news2shortsCan anyone derail the Connecticut juggernaut? Our contributors pick the winners, sleepers and upsets for this year’s women’s NCAA Tournament There have been just four women’s Final Fours featuring all No 1 seeds. This year feels like it could give us the fifth. UConn v South Carolina would be a tantalizing rematch of last year’s … Read more
Video released of federation president Mehdi Taj Fifa has no plans to move Iran games to Mexico Iran will “boycott the United States” but “not the World Cup”, the Iranian football federation president, Mehdi Taj, said in a video released by the Iranian press agency Fars. Iran are scheduled to play their group matches in … Read more
Frustrations, friendship and questions of temperament dominated the confirmation hearing for Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as the Senate sprints to confirm him to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The hearing, led by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., started with a tense exchange between him and Mullin and ended … Read more
Bizarre outbursts at the press, a backstory full of mishaps – the US ‘secretary of war’ earns his keep as the loyalty hire par excellence Has there ever been a more ludicrous political character than Pete Hegseth, the US government’s so-called secretary of war, who makes Ronald Reagan look understated and urbane? Last week, Hegseth … Read more
Miami bury 16 threes for statement March Madness win RedHawks quiet doubters after unbeaten regular season Prairie View A&M claim first ever NCAA Tournament win Eian Elmer scored 22 points and Miami (Ohio) beat SMU 89-79 on Wednesday night in the First Four for their first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years. Elmer went 6 … Read more
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Donald Trump’s threaten to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield hits markets UK wage growth slows sharply as unemployment holds steady Fed holds interest rates steady as Iran war drives up oil prices and inflation fears Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens to ‘blow … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his calls to release Tina Peters, a pro-Trump election worker who was convicted for her role in a scheme aimed at finding evidence of election fraud in the president’s 2020 election loss. Peters, a former election clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, is serving a nine-year prison sentence following her … Read more
Though two men were arrested for allegedly pelting officers with snow, the mayor waved off the incident A blizzard brought New York to a standstill on 23 February, with schools across the city closed. Restless young people without anywhere to go began to gather in Washington Square Park, summoned by Instagram chatshow Sidetalk, which wanted … Read more
The reported inquiry predates Joe Kent’s departure on Tuesday from his post as director of the national counter-terrorism center The resignation of Joe Kent, a senior counter-terrorism official who spoke out against the US war in Iran, took a dramatic turn on Wednesday with a report that he is under investigation by the Federal Bureau … Read more
Lawmakers leave closed-door meeting after AG refuses to commit to honoring subpoena to testify under oath Democrats on the House oversight committee walked out of a closed-door briefing from attorney general Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday, leaving what California congressman Robert Garcia called “an outrageous fake hearing” after Bondi refused to … Read more
