Unai Emery will likely be able to select the German playmaker in the Gunners’ next game on October 22 after seeing him rejoin full training Mesut Ozil has returned to full training with Arsenal after suffering with back spasms, but Petr Cech remains a doubt for their next clash with Leicester City. Ozil was absent…
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Mourinho tells critics: I'm not happy but attack me, not the players
The Portuguese insists that reports from the press have repeatedly derailed the club, notably ahead of the 3-2 win over Newcastle Jose Mourinho says he is unhappy with the treatment he has received from the media at Manchester United, but he maintains that he will continue to take the blows to shield his players. Prior…
Now hiring for a Trump-branded Fed: GOP flip-floppers on rates
For much of the past decade, Donald Trump and other Republicans ripped the Federal Reserve for keeping interest rates too low, a policy they said risked blowing up giant asset bubbles and artificially boosted the economy under then-president Barack Obama. Now Trump and his top internal and external advisers are blasting the Fed for raising…
How Sen. Elizabeth Warren would protect abortion rights
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday unveiled a series of steps to defend abortion rights and reproductive health care, citing strict new curbs on abortion recently imposed in states including Alabama. The plan relies heavily on Congress to pass laws that protect access to reproductive health services, including policies blocking states from interfering a health…
4 heckler outbursts, 13 Obama mentions: Data points from Detroit debate No. 2
Democratic presidential candidates tried to interrupt each other more than 23 times, and they name-dropped President Donald Trump 68 times. Then there was the 30330 thing. The second group of 10 Democratic 2020 hopefuls took the stage in Detroit Wednesday. Here’s a look at the night by the numbers: 20:58 minutes How long former Vice…
United States wins 2019 U-17 Women’s Pan American Championship
Barranquilla, Colombia — Becoming the first-ever U-17 Women’s Pan American Championship gold medalists, the USA Softball U-17 Women’s National Team (WNT) finished the tournament with a perfect 8-0 record after defeating Mexico, 2-0, in the finale Saturday night at Edgardo Schemel Stadium. Caitlynn Neal went the distance in the circle for the Red, White and Blue,…
‘Climate warrior’ jolts 2020 presidential field
No one has ever won a major statewide race, let alone a presidential nomination, with a single-issue, climate-focused candidacy. But Jay Inslee is about to try. The Washington state governor launched a White House bid Friday that stands to have a significant effect on the electoral politics surrounding climate change. For years, despite scientists’ warnings…
Gabbard says Democrats share blame in shutdown logjam
Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic candidate for president Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday that her party’s leadership was not blameless for the partial government shutdown that is now approaching a month, accusing both sides of posturing and refusing to compromise. “The problem here is that this issue, like so many others in Washington, are being relegated to…
How Gov. Jay Inslee would address immigration
In his first policy proposal not directly related to climate change, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee laid out plans to enact wholesale reversals of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. What would the plan do? Inslee’s plan would call for an immediate end to a number of signature Trump policies, including the construction of a wall on…
Cheri Bustos takes on the new left
Cheri Bustos isn’t afraid of the insurgent left. The chairwoman of House Democrats’ campaign arm has found herself in a very messy — and public — spat with progressives over the past week and a half. But the Midwestern moderate is refusing to budge, despite drawing ire from prominent progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.),…