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By Stephen Nellis and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association trade group on Monday called on the Biden

Sen Joe Manchin is continuing to feed speculation about his political future by appearing at an event with No Labels as he weighs whether to make a third-party run for president. The West Virginia Democrat will appear at the event on Monday night in New Hampshire, which holds one of the first presidential nominating contests and is a crucial swing state in the general election. No Labels, a centrist organisation, has pushed for a third-party candidate for president. But some Democrats have feared that a No Labels-backed candidacy would siphon votes away from President Joe Biden and enable former president Donald Trump to win another term as president. In May, the organisation said it opposed Mr Trump’s candidacy. “We don’t believe there is any “equivalency” between President Biden and former President Trump, who is a uniquely divisive force in our politics and who sought to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the 2020 election,” the statement written by co-chairmen former senator Joe Lieberman and Benjamin Chavis said. “But we reject the notion that No Labels’ 2024 presidential insurance project would inevitably help former President Trump’s electoral prospects if he were the Republican nominee.” Mr Manchin, a conservative Democrat, has not yet indicated whether he would stage a third-party run for president or seek another term in the Senate. Were he to run in 2024, he would be seeking another term with a Republican at the top of the presidential ticket. In 2020, Mr Trump won every county in West Virginia. Throughout the first two years of Mr Biden’s presidency when Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate, Mr Manchin served as the swing vote in a 50-50 Senate. His opposition to Build Back Better, Democrats’ proposed social spending bill, ultimately killed the legislation. Last year, he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer resurrected talks that led to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. But since then, Mr Manchin has criticised the Biden administration’s implementation of the law. West Virginia Gov Jim Justice, a former friend of Mr Manchin, announced his candidacy to challenge the incumbent. He is heavily favoured to face Mr Manchin, himself a former governor, in the general election. Mr Manchin has said he will decide his political future by the end of the year. Despite his indecision, he raised $424,485.52 in the most recent fundraising quarter from March to July and he has more than $10.7m in cash on hand. Read More Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy Biden’s economy pitch: Campaign like Reagan while refuting Reagan’s policies

Greg Abbott has been branded “one of the dumbest people in the country” by the author of a satirical story about country music star Garth Brooks that was reshared by the Texas governor. Christopher Blair runs the parody website The Dunning-Kruger-Times, which posted the story that Mr Brooks had been booed off the stage at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree last month after calling his conservative fans “a**holes.” The entire story was made-up - but Mr Abbott didn’t seem to notice. “When I saw [Mr Abbott’s repost], I was besides myself with joy,” Mr Blair told The Guardian. “He’s one of the dumbest people in the country.” “As soon as I wrote the headline, I said to myself that it might be a little bit much,” Mr Blair said. “But it wasn’t.” The Texas governor had tweeted a link to the story on 25 June with the caption: “Garth Brooks Booed Off Stage at 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree. Go woke. Go broke.” “Garth called his conservative fans. ‘a**holes’ Good job Texas,” he added. His tweet seemed to refer to a question-and-answer session with the country singer last month in which he said his new bar in Nashville planned to “serve every brand of beer,” shutting down the idea that it wouldn’t serve Bud Light, following the conservative-led boycott of the beer brand. “Our thing is this: If you come into this house, love one another,” Mr Brooks said. “If you’re an a**hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway to go.” The governor has since deleted his tweet, but reactions to the tweet are still up. Democratic Texas Congressman Greg Casar tweeted: “Gov Abbott just accidentally posted a satire article because he wants to hate on queer Texans and Garth Brooks so bad.” “The Texas Country Jamboree doesn’t exist. Hambriston, Texas is not real. And the Governor is not fit to tweet, much less govern,” he explained. Read More Greg Abbott mocked after falling for hoax story about Garth Brooks being booed off stage Garth Brooks commended for not bowing to anti-LGBT trolls and refusing to boycott Bud Light First Amendment group sues Texas Governor and others over the state's TikTok ban on official devices Wembymania set to hit Las Vegas, as Spurs rookie 'can't wait' for his NBA debut at Summer League Joe Manchin fuels speculation around third-party 2024 run with No Labels event George Santos repays himself $85K raised from lackluster reelection fundraising

Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini is refusing to impose a deadline on Man Utd talks over Rasmus Hojlund transfer.

The memorandum of understanding includes $118m to stop smuggling and return irregular migrants.

(Reuters) -U.S. mortgage data vendor Black Knight will sell its Optimal Blue business for $700 million, shedding a second unit

Last month, a video posted to Twitter by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign used images that appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence showing former President Donald Trump hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci. The images, which appeared designed to criticize Trump for not firing the nation's top infectious disease specialist, were tricky to spot: they were shown alongside real images of the pair and with a text overlay saying, "real life Trump."

James Cameron is not working on a project tied to the OceanGate submersible tragedy.

Ahmed Fareed takes a foul ball to the head while doing an interview.

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Taylor Swift has made history once again by becoming the first woman to have four albums in the top 10 of the Billboard charts. The 33-year-old recently released Speak Now (Taylor's Version),, which debuted at No. 1 and is the biggest release this year so far, selling 716,000 album-equivalent units (physical sales with digital sales and streaming figures combined). At the moment, there are four albums by the 'Anti-Hero' singer that are currently in the top ten - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) at No.1, Midnights at No.5, Lover at No.7 and Folklore at No.10. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The last time there were four albums by the same artist in the top ten of the Billboard 200 was all the way back in 1966 when Herb Alpert achieved this feat. Reaching the top spot also means Swift has broken another record to become the female artist with the most No 1 albums in history as she now has 12 to her name, previously she was tied with Barbra Streisand at 11. Swift's recent release is part of the singer's plan to re-record her back catalogue of music, and so far she has released Fearless (Taylor's Version) in April 2021, selling 291,000 units, followed by Red (Taylor's Version) which dropped in November in the same year, selling 605,000 units. This makes Speak Now (Taylor's Version) her most commercially successful re-recording to date at 716,000 units. Fans took to Twitter to share their delight at Swift's recent achievements. These aren't the only records Swift has broken this year, as the singer became the first female artist in history to surpass 93 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Currently, Swift is on the US leg of her The Eras Tour, which could be the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning a record-setting $1 billion in sales, as per CNBC. Elsewhere, a man desperate for love uses Taylor Swift tickets to get a date, TikToker goes viral with Taylor Swift's 'dark energy' conspiracy and a Taylor Swift fan finds a 'creepy message' on her vinyl copy of the new album. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Monday formally entered the state's Republican primary to take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown next year.