New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu will decide whether he will run for the GOP nomination for president in the next week or two, he told CNN on Sunday.
While the governor has been mulling a presidential run for the past few months, he told CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper that he’s making sure it’s “right to the party” and right for him before jumping into the race. 
“I think very soon,” Sununu responded when asked about his impending decision. “I don’t do coy very well. So when I start doing something, I’m 120% in. So I think, you know, pretty soon we’ll make a decision. Probably in the next week or two, and we’ll either be go or no go.”
Sununu said if he were to run, his campaign would focus on “good government,” including low spending and taxation. He added that while he wouldn’t center his campaign on the “culture war,” he would still talk about critical social issues even though government can’t “solve” them. Sununu said such topics “get in our way” and “clog up what good, practical, efficient government should be.” 
The governor attacked the GOP frontrunners. He said former President Donald Trump failed on promises like draining the swamp, fiscal discipline, and securing the border. He has previously accused Trump of playing the “victim” and <a href="https://www.wmur.com/article/sununu-rails-against-desantis-others-as-big-government-republicans/43523081">referred</a> to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis as a “big government&#8221; Republican. 
“The one thing I’m looking at is where can I be most effective,” Sununu said. “I just want what’s best for the party. Doesn’t have to be the Chris Sununu show all the time.” 
Two weeks ago, Sununu <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/05/19/chris-sununu-says-61-percent-chance-he-runs-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> there was a “61 percent chance” he would run for the Republican nomination. If he were to jump in the race, he would join an already crowded field led by Trump and DeSantis, which includes former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and conservative talk show host Larry Elder. 
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Sununu said jumping into the race is easy, but knowing when to get out is much more challenging. 
“You can’t prevent candidates from getting in,” Sununu said. “There could be 12 people that get in. The key, the discipline, is getting out. The discipline is, come November, late December, if you’re sitting in low single digits, get your butt out of the race; let’s narrow this thing down to two or three candidates and really figure out where the party’s gonna go.”

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended the tentative agreement on the debt ceiling he made with President Joe Biden during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daj2qeGYZmI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> Sunday after criticism from some Republicans on the concessions, saying the deal is “worthy of the American people.&#8221;
The “agreement in principle” that McCarthy and Biden reached on Saturday  — just days before a potential default — has been criticized by Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus. While conceding the GOP didn’t get everything they asked for, McCarthy <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/speaker-mccarthy-defends-budget-compromise-conservatives-balk-step-the-right-direction">argued</a> on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; that the deal is a “step in the right direction.” 
“The Democrats&#8217; reckless spending is unsustainable and irresponsible,” McCarthy tweeted Sunday morning. “So we are changing how Washington operates by shutting down Biden&#8217;s COVID slush funds, blocking his new tax proposals, and ending the out-of-control spending that is driving up inflation.&#8221;
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The Democrats&#39; reckless spending is unsustainable and irresponsible. So we are changing how Washington operates by shutting down Biden&#39;s COVID slush funds, blocking his new tax proposals, and ending the out-of-control spending that is driving up inflation <a href="https://t.co/AGVDlh884L">https://t.co/AGVDlh884L</a>
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“We know at any time when you sit and negotiate within two parties, that you got to work with both sides of the aisle,” McCarthy said in a press conference Sunday morning. “So, it’s not 100% what everybody wants, but when you look, the country is going to be stronger. This is going to be transformational where Congress is literally going to vote to spend less money this year than we spent last year.” 
McCarthy touted the deal’s reforms, including cutting red tape and protections for the military and veterans. Despite pushback from some Republicans, McCarthy said &#8220;95%&#8221; of the party was “overwhelmingly excited” about what was in the deal, and he expects GOP politicians to support it.  
McCarthy said his team worked with Biden’s advisors throughout the night and said he would have a call with the president Sunday afternoon to finalize the language. In a statement, Biden said, “The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of governing.&#8221;
“This is a good, strong bill that the majority of Republicans will vote for,” the Speaker said. 
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1662564216463671296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> his dissatisfaction with the agreement Saturday, saying he was a “hard pass.” 
“A $4 trillion debt ceiling increase? With virtually none of the key fiscally responsible policies passed in the Limit, Save, Grow Act kept intact?” Clyde tweeted, urging conservatives to “hold the line.” 
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Similarly, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepKenBuck/status/1662666420499664897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the deal, calling it a “surrender.” 
“The bottom line is that the U.S. will have $35 trillion of debt in January, 2025. That is completely unacceptable,” Buck said. 
When asked if he was worried about a motion to oust him from the Speaker role — which can begin with a single member, a concession McCarthy made during his bid for the position — he said, “Not at all.” 
The bill will sit for 72 hours for public review. McCarthy <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/debt-ceiling-live-updates-rcna86529">said</a> the House will vote on Wednesday.  The Speaker added that the bill has a lot for “both sides.&#8221;

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New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has a new proposal for dealing with migrants crossing the border, and it involves the federal government dispersing them across America. 
