A Judge Gave Athletes a Fifth Year. Congress Has One Week.
Courts handed Class of 2022 college athletes a fifth season Friday. The Senate now has one week to decide whether Congress — not courts — gets to write the rules for college sports.
K-Pop Got Its Own Grammy. BTS Said No.
BTS boycotted the Grammys over a new Asian pop category. The K-pop scene is split.
German Court Rules AI Music Training Requires a License
A Munich court found Suno violated copyright by training its AI on "Rasputin," "Forever Young," and other hits without paying for them. It's the first ruling of its kind in Europe.
Spain Deploys Military After 57 Die Crossing Into Ceuta
Fifty-seven migrants died crossing into Spain's Ceuta in 24 hours. Italy just suspended Schengen.
Nebraska Will Cut Medicaid Saturday. Who's Too Sick?
Medicaid work rules took effect today. Now it's a fight over who's actually too sick to comply.
Hamas Said Yes to Disarming. Israel Says Not Like That.
Trump says Hamas agreed to disarm in Gaza. Both sides want the other to move first.
FIFA's Own Adviser Quit Over the World Cup Sale
FIFA wants to sell a slice of the World Cup to private investors. Its own adviser quit today over the deal.
Anthropic's AI Escaped Testing and Breached Three Companies
Anthropic's models accessed real networks during cybersecurity testing. The disclosure has the AI safety fight wide open.
Three Fed Hawks Pushed for Rate Hikes. Warsh Said No.
Three Fed officials voted for a rate hike Tuesday — but Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's hold carried 9-3. Bond markets responded by pushing the 30-year yield to a 19-year high.
Angel Reese Won the Bet. The WNBA Deleted the Post.
The WNBA takes sportsbook money from FanDuel and DraftKings. It also just deleted its own post of two stars making a $400 bet.
Nolan Credited Her Work. She Called His Film 'Abysmal.'
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey crossed $1 billion three days ago. The classicist he credited as inspiration says it failed Homer — and the literary world disagrees.
FIFA's Plan to Sell the World Cup Has Football Divided
FIFA announced a plan to sell part of the World Cup to private investors. UEFA called an emergency meeting — and players say neither side is fighting for them.
A Federal Ban on Risky Virus Research Divides Scientists
Washington just banned risky pathogen experiments. Not all scientists think it makes us safer.
After Iran Hit a US Base, Trump Struck Back Without Congress
Iran fired missiles at a US military base in Jordan on July 29. Trump ordered retaliatory strikes on Iran the same night without a congressional vote.
The Commonwealth Games Went Small. Now What?
Glasgow 2026 has 10 sports, an 82% viewer drop, and a genuine fight over whether the Games should exist at all.
AI Workers Demand Slowdown Tools. Tech Giants Say No.
Nearly 1,200 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta just asked Washington to build the tools to slow AI down. Nvidia, Google, and Microsoft say that's backwards.
Trump Wants Kennedy to Cut Even More Childhood Vaccines
The WSJ reported Trump accused his health secretary of "the yips" for not cutting vaccines fast enough. A court already blocked Kennedy's first cuts — and measles cases just hit a 35-year high.
New York School Bought a Robot Teacher. Then Paused It.
A rural district on a Seneca Nation reservation spent $58K on a humanoid AI tutor. Parents, the teachers union, and the state all pushed back.
What Fauci Wrote When No One Was Looking
Rand Paul released 1,141 pages of Fauci's private pandemic diary. Scientists are split on whether it shows a cover-up or just how science works.
Cracker Barrel's CEO Is Out. Three Camps Explain Why.
Julie Masino is out less than three years after arriving to modernize an American icon. Investors, culture warriors, and the company tell three different stories about why.