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Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In an interview in the Gulf nation of Qatar on Saturday, Zelenskyy said he was “100%” confident Russia was sharing such intelligence with Iran to help target U.S. forces across the Middle East.
“I think that it’s in Russia’s interest to help Iranians. And I don’t believe — I know — that they share information,” he said. “Do they help Iranians? Of course. How many percent? One-hundred percent.”
Zelenskyy shared a summary of the daily presidential briefing he receives from Ukraine’s spy agencies. The report stated that Russian satellites had taken images of the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on March 20, March 23 and March 25.
Meanwhile, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., did not rule out supporting the deployment of U.S. ground troops in Iran, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that “we’ve got to be able to know what the objectives are and what they’re actually carrying out.”
In a separate interview, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said the Trump administration has “gotten us into what will be looked at as one of the greatest blunders, presidential blunders, of our time.”
Booker criticized the administration for not asking Congress for approval, arguing that Trump was “pushing us further and further into a conflict with no foreseeable off-ramp and thousands of more troops moving into that region.”
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Sunday that he is not ruling out the prospect of running for president in 2028, but that he is focused on running for re-election to the Senate this year.
“I hope New Jersey will support me for another six years,” Booker told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Booker has already run for president once, in the 2020 election cycle when he dropped out of the Democratic primary, citing a lack of funds to continue his campaign.
But Booker has fueled rumors in recent years that he could run again. The senator has raised $10 million for his campaign account and an affiliated joint fundraising committee, with a major bump after he delivered a record-breaking speech for 25 hours and 5 minutes on the Senate floor.
Todd and Janet Gatewood, who launched the Nashville-based radio show “God, Freedom and Bitcoin” in January, see the current downturn in the bitcoin market as a blessing. “This is what we call ‘on sale,’” Janet said, encouraging listeners to “buy the dip.”
During this time of volatility, some of the Christian investors who follow them and other financial influencers are doubling down.
The Gatewoods are among a diverse group of Christian financial influencers, entrepreneurs and even pastors working to pitch the faithful on digital currencies. The push coincides with an emerging Christian subculture, from churches allowing congregants to tithe with digital coins to blogs promoting bitcoin as biblically sound.
But the embrace of cryptocurrencies has not been without controversy, and some observers fear the enthusiasm for digital coins is ripe for abuse.
When a 45-second video of reality star Taylor Frankie Paul hurling metal barstools at her ex-boyfriend during a 2023 altercation surfaced days before her season of “The Bachelorette” was set to premiere on ABC, the fallout was swift.
ABC said it wouldn’t air the show. Some cast members from both “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” — in which Paul stars — and the “Bachelor” universe distanced themselves. Several content creators who focus on pop culture analysis condemned the display of domestic violence.
But Paul also had a slew of vocal defenders who rushed to social media to label the incident “reactive abuse,” a term used to describe when an abuse victim is pushed to respond in an aggressive manner. It’s a topic that often becomes an online flashpoint among advocates, experts and commentators after high-profile domestic violence cases make headlines.
Real estate is one of the only professions where you meet strangers alone in private, enclosed spaces, with no standardized screening process.
The fatal shooting of a 27-year-old real estate agent during an Iowa open house in 2011 shook her industry. But in interviews with NBC News after an arrest last week in the long-dormant case, some said the barrage of threats and risks persist and not enough has been done to protect agents.
The Final Four in the men’s NCAA Tournament has been set after a less-than-dramatic Elite Eight.
The schools heading to Indianapolis are the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats, the No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini, the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and No. 2 Connecticut Huskies. While this year’s tournament has been lacking Cinderellas, the dearth of upsets means the four teams remaining are truly some of the best in the country.
Arizona will play Michigan and Illinois will take on UConn this Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
In the women’s bracket, UConn became the first to win a spot in the Final Four after beating Notre Dame 70-52. UCLA also advanced with a 70-58 victory over Duke. The final two spots will be determined Monday night.
Amina Kilpatrick is a weekend platforms editor for NBC News.
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