In an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-adams-new-york-city-mayor-face-the-nation-transcript-05-21-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appearance</a> on CBS&#8217;s “Face The Nation” on Sunday, Adams said that instead of burdening one city with an influx of migrants, the federal government needs to do more to direct them to other areas. He told host Margaret Brennan that the $30 million the federal government has sent to New York City is insufficient to deal with the “national problem.” 
“We have 108,000 cities, villages, towns,” Adams said when asked if the federal government should send migrants elsewhere. “If everyone takes a small portion of that, and if it&#8217;s coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful manner is actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city.” 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> Eric Adams tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MargBrennan</a> the federal government should be directing migrant movement throughout the U.S. “We have 108,000 cities, villages, towns. If everyone takes a small portion, it’s not a burden on one city.” <a href="https://t.co/GJvEDnosmH">pic.twitter.com/GJvEDnosmH</a>
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Adams explained that NYC has taken in more than 70,000 asylum seekers and still cares for approximately 42,000. He told Brennan that he’s met with FEMA, New York’s congressional delegation, and the White House regarding financial allocations and resources to try to solve the issue, which Adams says is “unfair to the city of New York and all about cities to carry the burden of a national problem.” 
Adams began busing migrants to surrounding counties in recent weeks in an attempt to alleviate the severity of the issue in New York City, in what he referred to as a “decompression strategy.” Both <a href="https://rocklandnews.com/rockland-sues-nyc/">Rockland</a> and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/nyc-loosens-rules-ships-migrants-upstate-seeks-federal/story?id=99301885">Orange</a> Counties sued to stop the move.
“This is a home rule state and New York City does not have the authority over this County or Town to volunteer us for placement, especially when we are telling them we do not have the infrastructure to help,” Rockland County Executive Ed Day <a href="https://rocklandnews.com/rockland-sues-nyc/">said</a>.
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When asked by Brennan about this practice, Adams said he believes “the entire state should participate in a decompression strategy, and it&#8217;s unfortunate that there has- there have been some lawmakers and counties that are not carrying on their role of ensuring that this is a decompression strategy throughout the state.&#8221;
While campaigning for mayor, Adams ensured New Yorkers that the city would &#8220;remain a sanctuary city&#8221; under his administration if elected. 
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&quot;We should protect our immigrants.&quot; Period.
Yes, New York City will remain a sanctuary city under an Adams administration. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EricOnNBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EricOnNBC</a>
&mdash; Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/1450967702093320203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The wreck of the Titanic is the most famous maritime tragedy in history, with poems, songs, and movies being produced to honor and tell the story of the ship’s tragic maiden voyage. Now, the Titanic can be seen like never before, as scientists have mapped the ship, <a href="https://atlanticproductions.tv/news/titanic-first-ever-full-size-scans-of-the-wreck-revealed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">creating</a> stunning 3D scans of it in its entirety — over a century after it went down.
Magellan Ltd., a British deep-sea mapping company, and Atlantic Productions carried out a massive project last summer to scan and map the ship using <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/18/titanic-wreck-3d-scan-images/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a> remote-controlled submersibles named Romeo and Juliet — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/titanic-shipwreck-3d-images.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly</a> 2.4 miles deep. They spent over 200 hours surveying and taking over 700,000 images, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to BBC News. The final product was a 3D “digital twin” reconstruction of the “entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the water has been drained away,” Magellan said in a <a href="https://www.magellan.gg/titanic-in-3d/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
“I have been studying Titanic for 20 years, but this is a true game changer,” Parks Stephenson, a researcher and Titanic explorer, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/05/18/titanic-wreck-3d-scan-images/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “What we are seeing for the first time is an accurate and true depiction of the entire wreck and debris site. I’m seeing details that none of us have ever seen before.”
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The scans show &#8220;never before seen&#8221; details of the whole ship and the debris field — which stretched three miles, <a href="https://atlanticproductions.tv/news/titanic-first-ever-full-size-scans-of-the-wreck-revealed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Atlantic Productions. While they show great details of the exterior of the ship and surrounding areas, more minute details and personal objects have also been captured. Some of these items <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/titanic-shipwreck-3d-images.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> a pair of shoes, a top hat, unopened champagne bottles, watches, and <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602182" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even</a> a serial number on one of the propellers.
Researchers say the fascinating images and scans were not easy to capture, with the founder chief of Magellan, Richard Parkinson, calling the mission “challenging.” He explains that the crew had to battle the weather and encountered technical challenges throughout the endeavor.
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The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has been created using deep-sea mapping. It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the water has been drained away.
The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the… <a href="https://t.co/rT8imgnAmB">pic.twitter.com/rT8imgnAmB</a>
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While there are images and videos from previous expeditions to the site, many are low-quality due to the depth and murkiness of the water. But experts say the groundbreaking new model can provide new insights into the final resting place of the ship and information on its tragic end.
