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The Senate on Monday approved a sweeping remake of collegiate sports regulations in an effort to restore stability to an athletic landscape that has been upended by constant transfers, frequent shifts in conference membership and an infusion of money from wealthy boosters eager to lure top talent

The left's push to rein in AI is taking shape on two fronts: slowing advanced development at home, and weakening China's progress abroad

The Senate on Tuesday took the first step to advance legislation to drastically overhaul college sports system as we know it, passing a procedural vote for a full Senate vote by a 74-24 margin

Differences over precise language have reemerged just days after former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon’s warnings that AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade” fast-tracked Hill discussions about potential action on the technology

President Trump on Friday ramped up the pressure on Senate Republicans to cancel part of their August recess, this time urging embattled GOP senators to stay in Washington until they pass a bill to reform rules for compensating and recruiting college athletes

A short-lived reprieve from adverse weather over the past couple of days gave crews a chance to make considerable progress on taming the flames, but upcoming conditions threaten to undo some of that hard work or fan sparks into new blazes

Tens of thousands forced from their homes in Pacific Northwest and more than 640 structures destroyed as firefighters struggle to contain blazes encouraged by driving winds and dry conditions

School presidents from both conferences voted to back the bill after receiving last-minute concessions over language regarding third-party name-image-likeness deals and the so-called “associated entities” that often make those arrangements

It's not too surprising then that Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti made the case for his conference's superiority on Tuesday

The bipartisan Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, championed by its sponsors as a way to protect children online and hold major technology companies accountable, would require new safety features and parental controls on online platforms, restrict the use of minors’ data for targeted advertising, require age verification for pornography websites and establish new rules governing AI chatbots and online games

The panel moved the Protect College Sports Act forward in a 19-9 vote

Some schools are spending upward of $40 million on football rosters for the upcoming season, while constant player movement has left athletic departments scrambling to adapt

Since first getting involved last summer, President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders in an attempt to find some sort of unified solution that could help curtail the ongoing issues in college athletics pertaining to the transfer portal, NIL payments, eligibility rules and other problems that have led to a plethora of lawsuits filed against the NCAA

A group of prominent Senate Democrats sent a letter on Thursday to Brendan Carr, the Trump-aligned Federal Communications Commission chair, asking him to rescind the US media regulator’s order last week requiring ABC to apply early to renew its television licenses

Republicans have repeatedly objected over the last two weeks when Democrats asked for votes on those bills on the Senate floor

Donald Trump’s new 10 per cent global tariff officially came into force on Tuesday, marking a fresh chapter in the White House’s attempt to rebuild its trade strategy after the US Supreme Court struck down the administration’s earlier sweeping duties

Donald Trump’s new 10 per cent global tariff officially came into force on Tuesday, marking a fresh chapter in the White House’s attempt to rebuild its trade strategy after the US Supreme Court struck down the administration’s earlier sweeping duties

The US president signed an executive order to impose new levies from February 24 after the Supreme Court in America overturned his previous import taxes policy in a ruling on Friday

Trump's 15% replacement tariffs took effect on Tuesday for 150 days

President Donald Trump moved to revive a part of his tariff agenda under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, raising questions over the statute’s “balance of payments” standard

He further announced plans to impose an additional 10 percent tariff through alternative legal channels, signaling a renewed push for aggressive trade enforcement

Many flights at the El Paso International Airport were canceled on Wednesday, when the Federal Aviation Administration shut down air traffic there for hours

But it remains unclear if a bill will pass Congress requiring the systems around busy airports

The Texas desert episode led the Federal Aviation Administration — following a dispute with the Pentagon — to close the city’s airspace for 10 days, a grounding that has not occurred since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, CBS News reports

Secretaries of state from around the country gathered Friday in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in Washington expecting to hear from three of President DONALD TRUMP’s top Cabinet officials: DHS Secretary KRISTI NOEM, Director of National Intelligence TULSI GABBARD and Attorney General PAM BONDI

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) revealed its analysts discovered 3,440 AI-generated videos depicting child sexual abuse in 2025, a dramatic increase from just 13 identified in 2024