US President Donald Trump held a victory rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, wrapping up a tumultuous week that saw him double down on promises to reshape American politics and culture. He was back in front of an adoring crowd in the nation’s gambling capital hours after a dramatic late-night purge of internal federal agency…
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Paulius Murauskas had 25 points and 12 rebounds as Saint Mary’s rallied to beat Washington State 80-75 on Saturday night.
Augustas Marciulionis finished with 17 points and seven assists for the Gaels (18-3, 8-0 West Coast Conference), who have won eight in a row. Jordan Ross added 13 points.
Ethan Price led the way for the Cougars (15-7, 5-4) with 20 points. Dane Erikstrup and Nate Calmese both scored 16.
Murauskas scored 12 points in the first half and Saint Mary’s went into halftime trailing 38-35. The Gaels pulled off the victory after a 9-0 second-half run erased a four-point deficit and gave them the lead at 59-54 with 8:21 remaining in the half. Murauskas scored 13 second-half points.
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RUSTON, La. (AP) — Daniel Batcho scored 25 points as Louisiana Tech beat Middle Tennessee 75-69 on Saturday night.Batcho also added 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs (15-6, 4-4 Conference USA). Kaden Cooper scored 16 points while shooting 5 for 7 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 8 from the free-throw line and added 13 rebounds. Sean Newman Jr. shot 2 of 4 from the field and 9 of 9 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points.The Blue Raiders (14-6, 5-2) were led by Camryn Weston, who recorded 16 points, four assists and two steals. Middle Tennessee also got 15 points from Jestin Porter. Jlynn Counter also had 13 points and five assists.Batcho scored seven points in the first half and Louisiana Tech went into the break trailing 30-27. Batcho scored Louisiana Tech’s final six points as they finished off a six-point victory.Louisiana Tech plays Saturday against Sam Houston at home, and Middle Tennessee hosts New Mexico State on Thursday.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Patrick Collison, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican Party in the run-up to the US election on November 5. It is the first time that the chief executive of payments company Stripe has donated significant amounts of money to the Republicans.Since 2016 Collison had been a regular supporter of the Democratic Party, backing politicians including Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. He also supported Kamala Harris for senator in 2018.However, in the final month of the election campaign, Collison appeared to cross the aisle. The Limerick native gave $200,000 to various Republican political action committees (Pacs). He donated more than $83,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, a Pac devoted to increasing party representation in the House of Representatives.The committee spent most of the $249 million it raised opposing Democratic candidates. It spent less than $250,000 on supporting President Trump.Collison, a resident of California, also supported the Republican House of Representatives candidates Andy Barr of Kentucky and French Hill of Arkansas. In October he gave $58,300 apiece to Pacs associated with Barr and Hill.AdvertisementBoth men are leaders on the House financial services committee: Hill was elected chairman in December. They are pro-business, pro-life and pro-cryptocurrency.Stripe declined to comment on Friday.Collison, 36, is estimated by Forbes to be worth $7.2 billion. Between 2016 and 2025 he gave nearly $300,000 to Democratic Pacs. His latest donation to a Democratic candidate was made in June to a Pac linked to Maria Cantwell, a Washington senator.There was a shift among many of California’s tech moguls to the Republican Party for the US elections. Elon Musk, the X owner, was the most vocal “tech bro” supporter, but Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, Apple leader Tim Cook and Google boss Sundar Pichai were all at Trump’s inauguration.Last week it was reported that Stripe was cutting 300 jobs, with only a minimal effect on the Irish operations.