For Shiffrin, what comes next is up to her alone
CNN
Nathan Chen's gold medal in men's figure skating -- along with wins by snowboarders Lindsay Jacobells and Chloe Kim, and the struggles of skier Mikaela Shiffrin -- are moments of Olympic drama that show how athletes are rewriting the redemption narrative in the world of sport, writes Amy Bass.
This dimension of sport is something American figure skater Nathan Chen, who secured his long-awaited gold medal in men's singles on Thursday morning, surely knows all too well.
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order as early as Tuesday that would effectively shut down the US-Mexico border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally when a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded – a sweeping and controversial proposal that is likely to receive fierce pushback from progressives and immigration advocates.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.