news2shortsWith one semi-final in her last seven tournaments, the coming months will define the next stage of her career Towards the end of a messy first set tie-break late on Wednesday, Aryna Sabalenka wildly sprayed another painfully nervous backhand before slamming her racket to the ground. As the racket connected with the acrylic floor, its … Read more
Angie Nixon joins Meet the Press NOW after winning an upset in the Democratic primary to represent Florida in the Senate, saying she’s a capitalist despite recently joining the Democratic Socialists of America.
Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’ A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put out widely shared fake election polling in Wisconsin, Nevada and California, the Guardian can reveal. The website, Median Strategies, abruptly shut down and withdrew … Read more
California is experiencing an educational paradox, according to Herb Morgan, a candidate for state controller — the state’s chief fiscal officer, accountant and auditor. The Golden State, Morgan said, has spent billions of dollars educating public school students but has failed to boost educational outcomes despite the influx of taxpayer funds. California’s K-12 education funding … Read more
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy accused Harvard University of indoctrinating students with ideas that run counter to his Christian values, raising concerns about whether his own daughter should attend the prestigious Ivy League school. “I don’t want them to get one viewpoint,” Duffy said on an episode of the Department of Transportation-sponsored YouTube series “The Great … Read more
NBC News’ Allie Canal and Sahil Kapur join Meet the Press NOW as the U.S. national debt tops a record-breaking $40 trillion. Ravi Agrawal, editor in chief of Foreign Policy, discusses President Trump’s plans for an “Economic D-Day” for Iran. An NBC News focus group produced by Syracuse University and the research firms Engagious and … Read more
José Mejía Hernandez, 45, who was hospitalized for his injuries, was then transferred to an ICE office and fitted with an ankle monitor A man in Virginia was hospitalized with a brain injury and severe bruising all over his face after he was arrested by US immigration agents, according to his lawyers, who shared photos … Read more
Courier network carried millions of dollars in cash to Lebanon on commercial flights, treasury department says The US treasury department announced sanctions on Thursday against 10 people it says formed a courier network that smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah by carrying cash onboard commercial flights between Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates … Read more
Federal agents also ‘seized electronic devices’ from former Democratic representative at San Francisco airport Authorities are said to have searched the Washington DC home of disgraced former California Democratic representative Eric Swalwell on Sunday amid an ongoing law enforcement investigation into sexual assault allegations. CNN reported that federal agents on Saturday “seized electronic devices” from … Read more
The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen Min Zin is “wrongfully detained” after the State … Read more
