One comment by fighter Josh Hokit, insulting the former First Lady, threatens to overshadow the positive takeaways from the evening.
On the eve of one of the city’s biggest celebrations in years — a parade for the NBA champion Knicks — the Yankees got the party started early.
The New York Knicks will become the first champions of the National Basketball Association to accept an invitation from the White House under President Donald Trump.The team's owner confirmed the decision after the Knicks players participated in the championship parade through New York City on Wednesday.'Look, I invited the president to come down for the game. He is a friend. I've known him for 30 years.'James Dolan made the comments while appearing on a radio show on WFAN New York."Thank you for asking me that. We just did receive an invitation from the White House, which we accepted," Dolan said."We still have to figure out the details, et cetera, but yes, of course," he added. "Look, I invited the president to come down for the game. He is a friend. I've known him for 30 years, and I'm very proud to bring the team to the White House."Trump attended the third game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden and watched as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Knicks. The team bounced back to defeat the Spurs and take the title for the first time in 53 years.Every team that has won the NBA championship has declined to meet Trump, beginning with the Golden State Warriors in 2017. Warriors star Stephen Curry said he had no interest in going to the White House, prompting the president to retract the invite."Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team," the president replied in Sept. 2017. "Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"RELATED: Mayhem in Manhattan: Chaos, violence erupt outside New York Knicks Game 3 watch party The president is a New York City native and longtime Knicks fan."Well, I've been a Knicks fan for a long time, and I'm also a Jim Dolan fan," the president said. "He's a nice guy, OK? He spent a long time wanting to win, and he's a competitive guy. He's got a team that's amazing." Three other NBA championship teams visited the White House during former President Joe Biden's one and only term in office: the Bucks, Warriors, and Celtics.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
The Obama-era Iran deal was packed with technical details and specific requirements limiting, but not shutting down, Iran's nuclear program. President Trump's new agreement is more of a framework, and it's not final yet.
President Donald Trump came to see the Knicks at Madison Square Garden for the NBA Finals. Now, the champs are returning the favor.
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President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Iran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015.
Democrats celebrated a small victory in Georgia on Wednesday as GOP leaders shelved plans to redraw the state's congressional maps for the 2028 elections. But they're warning the battle is far from won.Why it matters: Republicans hit pause on their plans amid fear that a redraw before November could energize Democratic voters, but Dems are trying to manifest that energy anyways.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), in a statement to Axios, said his party "will continue to keep the pressure on until the MAGA power grab is defeated and the American people prevail.""Georgia Republicans know that MAGA extremists will face a fierce backlash at the ballot box in November and beyond for their scheme to rig congressional maps in the middle of the decade," he said.Driving the news: Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns wrote in a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday that redistricting "deserves the same responsible, fact-driven approach that guides every policy we consider as lawmakers."As such, he said, the legislature would not attempt to redraw Georgia's congressional or state legislative lines at this year's special session.Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and other prominent GOP figures had pushed to draw out as many Democratic House members as possible ahead of 2028 after the Supreme Court weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in April.Reality check: Even though Georgia Republicans are putting their redistricting efforts on pause for this year, they could still take them up at a later date."This fight is not over," state Rep. Jasmine Clark, the Democratic nominee in Georgia's 13th U.S. House district, warned in a statement on Wednesday.Still, she said, "This redistricting special session was completely unnecessary and I'm happy that Republican leaders are saying no to redrawing lines.""The massive wave of mobilization that brought this victory is just a preview of what is to come in November," said Georgia Democratic Party chair Charlie Bailey.
