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Sarah Spain, a sports media personality, took issue with Shane Gillis cracking jokes about female athletes during the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night. Gillis’ jokes included a crack about Caitlin Clark working at a Waffle House when she retires from the WNBA to continue “fist-fighting Black women,” needling former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe…
FIRST ON FOX: Some House fiscal hawks are cautiously readying to accept the $9 billion spending cuts package passed by the Senate overnight. The House of Representatives must pass the bill, called a rescissions package, by Friday. Rescissions packages are spending cuts requested by the White House of funds that Congress already appropriated for that…
Slack is using AI to help business users quickly understand confusing company language and concentrate on their most important tasks. The communication platform announced that it will “soon” be adding a feature that explains workplace jargon, and an AI writing assistant for Slack canvases that automates repetitive writing tasks like summarizing conversations and note-taking. The…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agency is evaluating changes to its liquid restrictions rule for airline carry-ons — a potential major shift in the Transportation and Security Administration’s (TSA) policy that’s been in place since 2006 and a symbol of post-9/11 travel. Noem, who last week ended the shoe-off requirement at TSA security…
A new think tank analysis finds that public corruption is a significant problem in the U.S., and is most prevalent in state and local governments that have larger bureaucracies and higher regulations. The libertarian Cato Institute said it analyzed Department of Justice data on public corruption convictions in the nation’s 94 federal judicial districts and…
Suni Lee was oh so close to not competing in the Paris Olympics last year. In April 2023, Lee announced that she was going to end her Auburn career due to a kidney issue, and Auburn doctors would not clear her. Lee gained 45 pounds, her eyes were “swollen shut,” and she “couldn’t do a…
Bruce Pearl’s name was floated as a possible candidate to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his U.S. Senate seat as the lawmaker announced his intention to run for Alabama governor. The Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach even received the support of Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, despite Pearl’s fervent support for President…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia to serve as the Sunshine State’s chief financial officer. The governor described Ingoglia as “the most conservative senator in the state of Florida,” while delivering remarks on Wednesday. Ingoglia pledged to work on property tax relief. A TALE OF TWO FLORIDAS: REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY TORN…
First on Fox: Eric Conroy, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former CIA case officer, announced his campaign to represent Ohio’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. Speaking with Fox News Digital ahead of his announcement, the Cincinnati native said southwest Ohio deserves a “common-sense advocate” in Washington, D.C., who…
The Federal Communications Commission has long forbidden licensees from using the airwaves allotted by the federal government to broadcast obscene, indecent or profane content. The rules are very easy to understand. Lenny Bruce and George Carlin did a public service when they made comedy schtick out of the generally agreed-upon standards for broadcast content. Every broadcaster…