hivemind that is rigidly structured by a sort of biological caste system. Like a queen bee, the Khan Maykr extends her will throughout all Maykrs, making it theoretically impossible for other Maykrs to defy her orders. But this galaxy-conquering race was initially created by an even more powerful, alien entity known only as the Father....

That’s what one modder has managed to do, at least. Over on ModDB, as spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, a user who goes by Wine_Toilet has uploaded an add-on simply called “FRENDOCACO.” This mod essentially makes it possible for Doom players to befriend one of the game’s demons, the Cacodemon. A tweet even shows a brief clip of it in action in which the Doomslayer pets one of them, inducing a bunch of hearts to float around the enemy....

Team members Maroun “GH” Merhej, Kuro “KuroKy” Takhasomi, Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov, Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi, and Aliwi “w33” Omar have all left Team Liquid to form a different team. The players and Liquid have not given any particular explanation as to why this move was made. The organization was extremely successful with these players, having achieved a lot of accolades including a win at The International 7 and being runners-up at TI9....

Earlier today the European team beat Evil Geniuses 2:0 in the lower bracket finals and the show-match between the ex-Wings players against Team liquid, without Miracle, saw the Chinese squad win in an all random deathmatch mode, with both teams having players who had deep hero pools, the match was exciting for the audience who didn’t have any of their home teams to support in either of the finals....

Dota 2’s player count peaked at 1,064,377 players back in September 2016, and the numbers have overall declined since then. At the time of writing, the average player count has reportedly fallen to below 385,000, and the peak player count has dropped to roughly less than 628,000. The exact numbers can be found at Steam Charts. RELATED: Valve Reveals 2019’s Steam Awards Winners While there is still a large number of players who do keep coming back, it’s clear that new characters and updates to the game might not entirely be enough for others, and Valve may need to make some serious changes....

If Baldwin is being disrespected now, that’s the fault of whoever’s doing the disrespecting. The Seahawks are almost out of main courses, and no one’s left to go in the fast lane. With all their injuries on offense, Baldwin has suddenly become the main attraction. MORE: 5 reasons Russell Wilson should be MVP | Week 15 opening lines | Is losing Rawls too much? He caught three more touchdown passes against Baltimore Sunday, his second three-touchdown game in three weeks....

Fister was dealing with elbow inflammation when he pitched Thursday in a minor-league game. He left the mound after one inning with what reports described as a strained lat muscle. He could be placed on the disabled list, according to MLB.com Whatever the verdict, Fister's latest injury is "a setback," new Nats manager Matt Williams told The Washington Post. Team officials were already cautious with the right-handed pitcher. Now they wonder if he will be ready for a scheduled April 6 start....

Kyle Busch took another track off his list of ones at which he has never won a Sprint Cup race by taking the checkered flag in the GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway. Not only was it his first career Sprint Cup win at Kansas, but it was also his third of the season, tops among 2016’s drivers. MORE: Truex comes up short again | PHOTOS: GoBowling.com 400 The only places where he hasn’t won now are Charlotte and Pocono, tracks where he’ll have two cracks at this season....

Gates has also published short stories over the years, landing them in “The Best American Stories” and “The O. Henry Prize Stories.” He’s now published his first collection, “The Wonders of the Invisible World” (258 pages. Knopf. $23). Gates’s characters tend to be hypersmart and alienated. Many are gradually giving up on the fantasy that they’ll ever get it together. “World” is being praised as a bracing, insightful collection. “Gates wipes the rosy tint off readers’ glasses,” writes New York Magazine, “promising only to help them see....