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NEW YORK :Major stock indexes mostly rose on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting record closing highs after news of AMD’s artificial intelligence chip-supply deal with OpenAI, while the yen and euro weakened against the dollar after Japan’s ruling party elected a new leader and France’s new government quit.Bitcoin hit a record high as investors increasingly sought alternative assets and uncertainty prevailed with the U.S. government shutdown. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last up 2.05 per cent at $125,295.33. The euro was last down 0.26 per cent at $1.171 . New French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, barely 14 hours after…
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies.As IRS CEO, Bisignano will report to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who currently serves as acting commissioner of the IRS, the Treasury Department says. It is unclear whether Bisignano’s newly created role at the IRS will require Senate confirmation. The Treasury Department said in a statement that Bisignano will be responsible for overseeing all day-to-day IRS operations while…
Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert It was a historic week in the sport, as two top-10 teams — Penn State and Texas — lost to unranked teams and both fell out of the rankings entirely, after suffering their second losses of the season. The lesson should be this: Winning is hard.All the upheaval from the preseason top-10 means we’re in store for a high-stakes, pressure-filled, wildly fun final two months of the season, where we could see some crazy playoff possibilities. Onto this week’s ranking, which shouldn’t be too controversial. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If…
Colin Cowherd makes his case for Dak Prescott being a legitimate MVP candidate (runner-up MVP vote from Colin).
When the Trump administration set up a federal task force to address crime in Memphis, Tennessee, last month, it cited crime data that didn’t match statistics from the city’s police department. While a White House press release from September says violent crime rose in Memphis in 2024, Memphis Police Department data shows violent crime went down. “Murder is at a six-year low, aggravated assault is at a five-year low and sexual assault at a twenty-year low,” the MPD said in a press release last month. Can both be true? Technically, yes. Same city, different statistics The White House drew on FBI “Crime in…
The union representing the nation’s air traffic controllers is directing its members to keep working during the U.S. government shutdown now stretching into its second week, with the labor group warning that failure to report for duty could lead to termination. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) told members Monday that it discourages federal employees from taking any actions to compromise air safety. The group represents more than 20,000 air traffic controllers, engineers and professionals in aviation safety-related roles. “Air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals take their responsibility to protect the safety of the flying public very seriously. Participating in…
WASHINGTON :The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.The justices turned down Google’s request to temporarily freeze parts of the injunction won by Epic in its lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and pay for transactions within apps.A federal appeals court in July upheld the judge’s sweeping order against Google.The injunction issued last year by U.S.…
Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson isn’t the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, but Joel Klatt is wondering if we should be considering the 22-year-old as the man in pole position to win college football’s most prestigious individual award.”If Ty Simpson’s name was Ty Manning, we would cancel the end of the season Heisman Trophy ceremony and just do it now,” Klatt said on “The Next Round.” “That’s the best pure passing game in college football. Simpson has been the best quarterback in college football from a passing perspective.”Simpson is among the favorites to win the Heisman. He holds the third-best…
The Asian nation has made a series of demands that would upend decades of US policy[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump rewrote Washington’s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, embracing confrontation, launching a trade war and upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks in Washington fear that Trump is going soft.As Trump pursues a trade pact with the US’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they are being sidelined inside the administration as the tech industry’s influence grows – alongside the president’s appetite for what he’s called “a big…
Who’s starting, who’s hurt, and who’s on the move? NFL news is nonstop, and we’re breaking it all down week by week this season.Here’s the latest on what’s happening around the league entering Week 6:Packers’ Watson returns to practiceGreen Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson has returned to practice as he moves a step closer to playing again after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament nine months ago.”I’ve got to knock a little bit of rust off, obviously,” Watson said after Monday’s practice. “Been a while since I was able to go out there and play football.”Watson tore his right ACL on…