For Dodgers fans, nothing could be better than a team that makes lots of money, spends lots of money, and wins unapologetically. To Arizona fans, the enemy is not the system, even if Kendrick says the Dodgers have mastered the system rather than skirted it. To Arizona fans, the enemy is the Dodgers. “I think, on a regular-season basis — and I’m trying to be honest about the competitive atmosphere — they are a more competitive team than we are. The average crowd in Arizona for games involving the Dodgers: 43,441; for games against every other team: 27,865.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins is opening up about her relationship with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “To her credit, she said, ‘No, Kaitlan’s coming in with the rest of the U.S. press,’ and we went in,” Collins said of Leavitt. “You’re asking questions that maybe they don’t want to fully answer, and so that is something that always exists. It’s a good faith question.”“And so obviously that leads to clashes sometimes when they don’t like my question,” she continued. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile.

Discovery (WBD) Paramount owns CBS and has already made changes at CBS News, which has been the target of criticism from Trump. Paramount is trying to stop that deal by going straight to shareholders with its own bid for all of WBD, including CNN. The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. Paramount argues that the Netflix deal is inferior to the $30-per-share offer that it has publicly made for WBD. One of Paramount’s key arguments has centered on the Trump administration and whether regulators will block the Netflix deal.

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In the NBC interview, Trump seemed to marvel at the attention he’s been getting from both Ellison and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who has also met with Trump in recent months. The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. Paramount argues that the Netflix deal is inferior to the $30-per-share offer that it has publicly made for WBD. One of Paramount’s key arguments has centered on the Trump administration and whether regulators will block the Netflix deal. And Trump complimented both Larry and David Ellison after the family took control of Paramount last year, saying, “They’re friends of mine.

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Iranian protester to Trump: 'History is watching'After thousands of Iranians were killed in last month’s crackdown on protests, many have told CNN's Jomana Karadsheh they feel let down by President Trump who said the US would intervene if the regime opened fire on protesters. With many still detained and at risk of execution, they say it’s not too late for the President to come to their rescue.

“How can you do this, be a repeat offender, kill somebody and serve 2½ years of a nine-year sentence?” Kellie Montalvo said. Advertisement“Quite frankly, we don’t give a darn about her good merit credits,” Montalvo said. Gavin Newsom cannot overturn Velado’s early release, his office can look into whether the credits were calculated correctly. SB 907 also aims to close a loophole for repeat DUI offenders. “Our son was killed by a repeat DUI offender that the system failed to stop,” his mother, Jennifer Levi, said in a statement on SB 907.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday. Advertisement“I have proposed and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” he continued. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched Operation Metro Surge on Dec. 1. While the Trump administration has called those arrested “dangerous criminal illegal aliens,” many people with no criminal records, including children and U.S. citizens, have also been detained. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expected Operation Metro Surge to end in “days, not weeks and months,” based on his conversations with senior Trump administration officials.

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New York —Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to tackle huge problems in New York City like housing, mass transit and child care. Public bathrooms. Many of the city's roughly 1,000 public bathrooms are in subway stations. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images“We hit the nadir,” said Bryant Simon, a historian at Temple University and author of a forthcoming book on public bathrooms. Temperance leaders also advocated for public bathrooms to keep men out of bars, which were one of the only establishments with restrooms.

Advertisement“If you take money from certain people, it’s not like that money doesn’t come with strings,” said Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat while rejecting corporate PAC money. “Rejecting corporate PAC money is a powerfully important signal to voters that you’re a Democrat with backbone who will actually fight back against special interests.”Warren and other progressives have taken to pointing to rejecting corporate PAC money as a significant litmus test. After a UAW member directly asked if the candidates were taking corporate PAC money, both El-Sayed and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow said they weren’t. Each of the candidates backed by the progressive group Justice Democrats this cycle has promised to turn down corporate PAC money. “The discontent with the corporate part of the Democratic Party is getting broader,” said Usamah Andrabi, the group’s communications director.

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And in the Times newsroom, a steady progression of well-known insiders has prevailed. Newsroom leadership is groomed internally; that practice can foster insularity and self-importance, but it also creates stability. All the gains the Post had made – growth in digital subscriptions, and even a couple of years of profitability – began to dissipate. If leadership caused this vast separation in fortunes, only enlightened and effective leadership at the Post can begin to close the gap. As someone who has revered the Washington Post for decades, I wish I could see that on the horizon.

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