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&#8220;There are still questions, basic questions, that need to be answered about the ship,&#8221; Stephenson told BBC, adding that the new model is &#8220;one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research — and not speculation.&#8221;
Atlantic Productions, one of the groups that worked on the project, is producing a documentary on their work on the ship, BBC notes. Atlantic’s chief executive Anthony Geffen <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/science/titanic-shipwreck-3d-images.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the group will “write the proper science of the Titanic.”
“We now have every rivet of the Titanic, every detail, we can put it back together, so for the first time we can actually see what happened and use real science to find out what happened,” he said.
The Titanic sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its journey from Southampton, England, to New York. Over 1,500 people died in the incident. At the time, it was the largest and most lavish ship on the seas.

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One of Australia’s biggest maritime mysteries has been solved with the discovery of a ship that sank 50 years ago, sending its crew on a harrowing journey of survival. 
The M.V. Blythe Star has been discovered off the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced in a <a href="https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2023/may/blythe-star-wreck-location-confirmed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> Monday. The location of the shipwreck had been a decades-long mystery, one that the families of the crew wanted answers to as the 50th anniversary of its disappearance approached. 
An investigation by CSIRO has discovered the resting place six-and-a-half miles west of South West Cape, Tasmania, in roughly 500 feet of water. Using a research vessel with underwater cameras, the group could confirm it was the Blythe Star by identifying various features of the ship, including the word “STAR,” still visible on the bow. 
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“When I heard they found it, I was just blown away,” Michael Doleman, the last surviving crewman of the ship, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/blythe-star-shipwreck-found-50-years-later/102289524" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Overall it was pretty intact, especially the propeller and the rudder. It is in pretty good nick actually, considering its journey.”
On October 12, 1973, the Blythe Star &#8212; a 130-foot <a href="https://maritime-executive.com/features/the-unsung-heroes-of-the-blythe-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener">freighter</a> &#8212; left Hobart, Australia, en route to King Island, Australia, with a crew of ten men and a cargo load of fertilizer and kegged beer. The weather was <a href="https://maritime-executive.com/features/the-unsung-heroes-of-the-blythe-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to be favorable during the two-day trip. 
One day after leaving Hobart, the ship began taking on water and tilting to one side. Because of the ship&#8217;s angle, the lifeboat could not be launched, and the vessel capsized off the southwest coast of Tasmania. With no lifeboat, the crew used an inflatable life raft, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). What caused the ship to capsize and sink is unclear, though many <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12083311/MV-Blythe-Star-discovered-Tasmanian-coast-sinking-1973.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> it may have been overloaded. 
“It was fine weather, beautiful weather. Suddenly there was a lurch,” the ship&#8217;s captain, George Cruikshank, told reporters at the time. “I thought, ‘that’s funny’. Next thing I knew, she was lying over on her starboard side.”
The ship sank so quickly – in less than ten minutes, <a href="https://maritime-executive.com/features/the-unsung-heroes-of-the-blythe-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Maritime Executive – that no distress signal was sent. The captain didn’t bring the portable emergency radio onto the raft, and no one knew the last location of the ship or that the men were beginning a fight for survival, ABC reported. 
As the inflatable raft began to drift from where the Blythe Star sank, Doleman, who was just 18 years old at the time, said they got within a quarter mile of the shore on multiple occasions but did not attempt to swim there because “there were too many sharks.” The first casualty came three days after the ship sank: second engineer John Sloan. His death may have been the result of medication he needed that he wasn’t able to retrieve before the ship sank, according to ABC. His body was buried at sea by the rest of the crew. 
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After nine days at sea and drifting roughly 250 miles, the men came ashore at Deep Glen Bay. Two more crew members died shortly after making it ashore, possibly from hypothermia or exhaustion, The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/15/blythe-star-shipwreck-found-off-tasmanian-coast-brings-closure-to-50-year-mystery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>. At this point, the search – which began when the Blythe Star failed to arrive at King Island – had already been halted, presuming all the men were dead. Some memorial services had even taken place already. Three of the men embarked on a two-day trek to find help, eventually encountering a truck passing by, which led to their rescue. 
“We ran up to his truck and told him we were the Blythe Star survivors,” Doleman recounted, to which the man replied, “Nah, you’re all dead.”
“I said: ‘No, we’re not dead.’”
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Solving a 50-year-old maritime mystery. 🚢
On Friday, 12 October 1973, the coastal freighter MV Blythe Star departed Hobart bound for King Island. On board were 10 crew and a cargo of beer and fertiliser.
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Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales believes that instead of releasing migrants into the United States to wait years for a court date, President Joe Biden should instead send immigration judges to the border to more quickly determine whether or not they have legitimate asylum claims. 
Appearing on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Gonzales <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that the current process of releasing migrants is insufficient because court dates can be as far out as eight years down the road while explaining that the majority of asylum seekers won’t qualify for asylum anyway. 
