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Jason Kidd’s run with the Dallas Mavericks is over.

The Mavericks announced on Tuesday night that they have mutually parted ways with their head coach after five seasons.

Kidd has spent the past five seasons with the Mavericks. He took over ahead of the 2021-22 campaign after longtime head coach Rick Carlisle left for the Indiana Pacers. Kidd oversaw the Mavericks’ run to the NBA Finals in 2024 alongside star Luka Dončić, but the team has struggled ever since the shocking deal that sent Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers.

In total, Kidd compiled a 205-205 record with the Mavericks, which marked his third head coaching job in the league. Kidd, a Hall of Famer who played for the Mavericks himself and was selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the team in the 1994 NBA Draft, previously held short stints with the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks, too.

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Kidd, who signed a contract extension last summer, had four years and more than $40 million left on his deal with the Mavericks.

“Jason has had a meaningful impact on the Dallas Mavericks, both as a Hall of Fame player and as the head coach who helped lead this franchise back to the NBA Finals,” team president Masai Ujiri said in a statement. “We are thankful for Jason’s leadership, his professionalism and his commitment to the team. In my short time here, I’ve developed an enormous amount of respect for what he has built. He will always be an important part of the Mavericks family.”

The Mavericks have not been to the playoff since the Dončić trade went down, and are coming off a 26-56 record last season — which marked their worst season since the 2017-18 campaign. The Mavericks selected Duke star Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick last summer, and have the No. 9 overall pick in the draft next month. Flagg and whoever the Mavericks select will get to join star guard Kyrie Irving on the court next season, too. Irving missed the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from a torn ACL.

The split with Kidd is just the latest in what’s been a big reset for the Mavericks. The organization hired MasaiUjiri, a former Toronto Raptors executive,as their next president earlier this month. Ujiri is taking over for Nico Harrison, who was fired after extreme backlash from fans following the Dončić trade. Ujiri and the Mavericks then hired Mike Schmitz to take over as the team’s general manager.

Ujiri and Schmitz will now start looking for a new head coach to replace Kidd next season. Those three will then be tasked with reviving the franchise.

“As we evaluate the future of our basketball program, we believe this is the right moment for a new direction for our team,” Ujiri said. “We have high expectations for this franchise and a responsibility to build a basketball organization capable of sustained championship contention. We will conduct a thorough, disciplined search for our next head coach and continue to evaluate our entire basketball operations staff to ensure we compete at the standard Mavs fans expect and deserve.”

NFL owners approved on Tuesday a maximum of 10 league-run international regular-season games per season, an increase from eight annually, starting as soon as 2027.

"There's a path to 10 (international games) in 2027," executive vice president of club business, international and league events Peter O'Reilly said from the NFL's spring league meeting in Orlando, Fla.

The owners also voted to take away a team's ability to protect two home games from international play. That should make it less complicated to construct the schedule.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said the goal is 16 international games, which could lead to at least one such game per team in a given season. The league can play as many as 10 games outside the United States, according to the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association.

The 2026 schedule has a record nine international games -- eight run by the league and one in London after an agreement between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Wembley Stadium. The Jaguars have consecutive games in London, including one as the home team, while EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville is undergoing renovations.

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O'Reilly said that the exception made for nine games this season "shows the momentum and I think the support for the model we have" and he could see a future with 16 international games in one season.

The 2026 slate features games across four continents, including first-time host countries France (Paris) and Australia (Melbourne). Rio de Janeiro is a host city for the first time, while other games will be in London (three), Munich (one), Madrid (one) and Mexico City (one).

O'Reilly said that Asian markets such as Japan could be future sites, but probably not as soon as 2027.

"Our strategy is not one and done," O'Reilly said. "Our goal is to go back to those markets that we're establishing."

A Super Bowl at an international site is not a priority at this time, he said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Call him the Trader in Chief.

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profitshave been directly impacted by his decisionsas head of the government.

Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as $6 million inNvidia, whose advanced chipsTrump approved for sale to Chinalast year. His portfolio also scooped up stocks of several U.S. military suppliers impacted by the Iran war, including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman.

“If he were defense secretary, he would be committing a crime,” said Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser in the George W. Bush administration and a big critic of congressional trading, too. “Technically he can do this, but it is a fundamental breach of trust.”

U.S. law bans federal employees from holding financial assets that could be impacted by their policy work, but there is a carveout for the president.

A spokesperson for the Trump family business said the president's portfolio is handled by third parties that have “sole and exclusive” authority to make investment decisions.

“Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization plays any role in selecting, directing, or approving specific investments,” spokesperson Kimberly Benza said in a statement. “They receive no advance notice of trading activity and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio management."

