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The Miami Heat traded star forward Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Butler, 35, was at odds with the Heat over his contract and had requested a trade last month. He has been suspended by Miami three times for conduct detrimental to the …

Top officials at the Department of Education told staff Wednesday that if they accept the Trump administration’s deferred resignation package, the education secretary may later cancel it and employees would not have any recourse, potentially leaving them without promised pay.  The Office of Personnel Management sent notices last week to …

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers are staging protests outside federal agencies, holding resistance-themed news conferences back home and taking to social media as they try to combat President Donald Trump’s moves to remake the government with executive power. Relegated to the minority in Congress and left with few legislative tools to …

The CIA has sent an unclassified email — with a list of all employees recently hired — to comply with the president’s executive order to reduce the federal workforce, a U.S. official said, raising concerns among former intelligence officials and lawmakers that America’s adversaries could exploit the list. The list …

WASHINGTON — Leaders of the pro-Palestinian movement that rallied opposition to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2024 election are standing by their strategy amid new criticism that they weakened the Democratic ticket after President Donald Trump said he wants to “take over” the Gaza Strip. Trump’s remarks, which …

It’s safe to say John Lopez hasn’t had a fun football season. A die-hard Giants fan since he can remember, the 31-year-old New Yorker watched each week as his beloved team stumbled to a 3-14 record with dysfunction both on and off the field.  But the person causing him the …

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday prohibiting transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The measure, according to White House officials, is called the “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order.” The timing does not appear to be coincidental: Wednesday is the 39th annual National …

The driver accused of killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew claimed he’s being unfairly prosecuted and that victims of the deadly crash were more impaired than he was, according to court papers filed in New Jersey on Tuesday. Lawyers for Sean Higgins, 44, made the stunning revelation in …

The National Women’s Soccer League has agreed to a $5 million settlement with three attorneys general over past mistreatment of its athletes, according to a joint announcement on Wednesday. The settlement closes investigations by New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C., and comes after years of allegations by NWSL players of …

The labor union representing NFL referees on Tuesday blasted “conspiracy theories” that officials have been tilting games in favor of the two-time-defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. Baseless allegations that referees are the bag for Kansas City have been running rampant for years, to the point where NFL commissioner …