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In fact, one of Schwarzenegger’s memorable campaign lines–“the public doesn’t care about figures”–is arguably a true lie. It’s true on one level: he got elected without producing any numbers of substance. But it’s not true on another. Voters cared passionately about at least one number: $38 billion, California’s stated budget deficit earlier this year. Concern over this huge figure helped send Gray Davis packing. It let Schwarzenegger ride in by promising to open the books, not raise taxes and make everything work by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse....

The 2-0 win over Manchester City in Houston came with an obvious string of caveats. The International Champions Cup clash had been played down as a competitive training session by Jose Mourinho in the lead-up, while City were always going to be behind the eight-ball given that they only recently arrived Stateside and were taking to the field for the first time. Match report: Man Utd 2-0 Man City...

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made the tradition of trick-or-treating unsafe and not worthwhile, dressing up as various parts of the zeitgeist is still in fashion. Many celebrities have rocked impressive costumes using their time and substantial resources, including rapper Big Sean unleashing his inner Among Us imposter. RELATED: Among Us Plagued By Invisibility Glitch Big Sean, real name Sean Anderson, posted on his Instagram photos of him and his partner, singer Jhené Aiko dressed as crewmates/imposters with their usernames being “Big Don” and “AikoAiko” respectively....

Big Show has recently returned to WWE RAW and has been feuding with Randy Orton ever since The Viper took out Edge and Christian a few weeks back. The Big Show will be facing Randy Orton soon. The Big Show was guest on Sony Sports’ WWE Live Dhamal on Facebook and spoke about a variety of topics including his upcoming match with Randy Orton, The Ruthless Aggression Era, and his iconic match with Brock Lesnar that broke the ring among other topics....

Poland is among the nations seeking to claw back power from corporate tech giants, which lawmakers across the world have warned now have an outsized and inappropriate influence on the global political zeitgeist. “Today, who sets these rules is really the master of destiny for society and for nation-states,” Morawiecki told Newsweek during an interview in Warsaw, of which a full transcript is published. “So today, platforms and communication networks and intellectual property are even more important than the land and the buildings and the technology assembly lines and all the materials that go into creating these digital realms....

Those two shallow, transactional value exchanges, in the not so distant past, fairly framed the simple, straightforward relationship between brands and their customers. But consumers today—particularly younger ones—expect and demand more. They want more from the companies they engage with than the simple delivery of even the most life-changing products and services. They don’t just want to buy from a brand, they want to invest in it. They don’t just care about the benefits a product brings them; they care just as much about the benefits it brings to society....

With the league schedule having expanded to 20 games for the first time in the 2018-19 season, the decision to play multiple early season games that developed last year because of the league’s early postseason tournament at Madison Square Garden has become permanent. MORE: Sporting News preseason top 25 Michigan State will visit Rutgers in the first game of the conference season at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, and each Big Ten member will play two league games that weekend before returning to nonconference play....

Several times throughout the night, referees failed to call a penalty that would have either given Georgia first-down yardage or kept Alabama out of scoring position. Alabama ended up winning 26-23 in overtime. MORE: Shop Alabama national championship gear The biggest no-call was a false start by Najee Harris before the Tide’s game-tying touchdown play in the fourth quarter. Tua Tagovailoa hit Calvin Ridley in the back of the end zone to tie the game at 20 on fourth-and-4, but Alabama shouldn’t have gotten the play off in the first place....

Hosted by American Idol’s Luke Bryan and NFL star Peyton Manning, the awards ceremony was not only attended by country music stars but also by The Good Nurse’s Jessica Chastain, Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser, the Napiers, and singer Lionel Richie. The evening also featured stunning performances from Chris Stapleton and Patty Loveless, Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, and Elle King with The Black Keys, to name a few....

The reinstatement, expected to go into effect in mid-November, is in compliance with a federal judge’s August order to bring back the policy “in good faith.” Former President Donald Trump initiated the policy, officially known as Migrant Protection Protocols, in January of 2019, but President Joe Biden suspended the practice on his first day in office, AP reported. The Biden administration now has to rebuild tent courts in the Texas border cities of Laredo and Brownsville, which will cost $24....

