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At the Enhanced Games, where athletes were encouraged to dope, the sports seemed less like the main event and more like a Trojan horse for a broader businessâselling supplements to the masses, @elcush.bsky.social reports from Las Vegas:
SCOOP: Markwayne Mullin met with airline and travel executives at DHS last week and told them he's serious about plan to pressure sanctuary cities by cutting CBP screening at intl airports after World Cup. Execs have warned economic impact would be "devastating" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Athletes at the Enhanced Games were biggerâbut not exactly better.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has likened the World Cup security challenge to protecting â78 Super Bowls.â And the U.S., he made clear, isnât entirely ready for any of them, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has likened the World Cup security challenge to protecting â78 Super Bowls.â And the U.S., he made clear, isnât entirely ready for any of them, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
For Adam Silver, who leads a business valued at roughly $200 billion, media engagements are rare. Tim Alberta convinced the bubble-wrapped NBA commissioner to sit down with him as the league entered a moment of institutional crisis:
Thomas Massie is unafraid of Donald Trump, and the Kentucky Republican thinks he can embolden more people in his party to stand up to the presidentâif he can get reelected, @russellberman.bsky.social reports.
In an Ohio Republican primary, former ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahanâs candidacy will test how much the mass-deportation message can still drive GOP voters to the polls when Trumpâs name isnât on the ballot, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
Today, a judge dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia. In 2025, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reported on how the Trump administration tried to build its case by cutting deals with felons and driving out federal prosecutors, rather than admitting it had made a mistake.
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NEW Security at the correspondentsâ dinner was largely successfulâbut the attack revealed vulnerabilities that can no longer be ignored, @shaneharris.bsky.social argues: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
He wants out, but Iran could likely keep going for months.
The administration is cutting deals with felons, driving out federal prosecutors, and threatening to abandon its criminal caseâall to avoid admitting error.
