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An app for Kalshi, an online prediction market site, is shown on a phone. Multiple states have tried to block the company from operating, citing state gambling laws. But the federal government has sued to block those state laws to allow Kalshi and other prediction markets to operate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions. The trio of legal actions against Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona is the…

Jeremy WooCloseJeremy WooESPNNBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in 2023Covered the NBA and NBA draft for Sports Illustrated from 2015-2023 and Tim BontempsCloseTim BontempsESPN Senior WriterTim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast.Multiple AuthorsApr 2, 2026, 07:00 AM ETThe NBA’s regular season has more than a week remaining, but many team executives’ focus has already shifted to May 10. That’s the day the…

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how soon the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history.House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a plan Wednesday to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security as part of a two-step process. The agreement puts the leaders on the same page for ending the impasse after they pursued separate plans that resulted in Congress leaving Washington last week without a fix.Johnson and Thune…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s biggest bridge near Tehran has crashed down in a stunning scene captured on camera following reports of U.S. airstrikes, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he pressed the regime to make a deal before tensions escalate further.The B1 highway bridge, a key link between Iran’s capital and the western city of Karaj, is considered the tallest in the Middle East and was only inaugurated earlier this year.Iranian state TV reportedly warned of potential retaliation, claiming the state’s military has identified multiple bridges in American-allied Middle East nations as targets, according to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Super Bowl champion Stephon Gilmore announced on Thursday he was retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons in the league.Gilmore, 35, made the announcement in a post on Instagram. He shared several highlights of his career from his days in college and through the NFL.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Minnesota Vikings cornerback Stephon Gilmore defends against the Los Angeles Rams during an NFC wild card game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Jan. 13, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)”As a young, scrappy kid from Rock Hill, South…

The Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional, which could effectively permit White House lawyers to try to set their own voluntary presidential recordkeeping policy and, potentially, upend decades-old legal precedent established in response to Richard M. Nixon’s effort to keep control of records upon his resignation from the Oval Office.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, to step down from the post and retire immediately, a Pentagon official told The Hill on Thursday.  The Hill has reached out to the Army for comment.  George assumed the role, which is typically a four-year post, in September 2023 after being…

TALLINN, Estonia — The Belarus parliament passed a bill Thursday to introduce punishments for people who promote LGBTQ+ causes, in an echo of restrictions set up in neighboring ally Russia. The upper house gave final approval for the legislation following its passage last month by the lower house, and it goes next to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for his expected signature before becoming law. The bill makes the “propaganda of homosexual relations, gender charge, refusal to have children and pedophilia” punishable by fines, community labor and 15-day arrest.Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Pam Bondi was being ousted as his attorney general in a post on his social media platform, saying she’ll move to a role working in the private sector. “We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future,” Trump said in the post. Trump’s deputy attorney general and former personal attorney Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney aeneral, the president said. “And our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche,…

Longtime cornerback Stephon Gilmore has announced his retirement after 13 NFL seasons.In a message on Instagram, the 35-year-old Gilmore thanked the game of football, his family and the fans he played in front of for 189 regular season and playoff games.“To my first love, Football —As a young, scrappy kid from Rock Hill South Carolina with humble beginnings, the eldest of 6 – you gave me focus, opportunity, strength, and friends to last a lifetime.  From my first game with Finley Road Falcons to two Super Bowls, multiple Pro Bowls, and a Defensive Player of the Year Award, you taught me…