Bill ConnellyFeb 17, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Multiple Authors With the UEFA Champions League‘s extended league phase over, it’s time for the extended knockout rounds. That’s both a pointed commentary and a celebration….
A key federal regulatory commission has announced that it will be fighting against individual states’ powers to regulate prediction markets. Mike Selig, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), wrote in an op-ed published by theWall Street Journalon Tuesday that his agency has exclusive powers to regulate prediction markets, and that it would…
The European Parliament has reportedly blocked lawmakers from using the baked-in AI tools on their work devices, citing cybersecurity and privacy risks with uploading confidential correspondence to the cloud. Per an email seen by Politico, the parliament’s IT department said it could not guarantee the security of the data uploaded to the servers of AI…
Miley Cyrus is ready to look back to where it all began. Disney announced Monday that a Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special is coming to Disney+ on March 24. The special will “celebrate the iconic series that defined a generation —exactly two decades after its Disney Channel debut.” Cyrus will join the special, to be…
WordPress.com, the website hosting platform from Automattic, will now include a built-in WordPress AI assistant, the company announced on Tuesday. The feature is designed to work inside the website to understand its content and layout, allowing site owners to make changes with natural language commands. With the new tool, you can adjust the site’s layout,…
US Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the administration, an agency spokesperson said, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has dwindled. McLaughlin became a prominent booster of the Republican president’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement and headed the press operation at DHS, which has come…
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Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia met for the first of two days of US-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with US President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal. Trump is urging Moscow and Kyiv to reach a deal to end Europe’s biggest war since 1945, though Ukraine’s President Volodymyr…