The poll, conducted by Monmouth University, found 39 percent of U.S. adults approve of Biden’s performance as commander-in-chief while 54 percent disapprove—the exact same rating Trump had in March 2018. Biden’s job approval rating has not changed since January, while Trump’s March 2018 reading was down 3 percentage points from January 2018. Biden entered office with a higher approval rating than Trump ever achieved during his presidency, but the Democrat’s poll numbers have steadily declined over the course of his first year amid a series of crises: the chaotical military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Delta and Omicron COVID-19 surges and the failure to pass his signature Build Back Better bill....

Republicans running for the House of Representatives in California, Oregon and Connecticut—states that have all leaned blue on a national level—are all ahead of or in a neck-and-neck contest with their Democratic opponents. On Thursday, the first public poll for Connecticut’s 5th District was released and showed Republican George Logan with a one-point lead over Democratic Representative Jahana Hayes. The survey also showed Logan winning independent votes 53 percent to 38 percent....

Biden said his testimony would divert attention from Trump and that any summons he received would be on “specious” grounds. He said that no one had dared say he hadn’t done his job—including “that thug” Rudolph Giuliani. He added that his testimony would create a narrative within the media coverage which would take attention off of President Trump. “What are you going to cover?” Biden said to Des Moines Register Executive Editor Carol Hunter at one juncture of the interview....

President Joe Biden signed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, named after a New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center emergency medicine physician who died by suicide in 2020 during the peak of the pandemic. The new law—which is the first to provide such funding—is aimed toward supporting mental health education and awareness campaigns for health care workers. “Health care professionals often forgo mental health treatment due to the significant stigma in both our society and the medical community, as well as due to the fear of professional repercussions,” said Angela Mills, MD, chair of emergency medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons....

The president delivered remarks to the nation hours after the court’s decision was announced. He decried the ruling, saying it will harm “so many more rights that we’ve come to take for granted, that are ingrained in the fabric of this country,” such as the “right to marry the person you love.” “Justice Thomas said as much today. He explicitly called to reconsider the right of marriage equality [and] the right of couples to make their choices on contraception,” Biden said, adding that the court is taking the country on an “extreme and dangerous path....

How Barcelona must rebuild this summer Bielsa garnered plaudits for his work at Marseille during 2014-15, using unorthodox systems to promote an attacking style of football. The fiery Argentine famously quit Lazio just two days after being appointed last year but could be set for a return to Ligue 1 with Lille, who have chosen his former assistant at the Stade Velodrome, Passi, to lead the struggling side for the remainder of the campaign....

The latest fad in hulking SUVs is fuel economy, and that’s why you’ll soon be driving trucks with names like the Chevy Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade or GMC Sierra with the coveted “hybrid” suffix, showing that the terms fuel economy and SUV aren’t mutually exclusive. Whether they need space for large families or luggage or just prefer truck-based vehicles over minivans and station wagons, U.S. consumers are still interested in buying large SUVs....

Smith’s post, which went up around an hour before it was permitted, was considered a breach of CA’s anti-corruption code. The 24-year-old displayed the team on the social media platform prior to a Women’s Big Bash League fixture against Sydney Thunder on November 2, a match that was abandoned because of poor weather. The sanction has been accepted by Smith and the three-month suspension she will serve rules her out of the rest of the Women’s Big Bash League and Women’s National Cricket League....

The Steelers quarterback passed for an astonishing 522 yards in the 51-34 victory. That puts him in a tie for third all time with Boomer Esiason, who accomplished the feat in 1996 for Arizona against the Redskins. Leading the list is Norm Van Brocklin, who threw for 554 yards for Los Angeles in 1951. Warren Moon, who passed for 527 yards for the Houston Oilers against Kansas City in 1990, is tied with former Houston Texan Matt Schaub, who had 527 passing yards over the Jaguars....