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Sacramento Kings signed guard Ben Simmons to a one-year, $3.5 million veteran minimum contract, securing his return to the National Basketball Association after he missed the entire 2025-26 season to recover from back and leg injuries. Simmons last played during the 2024-25 campaign, splitting time between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, where he averaged 5.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 5.6 assists across 51 games. To clear roster space and drop beneath the luxury tax threshold, Sacramento executed a waive-and-stretch maneuver on DeMar DeRozan's remaining salary cap hit. The Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks also expressed signing interest before Simmons finalized his agreement with the Kings. Selected first overall in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, Simmons holds career averages of 13.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.5 steals over 383 regular-season games as a three-time All-Star.

The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines to allow the construction of President Donald Trump's 400 million dollar White House ballroom project to proceed. The majority justices determined that a coalition of plaintiffs challenging the architectural addition lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit. The decision removes the final major judicial obstacle facing the controversial project, which has drawn intense partisan division in Washington. President Trump celebrated the ruling via social media, while congressional Democrats sharply criticized the outcome. Legal analysts noted the ruling establishes a tight threshold for citizen challenges against federal infrastructure modifications on executive grounds. Excavation and preparatory work for the gilded structure are scheduled to begin on the White House grounds within the next two weeks. The ruling reinforces a stringent threshold for citizen and institutional challenges against federal infrastructure modifications executed without direct legislative authorization.