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Trump is considering firing FBI director Christopher Wray after the election, report says Impeachment

Trump is considering firing FBI director Christopher Wray after the election, report says

President Donald Trump is considering firing FBI director Chris Wray after the election, The Washington Post reported. Trump's frustration with Wray and Attorney General William Barr has mounted in recent weeks after neither official announced an investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to boost Trump's poll numbers, the report…
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October 22, 2020
The co-managers of a China-focused fund that’s returned 40% this year explain why nearly half their portfolio is in Alibaba and Tencent — and share 3 under-the-radar stocks they also love Virtual Reality

The co-managers of a China-focused fund that’s returned 40% this year explain why nearly half their portfolio is in Alibaba and Tencent — and share 3 under-the-radar stocks they also love

ChinaFotoPress / Getty This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Dara White and Derek Lin are portfolio managers on the $166.6 million Columbia Greater China fund, which has returned 40% year-to-date, beating its benchmark index and most of its category peers,…
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October 22, 2020
‘Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things’: Obama digs into Trump at a drive-in rally for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Barack Obama

‘Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things’: Obama digs into Trump at a drive-in rally for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Former President Barack Obama delivered searing attacks against President Donald Trump on Wednesday at a Philadelphia drive-in rally for the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden. The former president criticized the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, noted The New York Times' bombshell reports on Trump's tax records, and accused…
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October 22, 2020
Pope Francis Backs Civil Unions for Gay Couples, in Shift for Vatican Pope Francis

Pope Francis Backs Civil Unions for Gay Couples, in Shift for Vatican

ROME—Pope Francis endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples, in a move that is likely to intensify the already heated controversy over the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality. The pope’s words, though not part of his official teaching, will likely put pressure on Catholic bishops in the developing world to tolerate…
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October 22, 2020