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Arnold Schwarzenegger is a proud papa. The former California governor posted a photo composite of his son Christopher Schwarzenegger in a cap and gown holding an “I Did It” trophy to celebrate his graduation from the University of Michigan. “Christopher, you are a champion and I love you. I know your graduation from Michigan wasn’t …

Chinese state media slammed U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Monday after Pompeo repeated allegations that the coronavirus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Pompeo is “one of the worst secretaries of the state in American history,” the Xinhua state news agency said in a translation by the Wall Street Journal. The similarly state-run Global …

A Chinese intelligence report warned President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party leaders that Beijing is facing the highest level of hostility since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, sources with knowledge of the report told Reuters. The report, composed by the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a state-backed think tank associated with China’s …

Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Monday announced a probe into Chinese funding of programs at American universities and colleges. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, the representatives requested “information, documents, and communications” pertaining to “acceptance or reporting of foreign gifts” by university professors and departments. “This joint inquiry is …

Tom Thibodeau has quarantined in Connecticut — unclear of his next move, just like everyone else in the NBA. Since being ingloriously ousted in Minnesota amid his third season as coach/president, Thibodeau had attended various NBA/college practices. He has spent lots of hours imbedded with the Clippers, Warriors and Celtics, among others, trying to keep …

New orders for US-made goods suffered a record decline in March and could sink further as disruptions from the novel coronavirus fracture supply chains and depress exports. The report from the Commerce Department on Monday was the latest in a series of increasingly bleak economic data. It also bolstered analysts’ views that the economy would …

Scott Disick has reportedly checked himself back into rehab. Multiple outlets have confirmed that Kourtney Kardashian’s ex, 36, entered a treatment facility in Edwards, Colorado, last week. According to Daily Mail, who first reported the news, Disick was screened for coronavirus before entering the facility on April 28 and tested negative for the deadly illness. …

Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are finally on the same page. Cavallari, 33, and Cutler, 37, reached agreements on two contentious points of their divorce: their children and their money. Cavallari and Cutler agreed that the former “Laguna Beach” star can use their marital funds to purchase a new home, a source told People on …

The Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove the US from dependency on a China-based supply chain and weighing imposing new tariffs to punish the Communist Party in Beijing for its response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report on Monday. The economic damage and death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak has prompted …

The Trump administration is stepping up an effort to reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing following the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, including possible new incentives for companies to shift supply chains, such as tax benefits and subsidies. “We’ve been working on [reducing the reliance of our supply chains in China] over the last few years but we …