The Senate passed it 77-22 with Republicans nearly united. In the House, the GOP has 218 seats, and at least five of its members are critics.

President Donald Trump wants the House to clear the measure quickly.

The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools.

The bill passed the Senate Monday night in an effort to remodel the existing system regarding transfers and payments to athletes.

New York prosecutors say they are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case from 2024 that involved Cornell University students. What do we know about the new allegations - and how is it being felt on campus?

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang-rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.Source: Associated Press

Prosecutors in New York are reopening an investigation into an alleged gang rape of a former Cornell University student after the woman filed a civil lawsuit this month claiming the school did not do enough to protect her.

Watch live coverage as former special counsel Jack Smith testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. He is expected to face questions on the federal cases he brought against President Trump that have since been dismissed.

He plans to tell senators that he stands by his prosecutions and will accuse the Trump administration of vilifying him and former members of his team

Smith has rejected assertions he or his prosecutors were motivated by politics.

Former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the Trump administration.

Three news outlets President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved, saying the administration

News organizations targeted by President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban them from the White House asked a federal judge late Monday to extend his order temporarily restoring their access, describing the ban as an “unlawful assault on the most fundamental First Amendment freedoms.”

Three news organizations that had been blocked from accessing the White House by President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to extend an order that temporarily restored their access after they had been barred for almost a week.

The outlets said in their September 21 lawsuit that Trump’s bans were unlawful viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees free press rights.

The meeting comes as AI leaders are issuing dire warnings about the threat of AI and calling for steps to slow it down before it outsmarts humans.

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Sept 28 - President Donald Trump's ⁠meeting ⁠with tech CEOs on artificial ⁠intelligence on Tuesday will focus on finding a balance between innovation ​and oversight, House Speaker Mike Johnson said,

Is AI getting too dangerous too quickly? Trump is a big supporter, but guardrails will be discussed at a White House meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

As President Trump prepares to host Jensen Huang, Elon Musk and Tom Brown at the White House for a meeting on AI, the Senate is staying in Washington to vote on an AI bill, with ripple effects expected for key midterm races.

Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend tortured and murdered Colleen Slemmer, a teen they met at a job training camp.

As the scheduled execution of Christa Pike approaches, the family of her 19-year-old victim, Colleen Slemmer, is now on the road to Tennessee. Slemmer’s mother, May Martinez, recently reached out to

If it proceeds, Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Only 18 women have been executed in the US since the 1970s, compared to 1,663 men. "After deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike's request for clemency,

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced on Monday that he does not plan to intervene in the execution of Christa Gail Pike, which is slated for later this week.