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A landmark new CBA should be a moment of progress. Instead, the discourse around the negotiations revealed the same old attitudes – and my daughters recognized them instantly Sign up for WNBA 30: a limited run women’s basketball newsletter I interviewed Jemele Hill for my podcast The Rematch and asked for her reaction to the … Read more

Robert Mueller III, the long-serving FBI director who later served as the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has died.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., accused Senate Democrats of not having “any excuses” to continue blocking Homeland Security funding as Republicans and the White House continue to make repeated offers to reopen the government. “The opportunity to actually drive this to a conclusion is there,” Thune said at a press conference on Saturday in … Read more

Skattebo calls CTE and asthma ‘fake’ on podcast Comments draw backlash citing medical consensus Giants have not publicly responded to remarks New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo is facing backlash after dismissing both chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and asthma as “fake” during a recent podcast appearance. Speaking on the Bring the Juice podcast, the … Read more

Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on. Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate floor, Schumer used an arcane tactic to force a procedural vote to allow the Senate to get onto … Read more

Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and special counsel who oversaw the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has died at the age of 81. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports that President Donald Trump posted in a statement on social media that he was quote “glad” about Mueller’s death.

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently confirmed agents from the U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector arrested two Mexican fugitives with active warrants for homicide and lewd acts upon a child. Agents conducted coordinated surveillance on Feb. 26 targeting Silvia Del Rosario Torres-Castro, a Mexican national wanted in Mexico for homicide.  … Read more

The footage, which shows the singer being arrested after struggling to perform field sobriety tests, was released by Sag Harbor police on Friday. Timberlake’s lawyers had sued to block the release of the video, arguing it would ‘devastate’ Timberlake’s privacy and that it would cause ‘severe and irreparable harm’ to his reputation. Timberlake pleaded guilty … Read more

The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally The Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration policy has led to a crackdown on immigrant communities that, increasingly, targets not just people who have violated immigration law but many immigrants who are in the US legally. … Read more

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has died at the age of 81, and President Donald Trump gave a sharp reaction on Truth Social. “Robert Mueller just died,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” Trump added. Mueller led the FBI from 2001 to 2013 and … Read more