US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump to sign an executive order Thursday to create a new type of retirement account for workers who don’t currently have access to a…
Zach KramApr 30, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram. Multiple Authors It might not seem like it,…
South Carolina’s Republican former governor and Congressman Mark Sanford ended his campaign for his old House seat on Thursday. The 65-year-old, who entered the race on March 30, said in a release that he would instead start a national nonprofit and grassroots movement focused on tackling the national debt. “After a lot… Source link
Courtroom sketches of Cole Tomas Allen. Courtesy: Dana Verkouteren Cole Tomas Allen on Thursday told a judge he was waiving his right to challenge his detention in jail — for now — on charges of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last Saturday night. Allen’s waiver was a…
Michael Voepel Close Michael Voepel ESPN Senior Writer Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. , Charlie Creme Close Charlie Creme ESPN.com Charlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for…
VC firm 137 Ventures announced on Thursday It has raised more than $700 million in two new growth-stage funds to support startups “with the potential for significant market impact.” Last year, the firm founded by former Founders Fund investor Justin Fisher-Wolfson said it had deployed more than $1 billion in companies building defense, AI and…
A new poll from the Atlanta Journal Constitution finds there is only a 2.4 percentage point gap between businessman Rick Jackson and Georgia Lt. Gov. Bert Jones (R), less than three weeks before the GOP gubernatorial primary. The poll, released Thursday, found that 27.2 percent of respondents supported Jackson, the health care executive who entered…
Qualcomm shares staged a dramatic turnaround after the bell on Wednesday as CEO Cristiano Amon said on the earnings call that it would begin shipping data center chips to “a large hyperscaler” within the calendar year. The stock initially fell as much as 7% after the chipmaker reported second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates…
Jordan ReidApr 30, 2026, 06:35 AM ET Close Jordan Reid is an NFL draft analyst for ESPN, providing in-depth scouting on the nation’s top pro prospects. Jordan joined ESPN in 2021 and also contributes to SportsCenter and ESPN Radio. He played quarterback at North Carolina Central University and then went on to coach there from…
A new poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos found that more than half of respondents oppose President Trump’s plan to build a ballroom on the White House grounds. The survey released Thursday found that 56 percent of respondents are opposed to the project, which was scheduled to begin with demolition in…
