• Shams Charania injury report on Jimmy Butler disputed by Miami reporters, Butler's agent

    What is wrong with Jimmy Butler? If you ask Shams Charania, NBA insider at The Athletic, FanDuel TV and Stadium, the Miami Heat forward is “feared to have an MCL injury in his knee” after a collision with Philadelphia 76ers wing Kelly Oubre Jr. in Wednesday night’s Eastern Conference play-in game. Charania reported the potential

    • MSNBC

    Trump’s trial starts: After failed delay tactics, Trump becomes 1st ex-POTUS to face criminal trial

    MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by Joy Reid, Lawrence O’Donnell, Jen Psaki, and Chris Hayes to discuss day one of his criminal trial in New York. (Bookmark The Beat’s YouTube playlist, updated daily: https://msnbc.com/ari. Connect with Ari on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AriMelber IG: https://www.instagram.com/arimelber Merch: msnbc.com/beat5)

  • Report: China is exporting digital control methods

    As it exports internet infrastructure, China is expanding its authoritarian model of the web, report says.

  • Mary Trump: My uncle has 'no control' over his future — and it's freaking him out

    Former President Donald Trump's niece, psychologist Mary Trump, shredded her uncle in a new email blast analyzing exactly why she believes the criminal hush money trial which began this week is such a problem for him — not just legally, but emotionally."No doubt Donald feels as though he’s being singled out for extraordinary punishment, but that’s because he has so rarely been in a situation in which he has no control over either the narrative or the proceedings," she wrote. "Because this is a...

  • Trump’s trial begins, how Nevada is tied to case

    Disclaimer: Readers may find some of the material in the article offensive as it is of a sexual nature. LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Monday marked day one of former president Donald Trump's criminal trial. Trump's alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels reportedly began 17 years ago at a Lake Tahoe golf tournament. 8 []

  • Trump, Johnson: 'Election integrity is tied to border security'

    (The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson have raised the alarm about non-citizens voting in U.S. elections, citing the border crisis. They did so after Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week that his policies were impacting U.S. elections and after Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, reintroduced a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote. DHS Secretary...

  • Trump's desperation for cash is complicating his VP search: report

    The dual burdens of funding an expensive presidential campaign combined with funneling enormous amounts of cash to pay his legal teams attempting to keep him out of jail is creating bumps in the road for Donald Trump's choice of a running mate.Add to considerations over what the number two person on the ballot with the former president brings to the table with regard to voters is Trump's desperate need for campaign cash because he is trailing his opponent, President Joe Biden, by a substantial...

  • Femi reacts to reports French 'aren't controlling our borders'

    "The very existence of this Conservative government is based on the idea that we should be controlling our borders, not the EU."

    • CNN

    Report card comparing Biden & Trump’s accomplishments

    Paul Glastris joins The Lead

    • CNN

    ‘Extraordinary accommodation’: Reporter on rare location for Trump hearing

    CNN’s Kara Scannell breaks down the rare way a hearing took place that resulted in former President Donald Trump’s third loss in his team’s attempts to delay his New York hush money trial.

  • US Arms Ukraine With Weapons From Top Russian Ally

    The United States has delivered over 5,000 firearms and hundreds of thousands of rounds to Ukraine's military after obtaining the weapons from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).According to U.S. Central Command, over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles and RPG-7s were sent to the Ukrainian armed forces last week, alongside 500,000 rounds of ammunition. The equipment is enough to arm one Ukrainian brigade, read a post to X, formerly Twitter from Central Command, who added that...

  • Starlink terminals are reportedly being used by Russian forces in Ukraine

    Starlink satellite internet terminals are being widely used by Russian forces in Ukraine, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The publication indicates that the terminals, which were developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are being used to coordinate attacks in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Additionally, Starlink terminals can be used on the battlefield to control drones and other forms of military tech. The terminals are reaching Russian forces via a complex network of black market...