{"id":213114,"date":"2026-06-08T18:45:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-watch-the-knicks-and-trump-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:45:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:45:49","slug":"daily-briefing-watch-the-knicks-and-trump-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-watch-the-knicks-and-trump-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: Watch the Knicks (and Trump) – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day with these stories:
Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here. Catch up with our News Quiz<\/a>. Then dive into the news to know on Monday, from the Knicks’ (and President Donald Trump’s) MSG game tonight to sweltering World Cup host cities.
President Trump\u00a0plans to attend Game 3<\/a>\u00a0on Monday at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks face the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals<\/a>.
Why is Trump coming?<\/strong> At a time when he\u2019s\u00a0deeply unpopular<\/a>\u00a0in New York City, Trump is likely going because it presents him with yet another opportunity<\/a> to build his brand and be seen by\u00a0more than 10 million people<\/a>\u00a0watching at home, presidential historian Matt Dallek told USA TODAY. Due to security concerns, fan watch parties tonight have been canceled<\/a>, and prices for the\u00a0cheapest Game 3 ticket\u00a0have dropped<\/a>\u00a0more than 50%\u00a0in 24 hours.
About the basketball:<\/strong> The Knicks hold a 2-0 lead over the Spurs, and could put themselves on the\u00a0brink of their first championship in 53 years<\/a>\u00a0with a win in Game 3.
Tony Awards 2026<\/span><\/strong>
The Tony Awards were happy to get lost<\/a> in magical musical \u201cSchmigadoon!\u201d The new Broadway comedy won four statuettes<\/a> including best musical at Sunday’s ceremony. See the full list of winners<\/a>.
World Cup 2026<\/span><\/strong>
The countdown to the World Cup continues, with Monday marking just three days until the tournament kicks off. The weekend saw a number of World Cup teams in action in friendlies across the globe<\/a>, while players arrived at U.S. host cities across the country (think Team Spain in Chattanooga<\/a>). But temperatures across America are heating up<\/a> as much as the competition, setting the stage for a sweltering tournament for players and fans alike<\/a>.
Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day with these stories:Nicole Fallert here. Catch up with our News Quiz. Then dive into the news to know on Monday, from the Knicks’ (and President Donald Trump’s) MSG game tonight to sweltering World Cup host cities.President Trump\u00a0plans to attend Game 3\u00a0on Monday at Madison Square Garden as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-213114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}