“The president should surge immigration judges to the border,” Gonzales told host Margaret Brennan when asked for an alternative to the current strategy. “That person should get their case heard in days, not years.” 
“Right now in El Paso, if you apply on the One App … your court date is 2031,” he added. “That’s eight years from now.” 
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Texas Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyGonzales4TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyGonzales4TX</a> says the alternative to releasing migrants is that President Biden should &quot;surge&quot; immigration judges to the border and that migrants should get their case heard in days, not years. Adding, &quot; This is America. Get your day in court.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/c1drN3qgd0">pic.twitter.com/c1drN3qgd0</a>
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Gonzales said Biden should have sent judges, not troops, to the border because &#8220;nine out of ten&#8221; migrants don’t qualify for asylum. Gonzales shared footage from an overcrowded Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in El Paso, which he said shows the situation is worse than it’s being made out to be. 
“This is what I’m hearing on the ground from mayors, from border patrol agents, from embedded media, everyone is saying it’s not that bad,” Gonzales said, adding that he decided to take a look for himself. 
Gonzales said more than 6,000 migrants in the El Paso sector are currently in custody and that the facility he filmed is meant to hold 1,000 people – not the 3,000 he says it’s currently housing. Gonzales notes that one of the rooms was intended to hold 120 people but was holding more than 700. “This is what ‘not that bad’ looks like,” Gonzales said.
“We can’t allow ‘not that bad’ to be the normal,” he said, adding that a migrant child died in HHS custody last week. 
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NEW: Video courtesy of TX Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTonyGonzales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepTonyGonzales</a> office shows significant overcrowding in Border Patrol’s Central Processing Center in El Paso, TX on Friday. He says they have a max capacity of around 1,000, but there were 6,000 that day. This room capacity 120, but had 750 <a href="https://t.co/4cdULVXXTO">pic.twitter.com/4cdULVXXTO</a>
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His comments come after Title 42, the pandemic-era rule that allowed authorities to turn away migrants at the border based on public health grounds, ended on Thursday. According to the Border Patrol union, as of last week, CBP was holding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-illegal-immigrants-surge-across-border-as-trump-era-rule-ends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly</a> 28,000 illegal immigrants at detention facilities, a number beyond capacity, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/spike-us-mexico-border-crossings-fuels-political-tensions-title-42-ends-2023-05-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters. 
Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-heads-to-beach-after-shattering-all-time-record-with-83000-illegal-aliens-storming-border-in-1-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">correspondent</a> Bill Melugin reported a “record setting” 83,000 illegal immigrants crossed the Southern Border last week alone.

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A New York hotel has canceled a block of more than 35 room reservations made months ago by an engaged couple for their big day after the hotel began accommodating migrants last week. 
The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York, about 70 miles north of Manhattan, began accepting migrants on Thursday after New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/nyregion/rockland-migrants-shelter-nyc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plan</a> to house them in hotels in Orange and Rockland Counties. 
The engaged couple from Queens is now scrambling to secure hotel rooms for their 60 guests before their wedding on May 20, less than a week away. 
&#8220;What we feel right now is, we feel very cast aside,&#8221; groom-to-be Sean Plunkett <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crossroads-hotel-newburgh-cancels-wedding-guest-reservations-asylum-seekers-relocated-nyc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;This is a whole, big hot-button issue, but at this point we really just want what&#8217;s best for us and our friends and family,&#8221; he added.
The hotel did not inform them that their room block had been canceled, according to the couple. After hearing that the hotel planned to house migrants, they said they reached out and were told that their reservations, and all other block reservations for the next few months, had been canceled. 
&#8220;We figured it would be a situation where they’d be there, we’d be there and it’d be fine,&#8221; Plunkett said. 
The couple <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/migrant-crisis/wedding-parties-lose-hotel-rooms-to-migrants-bused-to-suburbs-county-fights-nyc-plan/4330771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> had guests from Ireland, Ecuador, Japan, Canada, and England planning on staying at the hotel. The Queens couple was not the only fiancés facing the same situation. <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/13/wedding-guests-scramble-after-hotel-taking-nyc-migrants-cancels-rooms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to the New York Post, a Florida couple also had their block of 30 rooms canceled at The Crossroads Hotel ahead of their June wedding to make room for migrants. 
“We felt discarded, disappointed and angry that they just tossed us aside to make an extra dollar for the hotel. It’s just not right,” Deanna Mifsud, a bride-to-be, said. 
The couple also said they weren&#8217;t adequately notified by the hotel, telling the Post that only one guest had been informed their reservation was canceled. “We were on hold for 45-plus minutes and were ultimately told, ‘We can’t do anything for you, bye bye,’ and we were hung up on,” Mifsud said. 
