The Senate advanced its version of a colossal package to authorize funding for the Pentagon on Thursday in the midst of the ongoing government shutdown. The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which had been gathering dust as lawmakers worked to break through holds on the bill for over a month, advanced in the upper chamber on a bipartisan vote. ...

AI-assisted summary Coach Bill Belichick has led North Carolina football to a disappointing 2-3 start in his first season. Both Belichick and the university’s athletic director have publicly expressed their commitment to the program’s direction. A planned ‘Hard Knocks’-style docuseries about the team on Hulu was reportedly scrapped. North Carolina football has been quite disappointing in 2025, as coach Bill ...

PHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally left Game 3 of the WNBA Finals with an apparent head injury on Wednesday night at Mortgage Matchup Center. Sabally, who scored 24 points, left the game with 4:25 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Mercury forward went up for a shot and made contact with Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young. When ...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Mercury were on the verge of another double-digit comeback victory in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. Then Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson did what Wilson does best. The Aces led by 17 points entering the fourth quarter before the Mercury tied it at 88 all with 5.0 seconds remaining. Then ...

The Cleveland Browns remain the most active NFL team on the trade market. The Browns have agreed to trade CB Greg Newsome II to the Jacksonville Jaguars for CB Tyson Campbell, according to multiple reports. The two sides have also agreed to exchange draft picks as part of the deal. Jacksonville gets a 2026 sixth-round pick and Cleveland gets a ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated in the visiting locker room after a 5-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The Blue Jays are moving on to the American League Championship Series after winning the ALDS 3-1. The Canadian-Dominican player joined Fox Sports’ MLB postgame show while the team was still in the ...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is facing backlash after using an image of an emaciated Israeli hostage in an Instagram post allegedly showing Palestinians suffering. The post read, ‘The suffering of Palestinian prisoners is not a matter of opinion — it is a fact of systemic cruelty and dehumanization. Humanity cannot be selective. Justice cannot have borders.’ It also included three ...

Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill Wednesday as two members of the House of Representatives got into a screaming match on the eighth day of the 2025 government shutdown. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., outside the latter’s news conference over a bipartisan compromise on enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, a key flashpoint in the fight over federal ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he might make a trip to the Middle East as Gaza peace negotiations continue.  ‘I may go there, sometime toward the end of the week. Maybe on Sunday, actually, and we’ll see,’ Trump said Wednesday from the White House as he kicked off a roundtable discussion event focused on the left-wing radical group Antifa.  ‘We ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., got into a tense confrontation with two Democratic senators outside his office on Wednesday as anxiety runs high on Capitol Hill on Day 8 of the government shutdown. Sens. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., gathered reporters outside Johnson’s office in a bid to publicly pressure the House speaker to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita ...