Civil rights groups have called on Black college athletes to boycott schools in states that are rolling back voting rights. But highly paid NIL-era athletes are proving to be unwilling protesters. Why it matters: It's exposing a disconnect between advocates who rely on 1960s-style protest tactics, and prominent athletes in today's $3 billion NIL economy who have different views of activism — and who are unwilling to sacrifice unprecedented financial opportunities . The big picture: NIL (name, image, likeness) was championed as a tool to end the systemic exploitation of Black college athletes in big-revenue sports. - Irony has taken hold: Those NIL funds can now shield southern institutions from some political pressure, even as state…
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A Las Vegas jury has convicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the case went cold. NewsNation’s Jesse Weber breaks down the verdict with KLAS investigative reporter Vanessa Murphy, retired LAPD detective Greg Kading, who led the task force that reinvestigated the Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. murders, and Robert Draskovich, who served as Keffe D's attorney from August 2025 to March of this year. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams with search dogs combed through mud, rocks and debris Tuesday in Nepal and China looking for thousands of people still missing after catastrophic flooding tore through communities across the Himalayas, leaving more than 1,000 dead. Nepal’s disaster agency said Tuesday that 987 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 [...]
Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals Apple CEO Tim Cook hands the reins over to John Ternus Tuesday, stepping down after 15 years of running the company. Why it matters: He had an epic run. By the numbers: When Cook took over in August 2011, Apple's stock was trading at $13.35. It closed at $316.61 on Monday. Zoom in: That 2,272% gain easily outpaced the growth of the major stock indexes. - The company's market cap — the value of all its outstanding shares — is now $4.7 trillion, up from $347 billion in 2011. - Stunning stat: Under Cook, Apple's market cap grew by $32 million an hour for 15 years, Bank of America calculated last month. The big picture: Cook's big innovation was taking the company from its…
President Trump's historic Venezuelan oil deal revolves around a colorful and controversial man from Caracas with a long history of supporting U.S. interests — including the operation to remove former strongman Nicolas Maduro. Why it matters: Alejandro Betancourt, 46, runs the oil company that's entering into an unprecedented partnership with the Pentagon. It gives America access to some of Venezuela's vast oil fields at a time when U.S. reserves are low. - "No Betancourt, no energy-security deal," a U.S. official told Axios. "And Maduro might still be in power if it wasn't for him." - Betancourt's life story has an oil-like boom-and-bust aura, replete with billion-dollar deals, international intrigue, a longstanding money-laundering…
Two key reasons led to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's resignation, announced Monday : the feeling that his modernization initiatives were being blocked, and the chaos created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's firing of senior generals. Why it matters: Driscoll's wartime resignation, on top of Hegseth's firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George this spring, leaves the military's largest service without Senate-confirmed leadership, civilian or uniformed. Behind the scenes: Driscoll recently spoke with President Trump and expressed his concerns about the state of the Army. Another person described the situation to Axios simply: "Sad." - A White House official said Driscoll was asked to stay longer, until after midterms. But Driscoll…