Ethics officials have pointed out that just the knowledge of what's in his portfolio is problematic because it could impact the president's decisions on everything from health policy to government contracting to war.

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The stock trading report filed with the federal Office of Government Ethics runs more than 100 pages, and shows possibly more than $100 million changing hands over three months as stocks were bought and sold at rapid fire pace — an average of 50 trades every day markets were open.

The report shows more purchases than sales, but the precise ratio is impossible to determine because exact figures for each transaction are not given, just ranges.

Trump hastraditionally had very little invested in the stock marketrelative to his net worth, but that could be changing along with his ballooning wealth, which has included a big cash infusion.

Since he became president again, the Trump Organization has taken in tens of millions inupfront fees from overseas developersthat want to put his name on resorts and hundreds of millions from cryptocurrency sales, mostly anonymous, making it impossible to know if the purchaser were trying to curry favor with the president.

All recent U.S. presidents have dumped their stocks before assuming office, put their money in broadly diversified funds or set up a “blind” trust so they couldn’t even know what they owned.

The blind trust route was taken by George H.W. Bush, then Bill Clinton. George W. Bush, the son, dumped his stocks. Barack Obama was in broadly diversified mutual funds. Joe Biden didn't trade.

In addition to Nvidia, the president's portfolio includes shares inApple, Boeing and Tesla. The CEOs of all four companies accompanied Trump on his visit to China recently.

The portfolio also includes Intel, the chipmaker in which the government tooka 10% stakelast year.

Among many others, the portfolio of the fast-food loving president recently added stock in Shake Shack, Papa John's and Cheesecake Factory.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw fromthe Iran war,as a growing number of Republicans defied the president's direction on a conflict that has spanned well over two months.

Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him either to gain congressional approval or withdraw U.S. troops. Republicans had been able to muster the votes to reject those proposals, but Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy — fresh off aprimary election lossin which Trump endorsed his opponent — switched sides.

The 50-47 vote tally showed that a small butgrowing number of Republicansare willing to challenge Trump on the Iran war, even though the effort may not advance much further. Three Republicans were absent Tuesday and their votes would be enough to defeat the measure, if they maintain their stance on the war.

Still, the vote showed how Republicans are increasingly uneasy with a conflict that shows no signs of ending, is stuck in a fragile ceasefire and is causing rising gas prices in the U.S.

“Republicans are starting to crack, and momentum is building to check him,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement after the vote. "We are not letting up.”

Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska had all previously voted for similar war powers resolutions and did so again Tuesday. Cassidy supported the legislation for the first time, while Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was again the only Democrat to vote against it.

After his primary election loss last week, Cassidy returned to Washington defiant. He said he was proud of his work to uphold the Constitution and would carefully consider how he would vote on several priorities of the Trump administration going forward.

Trump's grip on the Senate Republican Conference is potentially slipping after Cassidy's primary loss, as well as thepresident's decision Tuesdayto endorse Republican Sen. John Cornyn's primary opponent.

“While I support the administration’s efforts to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, the White House and Pentagon have left Congress in the dark on Operation Epic Fury,” Cassidy said on social media.

“Until the administration provides clarity, no congressional authorization or extension can be justified.”

House will also vote on war powers

Across the Capitol, the House is expected to vote on a similar war powers resolution Wednesday, and Democrats are bullish about their chances of passing it. Another war powers resolution barely failed in the House last week, the vote ending in a tie.

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Even if Congress eventually passes legislation to compel Trump to withdraw from the conflict, it's not clear that he would comply. To circumvent requirements of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the White House has claimed that it has technically ceased “hostilities” with Iran because there is a ceasefire.

Trump this week said heordered preparationsfor an attack on Iran on Tuesday, only to call it off to give allies in the Gulf more time to work out an agreement with Iran.

“Peace negotiations are stuck and so day after day after day grocery prices climb, gas prices climb," Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said in a floor speech.

Lawmakers want more information on Iran war

On Capitol Hill, patience is clearly running out for a war that Trump launched without congressional approval.

Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota said he is supportive of Trump’s decision to go to war, but that more Republicans are growing concerned about a long-term plan. The administration may have to go into more detail about that, Rounds said.

The War Powers Resolution of 1973 “does provide an avenue for that discussion and debate to occur,” Rounds said.

He said he believes it’s not the right time to do that, and he would rather “stand strong with the president” at this point. “But I think a number of our members maybe just feel like it’s time to have the debate.”

Earlier this year, Republican senators voted to advance a war powers resolution on the conflict with Venezuela and compelled the Trump administration to make its case to Congress for the military campaign.

A handful of GOP senatorsforced a final vote on legislationto withdraw from the conflict. Two of the Republicans — Sens. Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri — ultimately flipped after Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to a public hearing about the administration's Venezuela strategy.

Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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