The Trump administration announced a final rule Thursday to change the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program so that employees at organizations involved in “unlawful activities” will not be eligible for student loan relief. While the administration says the move is to protect taxpayers, opponents worry the government will go after certain groups for political…
Eli Lilly on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its full-year outlook, as the company continued to see strong demand for its blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro. Shares of the company rose more than 2% in morning trading on Thursday. The pharmaceutical giant now expects its…
Bill BarnwellOct 30, 2025, 06:20 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with…
The hearing on the nomination of President Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Casey Means, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed. A spokesperson for the committee, chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a medical doctor, told The Hill on Thursday that the hearing was postponed because Means went into…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump’s call for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing after a more than 30-year pause…
Adam RittenbergOct 30, 2025, 08:41 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The defining trait of this coaching cycle in college football isn’t scope but speed. Yes, the number of open jobs in the FBS seems to grow by the weekend, with LSU being the latest — and…
WhatsApp is adding a new way to access your encrypted backups with passkey support. This means that if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face or your previous device’s screen lock code to access the backup of WhatsApp. For years, WhatsApp did not have an encryption layer for its chat backups….
A former US Army sergeant has been sentenced by a federal judge to four years in prison after being charged with Trying to cross the sensitive army information to china Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty to two felonies for offering classified information to the Chinese government with a device that could gain access to…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on October 30, 2025 in flight. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of U.S.-listed rare earths miners rallied on Thursday after China agreed to delay the introduction of further export controls as part of an agreement reached…
Ramona ShelburneOct 30, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News FOR A FEW hours last Thursday, it was a relatively normal morning for Jrue Holiday and his Portland Trail Blazers teammates. Most of them had turned their phones off hoping to sleep in after…
