In recent years, Buffett has stopped commenting on politics or other controversial subjects because, he has said, he doesn’t want to hurt Berkshire’s businesses by offending anyone. The longtime Democrat hasn’t publicly backed any candidates for office since Hillary Clinton ran for president.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dean Heaviland has attended more than three dozen Indianapolis 500s and has been working gamedays with the NBA’s Indiana Pacers for three decades.So in Heaviland’s world it doesn’t get any better than Sunday.
He again made the short jaunt from his home in Speedway, Indiana, to the nearby racetrack for the race then scurried across town to help supervise the entertainment forto complete the rare race-day double yet again. Only this one started a little different.“The amount of Pacers jerseys, the different T-shirts at the track today was no like other,” said Heaviland, who has completed all four racers & Pacers doubles. “I’ve never seen it out there like that. The ovation when the priest said the prayer and said ‘God bless our Pacers’ was great. It was awesome.”
Those who showed up the to the nightcap, Game 3 between the Pacers and rival New York Knicks, went home with more gear they could wear if it happens again next May, blue-and-gold T-shirts with the words Vroom Baby — even though the Pacers droopped to 0-4 all-time when playing on race day.Still, the city of Indianapolis celebrated its temporary title as center of the sports universe for one weekend with multiple megastars participating in three major sporting events televised on three different networks.
And everyone including Pacers coach Rick Carlisle took notice even though the rain-delayed race ended just 3 1/2 before his game was supposed to start.
“Congratulations to Alex Palou, the Indianapolis 500 winner and first Spaniard to win,” he said to open his pregame remarks. “Amazing race. I got to watch the end of the race.”Tricia McLaughlin, the DHS spokeswoman, drew a distinction with large-scale releases under Republican President Donald Trump’s predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. The Biden administration worked closely with shelters but, during its busiest times,
or other public locations.“Unlike under the Biden administration, when ICE has aliens in its custody who are ordered released, ICE does not simply release them onto the streets of a community — ICE works to verify a sponsor for the illegal alien, typically family members or friends but occasionally a non-governmental-organization,” McLaughlin said.
The government has struggled to quickly deport people from some countries because of diplomatic, financial and logistic challenges. Those hurdles have prompted ICE to deport people to countries other than their own, including El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and — this week —If those options aren’t available, ICE may be forced to release people in the United States.