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How the Sox will use Michael Kopech in rotation in 2022 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Chicago White Sox pledged a “creative” way to deploy Michael Kopech during the 2021 campaign. Come 2022, that creativity isn’t going anywhere. Kopech missed back-to-back seasons in 2019 and 2020, the first while recovering from Tommy John surgery and the second due to personal reasons. The White Sox never took him out of their long-term planning, but he obviously boasted limited experience and… Source link

As a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows received text messages from multiple Fox News hosts and the president’s son, urging him to convince Trump to issue a statement condemning the violence, according to the House select committee investigating the attack. The text messages are among thousands of documents Meadows has turned over to the committee, according to Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who revealed the… Source link

Why Yoán Moncada is unlikely to be Sox’ second-base solution originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago When it comes to their search for a second baseman, the Chicago White Sox are in a holding pattern, baseball’s ongoing lockout bringing major league transactions to a halt. Meanwhile, those of us who don’t actually make the moves have looked high and low to dredge up possibilities for the position, a critical need on the South Side in the wake of last summer’s trade of Nick Madrigal and the… Source link

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) are expected to join a Biden administration conference on Tuesday focused on quantum technologies as the U.S. government works to head off hacking threats and corner a burgeoning growth industry. The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is hosting the event that will discuss critical applications of quantum computing, which is expected to operate millions of times faster… Source link

The next steps in Washington’s very busy week are currently up in the air. Senate Republicans blocked an effort to raise the debt limit and also avert a government shutdown Monday night. Now the Democrats are likely going to have to move on those issue one at a time with an Oct. 1 deadline to avert a shutdown and Oct. 15 or soon thereafter to address the debt ceiling. “It’s never even conceivably thoughtful to think about defaulting,” Jared Bernstein, a member of President Biden’s Council… Source link

President Joe Biden is set to have his first high-profile meeting with the heads of some of the world’s biggest tech companies on Wednesday in Washington to discuss improving the nations’ cybersecurity preparedness and supply chain security. Newly minted Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy will be among the attendees, people familiar with the matter told Yahoo Finance. Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook and Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella are also on the guest list, Bloomberg reports. The meeting,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The chief executive officers of Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. plan to attend a White House meeting with President Joe Biden this week to discuss efforts by private companies to improve cybersecurity following a dramatic uptick in ransomware and online attacks over the past year. Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Amazon’s Andy Jassy plan to attend the event scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, according to people familiar with the matter. The… Source link

Despite a labor shortage brought about largely by the COVID-19 pandemic, companies can find workers by offering “fair wages,” Brian Deese, the top economic adviser to President Joe Biden, told Yahoo Finance on Monday. Deese, the Director of the National Economic Council, pointed to coronavirus fears and child care obligations amid remote schooling as key reasons why unemployed Americans have stayed on the sidelines. However, employers can overcome these obstacles by providing fair… Source link

The Los Angeles Dodgers won their first World Series since 1998, and now they’ll be the first champion sports team to visit the White House under President Joe Biden. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters on Thursday that the team will visit the White House on Friday amid a road series against the Washington Nationals, according to MLB.com’s Juan Toribio. The team already got a taste of a political visit with the presence of Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff in the clubhouse before… Source link

Olympian Gwen Berry protested during the national anthem during the Olympic trials on Saturday when she turned away from the flag on the medal podium and held a t-shirt over her face. On Monday, the White House took notice. Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Berry’s protest on Monday by a reporter, and while she said she hasn’t spoken with President Joe Biden about it specifically, Psaki defended the hammer thrower’s actions. “I know [Biden is] incredibly proud to be an American… Source link