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It started with the Washington Post... The story (or narrative) from The Washington Post was about the "successful trade talks" between Donald Trump and Xi Peng in China. WaPo claimed that it wasn't true. They went on to say that the talks were all nonsense and confusion. They went ahead, quoting a former U.S. government official (unnamed, of course, but implied that he was an expert who was said to have been in contact with Chinese officials. This "expert" claimed that Beijing are “puzzled and irritated” by the Trump administration’s behavior, and widespread confusion across media claiming the 'truce' as...

Hamas on Tuesday condemned the chemical attack in Syria's Idlib province in which at least 100 people were killed. "We condemn the mass killings that are hurting the Syrian people and, in particular, the disgusting massacre that took place today in Khan Sheikhun on the outskirts of Idlib - and the use of chemical weapons against citizens," the organization said in a statement quoted by Yediot Aharonot. “We call for an end to the bloodshed in Syria,” added Hamas. .....

Former lead singer of Kansas and multiple-Grammy-winning songwriter and producer John Elefante is using his newest single, “This Time,” to share the story of his adopted daughter’s birth and, in the process, bring some attention to Online for Life (OFL), an educational nonprofit working to rescue babies from abortion so they can live to make their mark on the world. “I can’t imagine life without my daughter, Sami, and it just breaks my heart that pregnant young women much like her birth mother, instead of choosing life for their babies, are denying them the chance to be born,” Elefante says....

Election after election, when all the obvious story lines are exhausted, the media tend to turn to an oldie but goody: "Will this be the race where young people finally start voting?" Youth vote advocates insist that young people are more dialed in than ever this year, while political hacks who have been in the business for decades roll their eyes at the notion. Given that, The Fix recognizes the danger in making the following statement: The youth vote will matter in 2008. A look back over last few months shows a massive increase in youth (people ages 18 through...

Campaigning alongside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday, state Sen. Tom McClintock paused and stated the obvious: "Now, you all know I ran against this governor in the recall." The legislator from Thousand Oaks could once have been a political liability, but the governor has brought his more conservative — and frequently — contrarian Republican colleague into the tent. On Tuesday, during an appearance here to promote the Nov. 8 special election, the governor called the senator a "terrific, terrific partner of mine."

A year ago, California voters grew resentful enough of the state's fiscal condition to toss out Gov. Gray Davis. Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed into office on a promise to cure the state's fiscal ills. He did so in his first budget by proposing $15 billion in borrowing to cover the general fund deficit, which the voters approved, and with other budget practices that have become part of the budget-balancing process by his predecessors, such as taking from other, dedicated state funds. After considerable sound and fury, the current budget was enacted, and the state breathed a bit easier. Now comes the...

So how many threads about Torricelli's reported withdrawal do we have here now? How many will there be by the end of the day?