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Additionally, a local Christian ministry had to relocate its services after losing access to the building, CBS New York <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crossroads-hotel-newburgh-cancels-wedding-guest-reservations-asylum-seekers-relocated-nyc/">reports</a>. 
Choice Hotels chain, which includes brands like Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, and Cambria Hotels, operates The Crossroads Hotel. According to CBS New York, after the outlet aired a story on the last-minute cancellations, a Choice Hotels spokesperson said affected guests had been contacted and the chain is &#8220;ensuring they are assisted with their accommodations.&#8221;
Orange County and the City of Newburgh on Friday filed three lawsuits in an attempt to block the relocation of migrants to hotels there, <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/migrant-crisis/wedding-parties-lose-hotel-rooms-to-migrants-bused-to-suburbs-county-fights-nyc-plan/4330771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC 4. They are suing New York City, The Crossroads Hotel, and Ramada.

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Archeologists have discovered the remains of a 19th-century quarantine hospital and cemetery at a submerged island at Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida, the National Park Service (NPS) <a href="https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/news/underwater-hospital-and-cemetery.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in a press release last week.
In 2016, maritime archeologist Joshua Marano spotted a unique L-shaped pattern while flying over the Gulf of Mexico near the national park, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/dry-tortugas-tombstone-underwater-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post. After some initial research, Marano <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/underwater-cemetery-hospital-dry-tortugas-florida.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">learned</a> there was a cemetery for soldiers and a quarantine hospital on the submerged island. Six years after locating the pattern, Marano and a team of archeologists and students conducted a survey of the site.
“The very first thing we came across was a single post,” Marano <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/us/underwater-cemetery-hospital-dry-tortugas-florida.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Basically like a pipe sticking out of the sand. Nothing around it. Nothing else nearby,” he continued, adding that they found additional pipes with spacing that matched the hospital’s build records. “This is a pretty good bet that this is that building.”
From 1860 to 1870, a yellow fever outbreak occurred at Fort Jefferson, which killed dozens as the population of the fort increased, according to the NPS. In response, multiple small quarantine hospitals were built on nearby islands to isolate the infected from the rest of the fort’s population, which “likely saved hundreds from a similar fate,” NPS says.
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While Fort Jefferson was <a href="https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/historyculture/fort-jefferson.htm#:~:text=The%20fort%20was%20also%20used,a%20coaling%20station%20for%20warships." target="_blank" rel="noopener">abandoned</a> by the Army in 1874, the discovered hospital was used while the U.S. Marine Hospital Service occupied the fort between 1890 and 1900, treating and isolating patients with yellow fever, the federal agency notes.
In addition to the quarantine hospital, the cemetery proved to be a fascinating find. The team was able to locate and identify a gravestone while surveying the site. The NPS says that of the dozens of people who were laid to rest at the cemetery, known as the Fort Jefferson Post Cemetery, many were military personnel and prisoners, in addition to some civilians. John Greer, who was a worker at the fort, died on November 5, 1861, and was buried at the cemetery. His gravestone was the only one identified by researchers.
“It was surreal,” Marano said of the find. “It’s the equivalent of finding a bell on a shipwreck with the name on it. It’s just something that you absolutely never hear of in underwater archaeology.”
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Archeologists made the discovery in August of last year and have been examining records to identify who John Greer was. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/dry-tortugas-tombstone-underwater-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to The Washington Post, Greer worked on the scaffolding of the fort. This, along with a lack of a hospital record prior to his death, could mean that he died a sudden death, Devon Fogarty, an archeology student under Morano who first spotted the gravestone, speculated. No descendants of Greer have been identified or come forward yet, the Post reports.
The fort was <a href="https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/historyculture/fort-jefferson.htm#:~:text=The%20fort%20was%20also%20used,a%20coaling%20station%20for%20warships." target="_blank" rel="noopener">used</a> as a military prison during the Civil War and held Samuel Mudd, a doctor who helped John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Lincoln. Mudd was convicted of conspiracy for his role and sentenced to life at Fort Jefferson.
According to Marano, the site of the hospital and cemetery is now federally protected as an archeological site.

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Less than two weeks after announcing his re-election bid, a new <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/07/president-biden-post-abc-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> shows the majority of Americans don’t think President Joe Biden is mentally or physically fit to serve a second term. 
The Washington Post-ABC News poll <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2023/05/05/april-28-may-3-2023-washington-post-abc-news-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shows</a> that 63% of voters don’t believe the president has the “mental sharpness it takes to serve effectively as president,” while 32% believe he does, and 5% have no opinion. Twenty-one percent of Democrats <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/07/biden-trump-age-election-poll">believe</a> the president isn’t mentally sharp enough for another term. Similarly, 62% of voters don’t believe Biden is in “good enough physical health to serve effectively as president,” while 33% disagree. 
