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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,” Trump said on Facebook. “Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and data strategies, will remain in that… Source link

You’d have to search far and wide to find a better match between a running back and his organization than Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans. The Titans are committed to smash-mouth football, even in today’s chuck-it-around era. Henry is an imposing 6-foot-3, 250-pound freight train of a man with breakaway speed and a stiff arm from hell. He is the game’s premier big back, a worthy successor to Eddie George and Earl Campbell, famed power backs in the organization’s past. For all… Source link

Michael McDowell ruined Bubba Wallace’s chances at advancing to NASCAR’s Cup Series All-Star Race on Wednesday night. McDowell turned his car left on the straightaway and turned Wallace into the wall during the first segment of the qualifying race for the main event at Bristol. McDowell was apparently unhappy with a bump that Wallace had just made to make a pass. McDowell was trying to block Wallace to keep him behind. But Wallace used his bumper to get past and McDowell looked like he… Source link

A day after Nick Cannon lost his job for peddling anti-Semitism, Dwyane Wade tweeted his support for the entertainer. He later wrote that he wasn’t supporting Cannon’s comments. ViacomCBS cut ties with Cannon on Tuesday, citing “hateful speech” and “anti-Semitic conspiracy theories” he espoused on a podcast. On Wednesday, Wade tweeted at Cannon “We are with you keep leading!” The retired NBA star then deleted the tweet after around two hours and more than 2,000 comments before… Source link

One of President Trump’s close economic advisers isn’t bullish on extending sweetened unemployment checks despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to keep unemployment levels elevated. “The single most important thing we have to do going forward is stop the $600 a week [unemployment] payments,” Heritage Foundation economist Stephen Moore said on Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade. Moore estimates the U.S. economy has lost 1 million to 2 million jobs because of the extra unemployment… Source link

With the coronavirus surging and the economy in tatters, President Trump seems to have decided that his surest path to reelection lies in portraying Joe Biden, his Democratic rival, as a “puppet of the militant left” who will allow “thugs” and “angry mobs” to “tear down” monuments to “our heritage” — including Confederate symbols and statues of early slaveholding presidents. Trump’s latest campaign ad hits all these notes, claiming that “you won’t be safe in Joe… Source link

the Memorial Tournament Dublin, OhioMuirfield Village Golf Club – Par 72 – 7,392 yardsField – 131 entrantsPurse – $9.3M The Preview It’s like deja vu all over again as the PGA Tour remains in Dublin, Ohio on the heels of Collin Morikawa‘s playoff victory over Justin Thomas at the inaugural Workday Charity Open, hosted by Muirfield Village Golf Club where we’re accustomed to enjoying the historic Memorial Tournament. This year’s edition of the Memorial feels extra special with a loaded field… Source link

On Wednesday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office issued a Consumer Alert to urge victims of the Yahoo Inc. and Aabaco Small Business, LLC’s data breaches to claim millions of dollars made available for restitution. Individuals with Yahoo accounts between Jan. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2016 are entitled to settlement claims and free credit monitoring. The deadline to file a claim is July 20. For more information on the claims… Source link

At least seven ships have reportedly caught fire at Iran’s Bushehr seaport, marking what appears to be the latest in a series of fires and explosions around the country — some of which have hit sensitive sites. Iran’s Tasnim news agency says no casualties have been reported. The state broadcaster showed firefighters tackling clouds of smoke at a shipyard at the southern port on the Gulf. The cause is not currently known. There have been several explosions and fires around Iranian military,… Source link

A second shutdown of the U.S. economy would destroy the country’s financial system, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson told Yahoo Finance. “When you look at the damage that was done the first time, you do that again, and you completely destroy the financial infrastructure, and a lot more people would…die than would ever die from the virus,” said Carson.  The stay-at-home orders put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in mid-March have thrust… Source link