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Breaking news: President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to investigate former President Joe Biden's mental state and the use of an autopen to sign White House documents. Read more here. |
President Donald Trump signed a travel ban yesterday, preventing nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States and partially restricting entry from seven others. The order, which cites national security risks, is scheduled to go into effect at 12:01 am ET Monday.
The ban follows a Jan. 20 executive order (read here) requiring the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to assess national security risks and hostile attitudes toward the US from foreign countries. The White House says countries targeted by yesterday's ban have high visa overstay rates or fail to properly vet or share threat information on their citizens entering the US.
Countries whose foreign nationals will be banned are Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Countries with partial restrictions include Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. |
Ukraine released drone footage yesterday of this week’s sweeping attack on Russia’s bomber fleet. The attack on Sunday is by far Ukraine’s most complex operation in the three-year war. See footage here.
Ukraine says Operation Spiderweb took 18 months to plan. The attack involved smuggling 117 remotely operated drones into Russia on the roofs of mobile log cabins, with pilots launching them near-simultaneously to military airfields across multiple time zones (see more). Of the four airfields targeted, the farthest is roughly 3,000 miles from Kyiv. Ukraine says it damaged 41 bomber planes, destroying about half of them permanently. Satellite imagery has so far confirmed the destruction of at least 12 strategic bombers. Ukraine estimates the cost to Russia at more than $7B.
President Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to respond to the attack, forestalling a potential ceasefire. See the latest war updates here. |
The Oklahoma City Thunder hosts the Indiana Pacers for Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight (8:30 pm ET, ABC).
The Thunder, which last won the finals in 1979 as the now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics (see history), is the overwhelming favorite following a league-best 68-14 regular season record. Point guard and regular-season MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is also favored to be named the finals MVP.
The Pacers arrive at Paycom Center as the biggest underdog since the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 finals against the Golden State Warriors. Fans are looking to point guard Tyrese Haliburton and forward Pascal Siakam to lead the team to its first NBA Finals win. The Indianapolis-based team won three ABA championships in the early 1970s before the ABA and NBA merged.
The rare matchup of two small-market teams has sparked concern about TV ratings and ticket sales. |
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