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WASHINGTON — Republicans triggered the “nuclear option” to change the rules of the Senate on a party-line basis Thursday, a move that will allow them to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees for key executive branch positions. The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en …

The Wisconsin Badgers didn’t have their prettiest outing last year in the 42-10 blowout loss against the Alabama Crimson Tide, which left the team deflated postgame as they were flat-out beaten on their home field. Last year’s loss was crushing in several ways, as Wisconsin lost starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke to a torn ACL and seemed to have no …

Aryna Sabalenka has successfully defended her US Open title after defeating Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles final. Sabalenka is now a four-time Grand Slam champion, with two of those victories having arrived on the hard courts of the US Open. The WTA number one defeated American Jessica Pegula in last year’s final, and has now done the same to …

This is an opinion piece. The Alabama High School Athletic Association’s long-standing effort to control recruiting in the state and provide fair play across the board may have taken a drastic turn Thursday afternoon. Gov. Kay Ivey and Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter are seeking an injunction against the AHSAA that would force the group to allow student-athletes who …

Demi Moore is opening up about the emotional process of seeing the Bruce Willis she once knew change amid his health decline. “It’s difficult. It’s hard to see somebody who was so, you know, vibrant and strong and so directed shift into this other parts of themself,” Moore said in a vulnerable interview on “The Oprah Podcast” on Tuesday. “But …

Channing Tatum revealed in a new Variety cover story that Gambit will be somewhat softening his Cajun accent in “Avengers: Doomsday,” which is now in production. Tatum debuted as the Marvel superhero in last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” after spending years trying and failing to get a standalone Gambit movie made under 20th Century Fox. A running joke in “Deadpool …

NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz said Tuesday. The other, currently …

How Trump Is Changing American Capitalism  The New York Times The Intel Stake Is a Corrupt Spin on Industrial Policy  Bloomberg.com Trump’s America Is Starting To Look Like a Banana Republic | Opinion  Newsweek Trump’s “State Capitalism … a Hybrid Between Socialism and Capitalism” Won’t Make America Great Again  Cato Institute Trump is targeting the free market and American exceptionalism  The Hill Source link

The Texas Capitol Building on Sept. 5, 2024, in Austin. (Drew Shaw | Fort Worth Report) Soon, hundreds of bills passed earlier this year by Texas’ 89th Legislature will go into effect. As of Monday, Sept. 1, Texas will have a whopping 835 new laws on the books. These measures touch nearly every aspect of life, from education and healthcare …

Photo by Alex Lvrs (cropped) The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind. Researchers at the University of Exeter in England conducted the study which was published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine. It followed previous …