Biden, 80, is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-makes-reelection-bid-official-at-age-80" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oldest</a> president in United States history. If he were to win re-election and serve a full second term, he would be 86 by the time he left office in January 2029. Even some elected Democrats have expressed their reservations about the president’s age. In October, when asked about the prospect of a Biden re-election bid, Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-rep-calls-for-new-blood-in-her-party-when-asked-if-she-would-support-bidens-re-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for a “new generation” of leadership, but added that she would support the president if he decided to run. 
“I have been very vocal, including with my own leadership in the House, that we need a new generation and we need new blood, period, across the Democratic Party, in the House, the Senate, and the White House,” Slotkin said. “I think that the country has been saying that.”
Shortly after announcing his bid for a second term, the president defended his age during a press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. 
&#8220;With regard to age, I can&#8217;t even say I guess how old I am, I can&#8217;t even say the number. It doesn&#8217;t register with me,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172113846/biden-reelection-age">told</a> reporters. &#8220;I respect them taking a hard look at it — I&#8217;d take a hard look at it, as well. I took a hard look at it before I decided to run, and I feel good. I feel excited about the prospects,&#8221; he added. 
In the poll, President Biden’s job approval rating hit a low of 36%, with 56% disapproving. In February, that number <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/07/biden-trump-age-election-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> 42%. Fifty-eight percent of Democratic-leaning adults believe the party should nominate someone besides the president, while 47% of Democrats want the president nominated again, and an equal number want an alternative. As for independents who lean Democratic, 77% want someone besides Biden. 
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For Americans under 30 years old, his approval rating is 26%. In the 2020 election, President Biden received roughly 60% of the vote for Americans under 30, <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-biden-lost-the-support-of-young-americans/">according</a> to Pew Research. 
Republicans appeared to fare better in the poll, which shows both former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defeating Biden in a hypothetical matchup. According to the survey, 44% of Americans would “definitely” or “probably” vote for Trump in a Trump versus Biden race, while 38% would vote for Biden, and 18% were undecided or gave a different answer. In a DeSantis versus Biden race, 42% would “definitely” or “probably” vote for DeSantis, 37% for Biden, and 21% were undecided or gave another answer.

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Most Americans Don't Think Biden Is Mentally Or Physically Fit Enough For Second Term: Poll

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Gordon Lightfoot, the iconic folk singer who made waves in the 1970s, <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died on Monday</a> at the age of 84. An internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and incredible storyteller, Lightfoot won prestigious awards and was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
He captivated listeners with hits like “Sundown,” “Early Morning Rain,” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” These songs tell stories of jealousy, homesickness, and divorce, but none tell one like that of his hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” The song is based on a real shipwreck in Lake Superior – one that caught the attention of millions and is the most well-known wreck in the history of Great Lake shipwrecks.
Shortly after the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank, Newsweek <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> an article titled “The Cruelest Month” that described the dangers of Lake Superior and the sinking of the ship. It explains that the Fitzgerald and the 29 men onboard “vanished without a trace in a nighttime torrent of slashing winds and waves” on the lake. The article was <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> the inspiration Gordon Lightfoot needed to write the song that would reach the top of numerous charts in the United States and Canada.
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There are many <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">theories</a> as to why the freighter sank, including poor structural integrity, being overloaded, rogue waves, and even UFOs. And there isn’t really a definitive answer to what happened to the ship because there were no survivors to tell the story.
The Fitzgerald’s first voyage was in 1958, and the ship weighed 13,632 tons and measured 729 feet long – the largest in the Great Lakes <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">until</a> 1971. Owned by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, it was <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> after the former president and chairman of the company’s board, Edmund Fitzgerald.
On November 9, 1975, the Fitzgerald was <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loaded</a> with over 26,000 tons of iron pellets and departed Superior, Wisconsin, en route to Detroit, Michigan. At this point, the storm system that the Fitzgerald would find itself in was <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over</a> Kansas. Hours after departing Wisconsin, a gale warning for Lake Superior was issued by the National Weather Service. That was updated to a storm warning early the next morning, with waves expected to approach up to 15 feet and winds of up to 50 knots, according to <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/11/the-edmund-fitzgerald-started-its-tragic-journey-47-years-ago-today.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLive</a>. After leaving Wisconsin, the Fitzgerald was joined by the S.S. Arthur M. Anderson, which departed from Two Harbors, Minnesota. With the Fitzgerald in the lead by roughly 10 to 15 miles at any given time, the ships were in regular radio contact, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum <a href="https://shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>.
The captain of the Fitzgerald, Ernest M. McSorley, was an experienced captain and had led ships through rough seas before. McSorley and Captain Bernie Cooper of the Anderson coordinated and talked about the safest course to take, agreeing on a northerly pass where highlands on the Canadian shore could protect them, the shipwreck museum reported. According to Cooper, based on radar from the Anderson, the Fitzgerald got too close for comfort to the Six Fathom Shoal, which is a shallow section near Caribou Island in the eastern part of the lake. Around this time, the Anderson, roughly 16 miles behind, lost sight of the Fitzgerald – the last time the Fitzgerald was seen afloat.
