Mets roll to ninth straight win, as Jose Quintana picks up 100th career victory
Jeff McNeil didn't pitch for at least the remainder of the regular season and was hitless in his first 4 2/3 innings. That doesn't matter to the Mets, who are doing everything right at the right time of the season. The Mets needed just one more inning to extend their winning streak to nine games, […]
Gov. Abbott dismisses Biden-Harris victory lap narrative as Texas border crossings plunge
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has touted a sharp drop in border crossings in 2024, blaming it on state efforts and not Biden administration policies. Abbott says the Biden administration is trying to “destroy” Texas' gains and is hurting rather than helping border security efforts. “Texas has the longest border of any state in the United […]
Liberty inch closer to clinching No. 1 seed with victory over Storm
The Liberty returned home after a three-game Western tour, looking to ensure as many postseason games as possible at Barclays Center. The WNBA-leading Ribs beat the Seattle Storm 77-70 on Thursday night in Brooklyn to improve their league-best record to 28-6 and cut their magic number to four for the top seed in the postseason. […]
Biden-Harris Admin Is Conveniently Leaving One Thing Out In Its Border Crisis Victory Lap
The Biden-Harris administration has repeatedly touted its success in easing the crisis at the southern border, but has failed to mention that encounters with illegal immigrants at the northern border have soared to levels that exceed those of the past three fiscal years combined. President Joe Biden Signed In June, the Biden administration issued an […]
Ukraine ‘will hold’ Russia’s Kursk region, as Zelensky says occupied area part of his ‘victory plan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would “hold” Russia's Kursk region after Kiev invaded Moscow territory. In a new interview this week – called the move part of a “winning plan.” In his first interview since Ukrainian forces crossed the Russian border and seized the town of Kursk, Zelenskiy declined to say whether he intended […]
Latest swing state polls suggest Trump could score decisive victory against Kamala Harris
The latest polls in seven battleground states point to a scenario in which Donald Trump could win with 296 electoral votes in November. Trafalgar, which conducted the poll from Aug. 28 to 30, estimated that Trump would win 44 electoral votes in key blue wall states in November. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Within the poll's […]
Germany’s AfD Party Celebrates Big Victory
Germany's right-wing populist party celebrated “historic victories” in two state elections on Sunday. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won about a third of the vote in the eastern state of Thuringia, beating Germany's three governing parties and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) by a wide margin, according to the BBC. The AfD came […]
American Frances Tiafoe earns 3rd consecutive US Open quarterfinals berth with victory over Alexei Popyrin
Francis Tiafoe is back in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the third consecutive year. The 26-year-old reached the final on Sunday night by beating Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3. With the win, Tiafoe became the first American player to reach three consecutive quarterfinals at the U.S. Open since Andy Roddick did it from […]
German far-right party AfD poised for state election victory in east | Germany
Far-right parties have become the largest party in Germany's state parliaments for the first time since World War II, while a new populist force on the left has gained a firm foothold in the country's political landscape, exit polls showed on Sunday. Two highly-anticipated elections in the eastern former Communist bloc made clear their dissatisfaction […]
Scottie Scheffler caps historic, Tiger Woods-like season with $25 million FedEx Cup victory
ATLANTA — When Tiger Woods birdied the 72nd hole at the 2008 U.S. Open to force a playoff against Rocco Mediate the next day, NBC Sports' Dan Hicks famously exclaimed, “You expect anything different?!” The same could be said about this week's Tour Championship, where world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler went all the way to […]