Gabby Williams, the French player who starred during her team’s silver medal run at the Paris Olympics, is heading back to the WNBA. 

Williams is joining the Seattle Storm, the team she played for in 2022 and 2023, for the remainder of the season as the team battles for playoff position. 

The team announced the move to reunite with Williams Tuesday at the WNBA trade deadline. 

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Williams opted to remain with the French national team leading up to the Olympics instead of playing in the WNBA to start the 2024 regular season. Williams became the poster player for the controversial prioritization clause, which is in the WNBA collective bargaining agreement. 

The clause suspends players who do not arrive to training camp on time. Many WNBA players compete overseas in the offseason to make more money. Playoffs in overseas leagues normally overlap with the WNBA regular season. 

However, Williams was able to sign with a team despite missing training camp because she was a free agent who finished her season in France before the start of the WNBA season. The French league in which Williams played ended early to allow players to prep for the Olympics. 

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With WNBA teams allowed to sign free agents through the final day of the regular season, the Storm, currently fifth in the WNBA standings at 17-10, jumped at the chance of a reunion with Williams to bolster its roster in hopes of a playoff run. The Storm have yet to win since the All-Star/Olympics break ended, dropping its first two games. 

Williams’ efforts to help France medal were recognized by many, including Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, who tried recruiting her back to the Windy City. Williams was selected fourth overall by the Sky out of UConn in 2018. 

"Ok now that the game is over, would you like to be apart [sic] of the Chicago Sky again??? @gabbywilliams15 (thought it wouldn’t hurt to try lmaoo)," Reese posted on X.

Williams threw shade at the Sky, saying, ""orrrrr we could just play together for a different organization." 

She later told Reese, "They did me dirty girl," but Williams is a fan of Reese. 

Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby also tried to recruit Williams. 

Williams previously explained why she didn’t return to the WNBA this season.

"I would love to be in the WNBA because it’s the best league in the world for women’s basketball, the most competitive, the highest skill level, and it’s not even close," she told The Next Hoops last month. 

"Unfortunately, it doesn’t pay the most. So, I am happy to have other options to provide for me and my family."

But with her season done overseas, Williams is ready to keep competing, and she’s doing so in a familiar place for the rest of the year. 

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., responded to a question about his level of interest in a Cabinet-level role in a potential Kamala Harris administration. 

After speaking at the Veterans and Military Families Council meeting during the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Kelly joined Fox News Digital for an interview about the presidential race. 

The Arizona senator was asked by Fox News Digital if he would be interested in serving in Vice President Kamala Harris' cabinet if she won the presidential election in November, specifically in secretary positions in the Departments of Defense (DOD) or Homeland Security (DHS). 

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"I'm focused on doing everything I possibly can over the next 77 days to make sure that Tim Walz and Kamala Harris are successful on November 5th. That's my goal," he said, not indicating whether he'd want to join their administration. 

Kelly's answer was similar to his responses earlier this month when he was being considered and vetted as a potential running mate for Harris. He repeatedly told reporters that it wasn't about him, and he was focused on making sure Democrats win in November.

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The Democratic senator's background as a 25-year Navy combat veteran puts him at a unique vantage point and makes him a very likely contender for a potential stint as the secretary of defense if he were interested. Similarly, Kelly's role as senator of a border state, who has made clear his concerns regarding illegal immigration, could leverage his standing on a list of possible DHS secretaries. 

One sticking point for the Arizona Democrat in the 2024 election is respect for veterans and their families. "Do you expect somebody, Donald Trump to really care about military families when he doesn't even care about the service members that have put their lives on the line and regard them as suckers and losers?" he asked on Tuesday. "Of course you wouldn't."

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However, former President Trump has denied the anonymously sourced report that said he called deceased soldiers "suckers" and "losers." 

He has denied doing so, writing on Truth Social, "Only a sicko with an axe to grind would suggest that anyone would make such a statement."

But his denial hasn't stopped opponents, Kelly and President Biden included, from holding it against him. 

"You need somebody who cares about our veterans and cares about our service members," Kelly told Fox News Digital.

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According to the senator, "a President Harris will make sure that we continue to modernize our military, to make sure our service members can win in conflicts, whether it's in the Western Pacific, in Europe, in the Middle East, anywhere."

He further described the "tremendous amount of energy" at the DNC, where Harris is being celebrated as the new Democratic nominee for president after Biden suspended his campaign. But Kelly said the enthusiasm isn't confined to Chicago. 

"Arizona is often thought of as sort of a red state," he explained. But, "I've never seen any energy like this before, in that arena," the Democrat said in reference to Harris' recent rally in the state. 

"It's hard to imagine what it's going to be like in October. It's going to be off the charts," he predicted. 

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