According to MLive, the Coast Guard warned ships to find a place to anchor because the Soo Locks had closed. “Anderson, this is the Fitzgerald. I have a fence rail down, two vents lost or damaged, and a list. I’m checking down. Will you stay by me till I get to Whitefish [Point]?” Captain McSorley asked Captain Cooper as he planned to reduce speed to allow the Anderson to catch up. Both of the Fitzgerald’s radars had <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2015/11/wreck_of_the_edmund_fitzgerald.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed</a>. McSorley then conveyed to Cooper that the Fitzgerald “sustained some topside damage,” with a “fence rail laid down” and “two vents lost or damaged.”
Later that evening, just before 7 p.m., the Anderson felt a “bump,” and a massive wave crashed over the ship, which drove the bow into the lake, according to the shipwreck museum. “Then the Anderson just raised up and shook herself off of all that water – barrooff – just like a big dog,” Cooper later <a href="https://shipwreckmuseum.com/the-fateful-journey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recalled</a>. “Another wave just like the first one or bigger hit us again. I watched those two waves head down the lake towards the Fitzgerald, and I think those were the two that sent her under.”
At 7:10 p.m., the last radio correspondence between the Anderson and the Fitzgerald took place as the Anderson relayed navigational instructions. The Anderson asked the Fitzgerald how the ship was doing with its issues, to which the Fitzgerald replied, “We are holding our own.”
“Okay, fine. I’ll be talking to you later,” the Anderson concluded.
At roughly 7:15 p.m., after sporadically disappearing and reappearing from the Anderson’s radar, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared from the radar one final time. Shortly after this, the Anderson attempted radio contact but received no answer. According to the shipwreck museum, the weather began to improve, but the Anderson still could not see the lights of the Fitzgerald, worrying Cooper who requested the Coast Guard begin a search. During the search, in which the Anderson played a major role, only two lifeboats and other miscellaneous debris were found – but no survivors. The National Weather Service <a href="https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_fitzc#:~:text=Since%20the%20Fitzgerald%20never%20called,determined%20the%20ship%20sank%20abruptly." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that the lifeboats were found “badly damaged,” which led to the determination that they were never deployed but “smashed while still secured to the ship.”
The massive storm the Fitzgerald found itself in had waves <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/arts/music/gordon-lightfoot-edmund-fitzgerald-song.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at 20 to 25 feet and winds averaging 60 to 65 miles per hour.
Four days after the ship sank, a U.S. Navy plane <a href="https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_fitzc#:~:text=Since%20the%20Fitzgerald%20never%20called,determined%20the%20ship%20sank%20abruptly." target="_blank" rel="noopener">discovered</a> wreckage of the Fitzgerald using an anomaly detector. The “Mighty Fitz” was 535 feet deep, roughly 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point. The tragic story of the Fitzgerald has caught the attention of many, and its mysterious sinking has left a void ripe for theories. <a href="https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_fitzc#:~:text=Since%20the%20Fitzgerald%20never%20called,determined%20the%20ship%20sank%20abruptly." target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to the Coast Guard, the three most likely scenarios that led to the sinking include the way it sat in the water, allowing large quantities of water to flood the ship; loose hatch covers; or damage to the hull from shallow waters near Caribou Island. They concluded that the ship, already having lost buoyancy, likely plunged to the lakebed in seconds after it “nose dived” into a large wave.
Gordon Lightfoot’s recollection of the mysterious wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald earned him international acclaim. &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for him, and it wasn&#8217;t for his song, the awareness of the Fitzgerald wouldn&#8217;t be what it is now,&#8221; Bruce Lynn, the executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/02/gordon-lightfoot-edmund-fitzgerald-song-michigan/70173839007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Detroit Free Press. To this day, the Edmund Fitzgerald is the <a href="https://www.mnhs.org/splitrock/learn/shipwrecks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">largest</a> ship to have ever sunk in the Great Lakes.
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Gordon Chang, author of “The Great U.S.-China Tech War” and fellow at the Gatestone Institute, called out the Biden administration’s responses to China and warned tensions could get “out of control” if a harder stance isn’t taken during an interview Sunday. 
Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with host Maria Bartiromo, Chang <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6325965355112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that recent actions taken by China, including sending a spy balloon to traverse the American homeland and recent reports that the CCP is operating police stations on American soil, show that the communist nation is becoming more aggressive – with little pushback from the Biden administration. 
“The Chinese have been running around our country for decades, Chinese consular officials, ministry of state security agents, openly violating our sovereignty, committing crimes and getting away with it,” Chang told Bartiromo when asked about <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/chinese-police-stations-allegedly-spying-on-nyc-la-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> of additional Chinese police stations in the U.S. “So of course they thought they could open up six locations. We have got to stop this.” 
