Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Francis Chung | Bloomberg | Getty Images White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Friday that large U.S. banks could voluntarily provide credit cards to underserved Americans as…
AI companies are working in health care, and increasingly. Just last week, OpenAI Bought health startup TorchAnthropic launched cloud for healthcareand Sam Altman-backed MergeLabs closes $250 million seed round At an $850 million valuation. Money and products are being spent on health and voice AIBut there are also concerns about the risk of hallucinations, inaccurate…
Brooke Pryor Close Brooke Pryor ESPN Staff Writer Brooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman. Jeremy Fowler Close Jeremy Fowler senior NFL national reporter…
A day after her meeting with President Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado expressed confidence that the US is moving toward free elections in the country, but acknowledged that it will be a “process that will have several stages.” Machado criticized Delsey during a press conference hosted by The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.,…
A pharmacist displays a box of Wegovy pills at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Novo Nordisk rose more than 8% on Friday after early prescription data showed an encouraging start to the U.S. launch of the company’s new GLP-1 pill…
Jan 16, 2026, 12:14 pm ET infielder bo bichet and this New York Mets Sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday that they agreed to a three-year, $126 million contract. Sources said the deal, which is pending materialization, includes an opt-out and no postponement after the first and second seasons. Mets miss out on top free…
Right now, Minnesota feels like a pressure cooker — what’s happening there is bigger than one city, one governor, or one president. It’s a snapshot of what happens when immigration becomes a political weapon rather than a policy problem that demands large-scale solutions. As tensions rise in Minneapolis, Governor Tim Walz tried to cool the…
President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d prefer to keep National Economic Council Director Hassett in his position as top economic advisor, a statement that could change the dynamic in the race to see who will replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. During an appearance in the White House, Trump said, “I see Kevin’s…
george castilloJan 16, 2026, 08:45 am ET to close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Evaluating the National League East offseason…
President Trump on Friday proposed imposing possible tariffs on countries that oppose the US annexation of the Danish territory of Greenland. The comments came after Trump described European allies including France and Germany as threatening to impose 25 percent tariffs if they did not pay more for prescription drugs. “I went through one country after…
