The Golden State Warriors, the reigning NBA champions, plan to visit with D.C. children while in town playing the Wizards next week instead of making a traditional celebratory trip to the White House, the team told ESPN.
The backstory: President Trump and the Warriors have had a tense relationship after members of the team expressed public opposition to the president. Trump tweeted in September that their invitation to the White House — that hadn't yet been formally extended — was "withdrawn!" That prompted the Warriors to respond with a statement explaining that they would not discuss a potential visit to the White House saying, "we accept President Trump has made it clear that we are not invited."
"The United States erased the horrors of past Olympic performances with a 3-2 shootout win against Canada to capture the women's hockey gold medal" for the first time since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, per NBC Olympics.
Making history: "The 2018 team openly spoke about how the members of the ’98 squad fueled their desire to win a gold medal. Now, there is another moment in women’s hockey history to motivate the next group of players."
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders will join Ivanka Trump at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea this weekend, administration officials said during a background briefing Wednesday.
Details: Trump, who was asked by the president to lead the U.S. delegation, will have dinner with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday. She will not make a speech on her father's behalf. Officials said the purpose of the trip is to cheer on American athletes and reaffirm the U.S.-South Korea alliance.
Two Americans, Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins, just won gold in team cross-country skiing at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They are now the first American cross-country skiers to win a gold medal in the sport.
Medal count: The U.S. has taken home 6 gold medals, 4 silver, and 6 bronze, landing it in fifth place behind Norway who leads the medal count, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands, according to Pyeongchang's medal tracker.
