Podcast host Jennifer Welch pressed Senator Cory Booker (D-N.Y.) over a photo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it was “heartbreaking” to see. “I think the Democratic base feels like there’s a disconnect,” the liberal podcaster said in an interview on the “I’ve Had It” podcast released Tuesday. “Like, we listen to you, like…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 19, 2025, including one measure introducing the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Nearly a month after the Trump administration’s surprise $100,000 payment for new H-1B visa…
Tim McMahonOctober 15, 2025, 07:00 am ET to close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM seventeen year old cooper flag He had not yet played a game for Duke when he arrived at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. Afternoon of 8th July 2024. But…
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers amid the government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, appointed by former President Clinton, sided with government employee unions in temporarily blocking the administration from cutting the force or RIF, which was expected to affect more than 4,000 workers. At…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration, for now, from firing federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown. The order came five days after the administration issued reduction-in-force notifications to more than 4,000…
george castilloOctober 15, 2025, 07:00 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. six months agoOnly seven games in…
The Energy Department offices affected by the Trump administration’s layoffs include those focused on climate-friendly energy sources amid the administration’s broader crackdown on renewable energy. Late last week, the Trump administration firedapproximately 4,000 employeesIn various government agencies, including about 187 agencies of the Department of Energy. A spokesperson for the department told The Hill this…
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images In recent weeks, some federal student loan borrowers have received welcome news: The U.S. Department of Education will soon cancel their remaining debt. “You are now eligible to have some or all of your federal student loan(s) discharged because you have reached the necessary number of payments…
Elizabeth Merrill Close Elizabeth Merrill ESPN Senior Writer Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Maria Lawson Close Maria Lawson is a reporter in the ESPN investigative and enterprise unit. She is an ESPN-American University investigative fellow from Frisco, Texas. Oct 15,…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) is questioning the legality of deploying the National Guard to cities across the country, and objecting to an effort that President Trump has described as part of a crackdown on crime. “I don’t think it’s legal, let me start there, for the National Guard to police Americans on American soil,”…
