text: The United States is in debt. Big time. And some wonder how the richest country in the world got so deep into debt.The answer is: Exactly the way any family household does -- The United States spent more -- sometimes a lot more -- than it brought in....
  Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin has lost his seat to Democratic challenger Jared Golden through ranked-choice voting for Maine's 2nd District House race, Maine's Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Thursday....
  (AP) — One of the first big storms of the season moved across the eastern half of the country, leaving five people dead and closing schools as the freakish weather brought snow as far south as Alabama....
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  Welcome to At the Races! We want to hear what you think. Email us at attheraces@cqrollcall.com with your questions, tips or candidate sightings. — Simone Path, Bridget Bowman and Stephanie Akin...
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  Stormy Daniels says she will get a new lawyer if domestic violence allegations against Avenatti are true...
  Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels said Thursday that she would get a new lawyer if the domestic violence allegations against Michael Avenatti, her current attorney, are true....
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  The industry's fall from grace may feel unprecedented, but we have a model for what happens when a beloved industry fails us....
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  Laura Ingraham is sounding the alarm for the GOP to fix voter fraud or else risk losing the 2020 election at their own peril....
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  Madrid, Aug 26 (IANS) French forward Ousmane Dembele will be FC Barcelona’s new footballer this season after the Catalan club and Borussia Dortmund reached an agreement, the Spanish La Liga giants have announced.
  According to a FC Barcelona statement on Friday, the deal with the German Bundesliga side included a transfer fee of 105 million euros ($124.7 million) plus add-ons upto 42 million euros ($50 million) in pursuit of the French forward, reports Xinhua news agency.
  The 20-year-old Dembele will arrive on Sunday to undergo a medical on Monday, to sign his five-year contract and to be officially presented, the club said, adding that his buy out clause is set at 400 million euros ($477.25 million).
  The France international was born in the French town of Vernon and turned professional at the age of 18 with Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais FC.
  Dembele scored 10 goals in 49 matches with former German Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund last season, and was third on the list of players with most assists in Europe, reaching 20 in all competitions.
  Barcelona chief coach Ernesto Valverde said that he was excited by the acquisition of Dembele, who “guarantees depth, which is something we have lost and is something we need”.
  “He plays on both side of the attack and can also play as center forward, so he brings a lot of possibilities,” Valverde said.
  “He is very fast, plays deep, he is skillful and we are hoping that he can bring a lot of things to us. We are excited about this signing. What we may have lost in depth we probably gained with him.”
  The coach responded with irony when asked to compare Dembele with former Barcelona star Neymar, who recently left for Paris Saint-Germain.
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  London, Sep 25 (IANS) Arsenal chief coach Arsene Wenger on Monday questioned the efficiency of modern sports science saying “that nobody knows if it’s really efficient or not” and admitted that his team will not sacrifice any competitions this football season.
  “They have warm-downs, they have what everybody does nowadays — treatment with the physios, massage, cryotherapy and all the stuff that nobody knows if it’s really efficient or not,” Wenger was quoted as saying by espnfc, when asked how his players will be able to recover from Thursday night to Sunday morning.
  “Because you have a lot of science. If you read the science, some have proved that it works, and some prove that it doesn’t work. Those who prove that it works usually are sponsored by the guys who sell (the treatment),” he said.
  “Because at the end of the day, since I am in the job, we have improved a lot the medical treatment. A lot, a lot. But still, if you have a muscular problem it takes 21 days. It took 21 days 30 years ago. So we have to respect nature, and nobody could make miracles.”
  Meanwhile, unlike rival coaches Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, Wenger did not want to entertain the idea of ignoring the Europa League in order to lighten the load.
  Arsenal are playing the competition for the first time after failing to finish in the top four in the league last time.
  “With the pressure that every club is under now, you cannot sacrifice any competition,” the Arsenal boss said.
  “You know that you could pay the price sometimes for it because if you go further in the League Cup, at some stage you play semi-finals where you are home and away in January, and you have the FA Cup, the Premiership. Sometimes you lose players in these competitions.”