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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump on Thursday requested a federal court to drop criminal charges against him which allege he unlawfully kept sensitive national security documents after his presidency ended.Mr Trump, asserting that the legal action against him was flawed, entered a plea of not guilty, court filings show.He faces a 40-count indictment in a federal court, charged with the illegal possession of classified documents at his Florida estate post-2021 and impeding efforts by the US government to reclaim them.US special…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso and Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim are emerging as the main contenders in Liverpool’s search to replace Jurgen Klopp as manager.While the Anfield club’s search is still at an early stage, many details have gradually been honed by chief executive Billy Hogan.Alonso is now widely seen as the candidate they will push hardest to get, amid a revelatory season at Leverkusen. That race to win the club’s first ever title has at the same…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAT&T has apologised for the widespread outages that affected tens of thousands of consumers, but said that the network failure was not due to a cyber attack.The major US provider said in a statement on Thursday evening that the outages were due to “the application and execution of an incorrect process” during network expansion, rather than a cyber attack.“We are continuing our assessment of today’s outage to ensure we keep delivering the service that our customers…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Everton manager Sean Dyche has admitted the club’s 10-point deduction may have had a psychological effect on his players.The Toffees are still awaiting the outcome of their appeal against the punishment they received for breaching the Premier League’s financial regulations last November.The sanction has effectively plunged the Merseyside club into a relegation battle and Dyche feels the uncertainty over whether or not they will get any points back could be having an impact.Dyche told a number of…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA former FBI informant — who was arrested last week in Las Vegas — was arrested again on the same charges after being accused of making false statements against President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.Alexander Smirnov was arrested on 22 February — the second time this month — on the same charges and based on the initial indictment following an arrest warrant issued from California, a Thursday filing states.His attorneys are asking the court for an…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter David Beckham’s Inter Miami want to become one of the world’s top clubs on the field and a globally-recognised brand like the New York Yankees away from it.The Manchester United and England great has been a gamechanger for the ever-evolving Major League Soccer since swapping Real Madrid for the LA Galaxy in 2007.That unique deal gave Beckham the option to purchase an expansion club at a discounted price, leading to the foundation of Inter Miami six years…

YouTuber Ruby Franke apologises to children as judge sentenced her to 60 years The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USFormer family vlogger Ruby Franke her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced to four to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for what the prosecution called described as “concentration camp-like” child abuse.In a tearful statement made in court, Franke claimed she was deceived by a “dark delusion.”“I was led to believe the world was an evil place,” Franke said. “For the past four…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Lionel Messi is expected to feature in Inter Miami’s second match of the Major League Soccer season away at LA Galaxy.In the opening game of the season, the Argentinian forward had a hand in both goals as Inter Miami recorded a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake.The 36-year-old also worked well alongside former Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez, who registered an assist on his MLS debut.Earlier this week Messi defended his decision to miss the pre-season friendly in…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USHarmony Montgomery’s biological mother Crystal Sorey choked up as she branded Adam Montgomery a “coward” for not even daring to turn up to hear his guilty verdict being read out in his murder trial.On Thursday, Harmony’s 34-year-old father was found guilty of second-degree murder and other charges in connection to her December 2019 killing. Ms Sorey and other family members attended the verdict, while Montgomery did not. He has failed to show up at the trial…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England head coach Sarina Wiegman believes her side have “moved on” from the heartbreak of missing out on Olympic qualification.The Lionesses face Austria on Friday and Italy next Tuesday in a pair of friendlies which have replaced what they hoped would be Nations League semi-finals.A 6-0 thrashing of Scotland looked to have secured top spot in Group A1 in December, only for the Netherlands to score twice in added time against Belgium to pip England on goal…