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Chris Paul is currently away from the Clippers after the team announced Wednesday that it would be “parting ways” with the 40-year-old guard. The move was surprising, given that Paul had only recently stated that 2025/26 would be his final NBA season. On Amazon Prime Video Friday (Twitter video link), Chris Haynes outlined what he […] The post Clippers split with Chris Paul amid internal friction allegations appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently faced questions about a state fraud scandal involving Somalis that spawned a feud between him and President Donald Trump. The scandal, outlined in a Nov. 29 articles in The New York Times, centered on a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future that received federal funding to feed low-income children. NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker asked Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Nov. 30 about the schemes mentioned in the article that involved people convicted in Minnesota for stealing taxpayer money during the pandemic. Welker asked Walz: “Do you take responsibility for failing…

Follow up to this post, quote from PoliticoAdministration re: Hassett to Fed: One former ally, who was granted anonymity to speak frankly about Hassett’s candidacy, said they were worried that the NEC director would struggle to put on a “Fed chair hat” given the depth of his relationships in Trump world. Another said that even if Hassett were able to separate himself from the political responsibilities of his current role, many business leaders and investors already perceive him as being overly willing to follow the president’s wishes, which could jeopardize his ability to steer the Fed through periods of economic…

Mohamed Salah claims he has been “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and says he has no relationship with boss Arne Slot. Salah failed to come off the bench as Liverpool were denied a win at Leeds this evening, Ao Tanaka scoring an injury-time leveller to give the hosts a point in a pulsating 3-3 draw. Hugo Ekitike started and Alexander Isak came on as a late substitute but Salah – a two-time Premier League champion with the Reds – did not appear. The Egypt international said afterwards: “I don’t know what to say. It’s funny but I couldn’t believe…

The Trump administration released its long-anticipated new national security strategy late Thursday night, laying out a vision that attempts to reconcile U.S. global dominance with a U.S. retreat from many aspects of its decades-long global role. The one through line in the strategy—which at various points both promotes and rails against interventionism—is advancing Washington’s ambitions. “In everything we do, we are putting America First,” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote in his introduction to the strategy, which he described as a “roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history.” But the opening paragraphs of…

As the country spirals into a demographic disaster, Ukrainian authorities face a quandary: who will be left to pick up the pieces once the war ends? Ukraine’s population – 42 million before the full-scale invasion in February 2022 – has already shrunk to below 36 million, including several million in areas captured by Russia, according to the demography institute at Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences. It estimates the figure will drop to 25 million by 2051. Ukraine, whose population exceeded 48 million in 2001, faced demographic decline well before the conflict, with millions of citizens heading westward from eastern Europe…

Premier League12:30 PMDecember 6, 2025Regular Season – 15Villa ParkReferee: Peter Bankes, England Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Aston Villa World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Arsenal World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics1.49Expected goals (xG)1.91Passing320 (82%)Accurate passes373 (85%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 23 G Emiliano Martínez 7.9 22 D Ian Maatsen 6.2 14 D Pau Torres 6.6 4 D Ezri Konsa 6.7 24 M Amadou Onana 6.5 44 M Boubacar Camera 90+5′ 7.6…

NBA insider Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson reports fresh trade chatter linking Kyrie Irving to the Minnesota Timberwolves after a turbulent stretch in Dallas. Irving is recovering from a torn ACL and remains a key figure in Mavericks planning after signing a three-year, $119 million extension last summer; he becomes trade-eligible on Dec. 15. Dallas publicly […] The post Kyrie Irving trade speculation heats up: Timberwolves eye star point guard appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

More extreme cold is on the way next week for Americans in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions. Temperatures are expected to remain 15-25 degrees below average. By Monday, forecast lows in the northern will range from -1 in upstate New York to 12 in Bangor, Maine. Temperatures are starting to return to normal this weekend after millions of Americans felt the brunt of the extreme chill on Friday before another blast of arctic air rolls through the Northern Tier of the U.S. in the early part of next week. Temperatures from the Midwest to the Interstate 95 corridor on…

Brussels (ANSA) – The heart of the investigation remains unchanged: alleged fraud in public contracts, corruption, conflict of interest, violation of professional secrecy. A list that mirrors the initial charges brought by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and notified, after an entire day of intense questioning, to Federica Mogherini, Stefano Sannino and Cesare Zegretti. All three were released during the night without any conditions: for the investigators there is no risk of flight and the presumption of innocence remains fully intact, as reiterated by the same investigators who are coordinating an inquiry that began – by the admission of the…