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Donald Trump, who was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 electoral loss, warned on Saturday that there will be a “bloodbath” for the auto industry if he doesn’t win the election this November. In his first campaign appearance since officially becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the former president headlined a rally in Ohio to whip up support for Bernie Moreno ahead of Tuesday’s GOP Senate primary…. Source link

Scott Rolen became the rare third baseman to make the Baseball Hall of Fame. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) It took six tries, but St. Louis Cardinals great Scott Rolen is heading to the Hall of Fame. Rolen received the news that he would be enshrined in Cooperstown on Tuesday. He is the only member of the 2023 Hall of Fame class voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America this year. Rolen barely got in, receiving 76.3% of the vote. Players need 75% of the vote to be enshrined in… Source link

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall testified Thursday as a Republican witness in opposition to the confirmation of President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, but instead made headlines over his refusal to acknowledge Biden as the “duly elected and lawfully serving president of the United States.” Marshall was questioned by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who focused his initial line of questioning on Marshall’s views about Biden. “Is Joseph R. Biden of Delaware the… Source link

Longtime Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was the lone former player to hear his name called during Tuesday’s BBWAA Hall of Fame election announcement, rewarding a career that saw a curse broken three times over. In his first year of eligibility, Ortiz received 307 out of 397 votes (77.9 percent), putting him over the required 75 percent threshold. Here’s video of him finding out he had been elected, with Hall of Fame teammate Pedro Martinez by his side: Ortiz’s Hall of Fame case was simple…. Source link

The Baseball Hall of Fame will officially have six more members via its committee voting, even as one of its best candidates missed the honor by the narrowest of margins. For a second time. Here are the names, with a quick resume, announced by Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch on Sunday via MLB Network: Minnie Miñoso: A nine-time MLB All-Star and former Negro Leagues All-Star who became known as Mr. White Sox for his years with the team. Gil Hodges: A longtime Dodgers (first Brooklyn then… Source link

Bloomberg Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack (Bloomberg) — A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.The route is shut near Memphis while the Tennessee Department of Transportation inspects a large crack in a highway bridge spanning the river, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A queue has expanded to 47 vessels and 771… Source link

A 10-year NFL veteran who dubs himself the “anti-Colin Kaepernick” has won a seat in the United States House of Representatives. Republican Burgess Owens defeated Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams to represent the Salt Lake City suburbs of Utah’s 4th Congressional District. McAdams conceded on Monday following a close count that showed Owens winning by a margin of less than 1 percent. The Associated Press called the race for Owens. All four of Utah’s U.S. House seats are now held by… Source link