South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham has given opponents fresh ammunition to attack her on her biggest vulnerability: her inexperience. She revealed a major blindspot in her understanding of a critical foreign policy issue, U.S.-Taiwan relations, during Tuesday’s debate for the Aug. 25 snap Senate primary runoff to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham. Her response…
The hard-right Freedom Caucus is having a rough primary season. Candidates with backing from the caucus and its allies flopped in primaries from Florida to Wyoming on Tuesday, adding to a string of recent losses for the group. In Florida, Catalina Lauf lost in a House GOP primary to replace Freedom Caucus member and Florida…
Michael Cohen and President Donald Trump have apparently patched up their differences in private. Now, they can do it in public. The president is scheduled to do a phone interview Thursday with Cohen on the New York City radio show that Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer” began hosting last month. Cohen said in an interview…
During President Donald Trump’s first term, they were resistance stars. During his second term, they couldn’t survive primaries. Alexander Vindman’s Senate primary loss in Florida on Tuesday is the latest stumble for Democrats who rose to prominence during the impeachment trials and accountability protests of Trump’s first term. Vindman, a former National Security Council aide…
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — No one wants to tell a receiver that he’s running a route where he’s not going to get the ball, where he’s not even a viable option in the play’s design. But it happens quite often. One of football’s most popular concepts, “Dagger,” includes a vertical route where a receiver effectively…
The Associated Press has had its say. The coaches have had their say. Now it’s time for me to chime in on the 2026 preseason top 10. Last year matters no more. New players. New rosters. New season. If you’re putting Indiana at No. 1 because the Hoosiers won the title last year, you’re doing…
I got news for you, and it ain’t just that USC gotta Boobie Feaster — eatin’. Or that the Big Ten got two turbos at running back (Richard at Indiana; Rogers at Ohio State) and you ain’t even heard the lag hit. Or that UCLA got receiver Major Pride, or that Ampersand U, also known…
Is there a world where Robert Griffin III plays for Texas instead of Baylor? He actually confirmed there were two: in today’s college football landscape, and in 2007 — during his recruitment process. Appearing on the “Joel Klatt Show,” Griffin revealed how Texas messed up his recruitment, and he also divulged that if he were…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — If you didn’t know Daniel Jones was coming off a major injury, there’s nothing that would’ve told you otherwise. That was my big takeaway watching the Colts quarterback at training camp Wednesday, when Indianapolis hosted the first of two joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons. Whether it was dropping back in individual…
Are we in the midst of a running back renaissance? The money would seem to suggest that we are. A recent wave of running back extensions set records at the position. Bijan Robinson, Jonathan Taylor and Jahmyr Gibbs each signed contracts worth over $20 million per year earlier in August. Robinson briefly held the record…
