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With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, Obama joined the campaign trail in support of his former VP, Biden, and to speak out against incumbent President Donald Trump Obama discussed a New York Times story that found that Trump had paid more in taxes to China between 2013 and 2015 than he did in his first year as president. The Times found that Trump International Hotels Management (TIHM) paid $188,561 in taxes to China while pursuing potential licensing deals....

Obama has been sharing advice on how to respond to the virus, which has now spread all over the country and infected at least 3,774 people in the U.S. On Sunday, the former president wrote on Twitter: “Leaders have to step up to support people whose lives and livelihoods take a hit in the weeks ahead.” Public events are now being canceled, schools closed and workers told to work from home across the U....

Celebrated annually on the Fourth of July, Independence Day commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which occurred on July 4, 1776. It’s common for politicians to make celebratory remarks given that the day was an integral part of America’s founding. As a former president, it would be reasonable to assume Barack would say something about the holiday. However, he’s also a father, so he used the Fourth of July to celebrate both the country he previously led and the daughter he raised....

“I’m saying that there are people that were the people that did this to both me and Corey [Haim] are still working, are still out there. They’re some of the richest, most powerful people in this business,” Feldman explained. “And they do not want me saying what I’m saying right now.” Feldman and fellow ’80s star Corey Haim have been vocal about the abuse they faced and claimed that they were “passed around to pedophiles,” as per Page Six....

The Poland international has been heavily linked with a transfer to Madrid in particular in recent seasons, but signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract in December to commit his future to the Allianz Arena. And the 28-year-old says there is no reason for him to consider a transfer now as he believes Bayern to be at the same level as Spain’s most famous clubs. Vidal ‘will definitely be back’ for Arsenal clash...

It is a remarkable record and one which other clubs can only envy. Even as football’s financial landscape changes and mega-rich teams like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain splash the cash in an attempt to fast-track to the top, Real keep winning in Europe. PSG coach Unai Emery, who is leaving the club this summer after losing out to Los Blancos in the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition, said: “Like a woman, the Champions League must be wooed, gradually....

The Liga giants’ earnings of €708m for 2016-17 were presented at the club’s General Assembly on Saturday, with club members then approving next year’s record budget with 391 votes for and 49 against. Barcelona -3 19/20 v Malaga The huge revenues included the €188m received after tax from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar in a record-breaking move. It is the first time Barca have surpassed the €700m barrier in terms of revenue for a fiscal year, and the club have now accumulated a profit of €175m since 2010....

The Catalan club have a six-point lead over second-place Atletico Madrid and have opened up a gap of 11 points over Real Madrid in the La Liga table, with Los Blancos mired in fourth place after mixed fortunes in the first half of the season. It has been a drastic reversal of fortune following the Spanish Supercopa to begin the season, when Madrid emerged victorious over Barcelona. Since, Valverde’s men are unbeaten....

Guangzhou head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and captain Zheng Zhi confirmed on Sunday that the 29-year-old Brazil international was set to move to Camp Nou, with Barca belatedly agreeing to pay a release clause thought to be in the region of €40 million. Get Barca at 5/1 to be Kings of Europe The CSL and a number of its high-profile recruits have been criticised over the past year amid accusations players leaving Europe’s major leagues are doing so purely for financial gain and turning their backs on superior standards of football....

Barcelona host this weekend’s Clasico with La Liga already in the bag, a fact that will guarantee that their fans are in full voice. But even when the chips are down, the faithful have a reputation for getting behind Catalunya’s biggest club. Read below for a guide to some of the Blaugrana’s most iconic chants. The song of Barca All the stadium, Is one shout, We are the Blaugrana, It doesn’t matter from where come, From the south or north, Yes, we agree, we agree, One flag makes us brothers....

In an interview on TyC Sports, Dibos alleged that Mascherano is part of a “friends club” that interferes with Argentina protocols, adding that he believes the Barcelona defender has come to the end of his cycle with the national team. ‘Neymar is better than Messi’ However, Mascherano has refuted the claims, taking to Twitter to insist the suggestions are false and state he has “a clear conscience” on the matter....

Keita pleads for Liverpool move The 23-year-old became a priority target for Barcelona this month after it became clear they couldn’t get Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin. Barca announced on Thursday that they had reached a deal for Semedo , after their transfer chief flew to Lisbon to negotiate them down from their steep €50m valuation . Goal understands the Catalunya club will pay €30m up front with €5m bonuses across a five-year contract....

Barca 11/2 with dabblebet to win CL The Brazil international, 29, will finalise his move to the La Liga giants upon completing a medical and agreeing terms on a reported four-year deal on Thursday. Paulinho, who will have a buyout clause of €120m, will be Ernesto Valverde’s first signing since the world-record €222m sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain. It comes after weeks of speculation over his future and marks an impressive revival in Paulinho’s career....

How Europe’s top strikers are faring this season The Catalans edged out Atletico Madrid 3-2 on aggregate, while the Basques beat Celta Vigo 1-0 over two legs to advance to the cup showpiece on May 27. But back in La Liga, Barca will be a seeking a win to move provisionally top of the table ahead of Real Madrid’s match away to Osasuna later on Saturday, with Los Blancos having played two fewer fixtures than the Blaugrana due to their participation in the Club World Cup and their postponed game at Celta last weekend....

Ahead of this weekend’s El Clasico at the Bernabeu, the Blaugrana face Inter Milan in UEFA Champions League play, with Xavi’s side in desperate need of a win. Barcelona sit third in what is considered this tournament’s Group of Death, three points back of their opponent and six behind Bayern Munich. With no hope of catching the German leaders, they must focus squarely on topping Inter. Defeat against the Italian side would leave Barcelona essentially eliminated with two matches left to play in the group stage, while a draw would also leave them in dire straits....

In the memo to U.S. attorneys, Barr said investigations “may be conducted if there are clear and apparently-credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome of a federal election in an individual State.” Barr had remained silent since the Trump administration has made baseless claims of voter fraud after President-elect Joe Biden was projected to be the winner over the weekend. In a number of narrow races in key battleground states, Biden was projected by multiple news organizations to be the victor after securing more than the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency....

Zito spent five months with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds this year and brought a big league resume without a big league attitude. He coached first base , agreed to interview requests from anyone who asked and even squeezed into the middle seat on some early morning road trip commercial flights. MORE: 15 unique facts about Athletics’ old ‘Big Three’ | Woman gives birth during Giants-Padres game “There’s no sense in trying to have entitlement,” Zito said before a Nashville home game last month....

Last week, a bartender in Missouri refused to serve a group of military members in a bar, leading to an altercation that was caught on camera that has since gone viral. In a seven-minute-long video, shared by Noel Cook, a TACP/JTAC at the United States Air Force, has been making rounds of the internet since the incident occurred on May 7. The bartender, according to Cook’s post and as report by Lake News Online, is named Josh Weitkamp and works at LOTO Lounge located on Osage Beach....

This was the duo’s seventh year on the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot — only too perfect that they became eligible the same year, right? — and whatever momentum toward election they had gained over the past couple of years seems to have vanished. You’ve heard, certainly, some folks declare their chances dead after the class of 2019 results were announced Tuesday. Not so fast, though. There’s an X-factor — two of them, actually — that could breathe life into the duo’s chances of being elected by the BBWAA: Alex Rodriguez, and to a lesser extent, David Ortiz....