Why some tax refunds may actually be smaller than expected in 2026
The Trump administration anticipates a “very large refund” for taxpayers in 2026, but some may be less thrilled with the amount of money they’ll get back. Source link
How to survive a layoff, from ‘All the Cool Girls Get Fired’ authors
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill were at the top of their games. They had dream magazine jobs as editors in chief, with Brown at Instyle and O’Neill at WSJ. Magazine. Then they got fired. That’s the term they prefer, by the way. Not part of a restructure, made redundant or laid off. “Same s—canning, different…
Economist Sumerlin confirms he’s in the running for Fed chair, backs big interest rate cut
Economist Marc Sumerlin, one of nearly a dozen reported contenders for Federal Reserve chair, said Thursday he’d be interested in the job and believes an aggressive interest rate cut would be appropriate. Sumerlin, a former senior economist under then-President George W. Bush, said on CNBC that lowering the Fed’s key rate would be an easy…
Forty years after Batson, racial bias in jury selection persists
Will the constitutional promise of equal protection under law be meaningfully implemented, or quietly set aside? Source link
RFK Jr. sued over vaccine changes
96 Express script presented by Pharmacy Benefits Services {Bicon} Health care Health care Big story Medical groups sued RFK Junior for change in vaccine Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior. Violation of law According to a new trial of a coalition of medical organizations, he withdrew some recommendations about the…
Women’s college basketball Power Rankings: Three new top-16 teams
Michael VoppelNovember 26, 2025, 08:15 am ET to close Michael Voeppel is a senior writer covering the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voeppel began covering women’s basketball in 1984 and has been with ESPN since 1996. The top five teams in the ESPN women’s college basketball power rankings remain the same for…
What the trenches – more than QB play – say about the top championship contenders this season
Pamela MaldonadoOctober 12, 2025, 02:48 pm ET to close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. This is the season of trenches. This is what my eyes are seeing and Week 7 of college football has confirmed. The best teams in the country aren’t quarterback-driven. They are line-driven. I thought rushing success was…
Sources – Emma Meesseman to join Liberty in WNBA return
Alexa PhilipouJuly 21, 2025, 01:48 pm ET to close Women’s college covers basketball and WNBA Uconn and WNBA Connecticut Sun for the first heartford cortent Stanford Graduate and Baltimore Natives with further experience at Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquireor Emma miseman2019 WNBA Final MVP, which has not appeared in the league since…
49ers’ Keion White has surgery after being shot in ankle in S.F.
nick wagnerFeb 9, 2026, 08:37 pm ET to close Nick Wagner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years at ESPN (2013 to 2015). In more than a decade with the company, Nick has led…
Fantasy playbook: NFL Week 10 Shadow Reports, lineup locks and projected scores
Mike ClayNov 6, 2025, 09:21 AM ET Close Mike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast. Welcome…