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Monterey’s Defense Language Institute despite executive order renaming DoD  KSBW RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR  The White House (.gov) The Donald “Genius” Trump Space Center? Melania’s Harvard School of Government? What’s Next On Trump’s Rebrand List?  Vanity Fair Pentagon officials fume over Trump’s Department of War rebrand  Politico President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.  The New York …

Welcome to Week 1 NFL Grades. In this space, we’re going to try to pick out some of the best and worst of the week, while adhering to the standard rubric of your 1950s report card. This isn’t Brown University. One simply doesn’t pass or fail. There’s nuance to it all.  Still, I’m thinking about my own report cards and …

Monday’s “First Call” features Justin Fields’ postgame comments about the Steelers’ defense. We check in on how Russell Wilson did for New York’s other team. Odds are out for the Backyard Brawl, but not yet for Penn State’s next game. And the Pirates head to the Beltway for a week. Fields feeling froggy Despite losing in their season opener 34-32, …

By Tashan Reed, Chad Graff and Connor Ennis Geno Smith completed 24 of 34 passes for 362 yards and a 26-yard touchdown pass to Tre Tucker, and the Las Vegas Raiders’ defense throttled the New England Patriots’ offense in a 20-13 win Sunday in Foxboro, Mass., giving coach Pete Carroll a victory in his return to the NFL. The Patriots, …

Travis Hunter made his NFL debut Sunday, playing 44 of 63 offensive snaps and six on defense. The No. 2 overall pick is ready for more after Jacksonville’s 26-10 victory over the Panthers. “I did my job,” Hunter said, via Mark Long of the Associated Press. “That was the main focus. I did what they asked me to do. I …

Sep 6, 2025; Ames, Iowa, USA; Iowa State Cyclones tight end Gabe Burkle (84) makes a catch against the Iowa Hawkeyes during the second half at Jack Trice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-Imagn Images  AMES — Every time Iowa State’s defense bent, it snapped back into place.  The Cyclones gave up two lengthy scoring drives to Iowa on Saturday — …

Against Stanford, the BYU defense stifled the Stanford offense. The Cougars never really allowed the Cardinal to be competitive. Stanford couldn’t get anything going until the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach. BYU has allowed just three points through the first two games of the season. In this article, we’ll see where the BYU defense stacks up …

It’s here. The 2025 regular season is finally here for the San Francisco 49ers. As exciting as it is to see the 49ers back in action, they start 2025 with a fairly difficult challenge. They have to face the Seattle Seahawks on the road in a divisional matchup. Neither game against the Seahawks was easy for the 49ers in 2024. …

Trump administration drops defense of ban on employee ‘noncompete’ agreements  Reuters Under Trump, the Federal Trade Commission is abandoning its ban on noncompetes  NPR Other Barks and Bites for Friday, September 5: FTC Takes New Action on Noncompetes; EGC Upholds New U.S.-EU Personal Data Transfer Framework; and POPA Sues Trump Admin for Ending USPTO CBA  IPWatchdog.com US FTC’s Meador says noncompete rule was …

Blue states mount vaccine defense against RFK Jr.  Axios A Massive Vaccine Experiment  The Atlantic Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines  The New York Times California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC’s credibility  Governor of California (.gov) The U.S. is headed toward two very different vaccination …