Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends the inauguration of a new hub in France dedicated to the artificial intelligence sector, at the Google France headquarters in Paris, France, on Feb. 15, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Alphabet is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what analysts polled by…
TURIN, Italy — Where was Ali? Nobody knew. Ali Barat, the world’s hottest soccer agent, was supposed to be at the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile by 5:30 p.m. But it was after 6, and nobody had seen him. Later that December evening, Paris Saint-Germain‘s Désiré Doué would be given the 2025 Golden Boy award as the…
President Trump’s border governor Tom Homan said Wednesday that about 700 federal law enforcement personnel will leave Minnesota amid an uproar over an aggressive immigration crackdown in the state. But he quickly stressed that the administration remains committed to Trump’s mass deportation agenda. By that time there were about 3,000 federal immigration officers in the…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, Dec. 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Wednesday said its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude will remain ad-free, a decision that comes just weeks after the startup’s rival OpenAI announced plans to begin testing advertisements…
Rich CiminiFeb 4, 2026, 09:26 am ET to close Rich Cimini is a staff writer covering the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for more than 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck Podcast. He was previously a beat writer for the New…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning, a day after President Trump signed legislation to end the partial government shutdown. The spending package now passed includes a 2-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Democrats are trying to rein…
Uber reported better-than-expected revenue in its fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday. Shares were down about 6% after the call with analysts as the company touted its autonomous vehicle progress but gave soft guidance on first-quarter profits. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the period ended in December: Earnings per share: 71…
Craig HaubertFeb 4, 2026, 09:42 AM ET Close National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Multiple Authors Now that much of the recruiting movement for the 2026 season has come to a close, the focus shifts to the field and…
A new analysis of admissions data shows a sharp decline in admissions for Black and Latino students at elite institutions following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to end affirmative action. Class Action, a nonprofit for equity in education, analyzed 2024 federal enrollment numbers, finding that enrollment of blacks at the top 50 most selective schools…
Border czar Tom Homan speaks during a news conference about ongoing immigration enforcement operations on January 29, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scott Olson | Getty Images The Trump administration will draw down 700 federal law enforcement officers from Minnesota “effective immediately,” border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. After that partial withdrawal, around 2,000 federal agents…