“Look, spy balloons, police stations, fentanyl: The Chinese think they can do whatever they want in our territory, and if we don’t stop them now, this is going to get out of control,” he added. 
Last week, federal law enforcement officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-arrest-two-men-for-running-illegal-overseas-police-station-for-communist-china-in-nyc-doj" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> two New York residents for allegedly running an illegal “police station” for China in New York City. According to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/chinese-police-stations-allegedly-spying-on-nyc-la-more/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the New York Post, there are potentially six more of these across the country, including in Los Angeles, Nebraska, and Minnesota. 
Chang criticized the Biden administration, claiming it has the wrong perspective on the communist nation and fails to understand the current climate. He argued that every time Biden is asked about topics related to China, including the origins of COVID, Biden fails to answer questions and “shuts them off.” 
“That is, I think, a matter of grave concern to the American people because the president of the United States has made it clear that he really doesn’t want to defend us,” Chang said. 
Jonathan D.T. Ward, a China expert and author of &#8220;China&#8217;s Vision of Victory,&#8221; was also interviewed by Bartiromo and said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent call for a “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/economy/yellen-us-china-relationship.html#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20Treasury%20Secretary%20Janet%20L,their%20conflicting%20national%20security%20interests." target="_blank" rel="noopener">constructive</a>&#8221; relationship with China involving joint leadership and an economic partnership was “all wrong.” Ward argued that Yellen’s speech showed a “lack of vision.” 
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“Maybe somebody needs to explain to Secretary Yellen how the CCP is investing the money that they’ve earned from three decades worth of economic engagement,” Ward said, explaining that China has built the largest Navy and missile forces in the world in addition to making clear their intention to economically overtake the United States. Ward said the United States needs a &#8220;real&#8221; strategy to economically contain China.

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Former NBA coach and player Phil Jackson says the league has gotten so political that he doesn’t watch it anymore. 
Appearing on the “Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin” podcast, Jackson said since 2020, the league began catering to a “certain audience” in an attempt to bring them in, but in the process, began alienating many longtime NBA fans. The former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers coach called for professional basketball to be non-political, criticizing the NBA for social justice slogans that have been displayed on the court and jerseys. 
“I am not enjoying the game,” Jackson said. “That’s too bad. There’s a whole generation that doesn’t like the game.”
Jackson, 77,  <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30055011/everything-happened-nba-bubble">said</a> that the politicization of the NBA became too much as the league reacted to social unrest that followed the death of George Floyd while in police custody. During this time, which coincided with the pandemic and peak of government-mandated lockdowns, the league transitioned to a “bubble” where players, coaches, media, and other staff all traveled to Orlando in an attempt to protect themselves from COVID while being able to continue their season. 
“All the teams that could qualify went down there and stayed down there, no audience, and they had things on their back like ‘Justice’ and a funny thing happened,” Jackson <a href="https://www.outkick.com/phil-jackson-doesnt-watch-nba-anymore-because-its-too-political/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “They made a funny thing like, ‘Justice just went to the basket and Equal Opportunity just knocked him down.&#8217; My grandkids thought that was pretty funny to play up those names. I couldn’t watch that.”
During that time, the NBA embraced social justice buzzwords and slogans, plastering messages like “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice” on the court, jerseys, and even team buses. According to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-12003315/Phil-Jackson-says-doesnt-follow-NBA-political-2020-Bubble.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a>, few players kept their last names on their jerseys, instead opting for “Justice.” The NBA also <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-12003315/Phil-Jackson-says-doesnt-follow-NBA-political-2020-Bubble.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed</a> players to kneel during the national anthem. 
“It was trying to cater to an audience or trying to bring a certain audience to the game, and they didn’t know it was turning other people off,” Jackson said. “People want to see sports as non-political. Politics stays out of the game. It doesn’t need to be there.”
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Jackson is an 11-time NBA champion coach, winning six titles as head coach of the Bulls in the ‘90s and five with the Lakers in the 2000s. He played 12 seasons in the league and won two NBA championships in the 1970s with the New York Knicks.
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According to a 2021 YouGov/Yahoo News <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nearly-half-of-americans-changed-sports-viewing-habits-because-of-social-justice-192601834.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnJlaXRiYXJ0LmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAA-_ovRWeAYGgvpU6tuNxKtwJKCZVuX11aIaW4RdzsHCMX6fzyiwCd49CjXBbnWPrE7Pgx8HJeGz34IvyH8Trxi3df-3bYKixcC5FjWpF9d-heY4Uz5Q3OvEtK6xfXjyvBVityn0ayZ7XOE9lvz6xhH9y583KL-qw_rhHFQM3Z8z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a>, Jackson is not alone in his view that social justice advocacy intermingled with sports is difficult to watch. The poll found that nearly 50% of sports fans in the country changed their viewing habits because of political messaging. Eleven percent of viewers said they watch more sports because of it, but 34.5% said they watched less.

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