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[ad_1] LIV Golf, the global golf league blending world-class competition with entertainment and culture to grow the game worldwide, today announced the winners of The LIV Golf Showcase, the inaugural awards special honoring the most compelling performances, pivotal moments, impactful players, and dramatic moments from the 2025 LIV Golf season.The 22 awards winners were spread across 13 different players and 12 different League teams; highlighting the strength of the League’s field of golfers. Honors were highlighted by MVP Joaquin Niemann, Breakout Star of the Year David Puig, Clutch Player of the Year Jon Rahm, Shot of the Year Phil Mickelson, and Comeback Player of the Year Bubba Watson.Multiple…

[ad_1] Baltimore Ravens have appointed Jesse Minter as their new head coach after John Harbaugh was sacked after 18 years earlier this month.The Ravens turned to the Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator to replace the long-serving Harbaugh, who fired was when the Ravens failed to make the playoffs. He has since been named the New York Giants’ head coach. The 42-year-old Minter was one of the hottest names on the market. He interviewed virtually with several teams – including the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are also looking for a coach after Mike Tomlin stepped down last week – before joining Baltimore,…

[ad_1] The state of New Mexico is accusing three Texas oil executives of orchestrating “a fraudulent scheme” to pocket revenue from hundreds of oil and gas wells in New Mexico and offload the cost of plugging and cleaning up the wells onto the state’s taxpayers. The suit, filed in late December by the New Mexico attorney general’s office, is the latest salvo in the state’s fight against oil and gas executives accused of foisting old wells onto the public. The 72-page complaint alleges a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing in which the oil executives — Everett Willard Gray II,…

[ad_1] Politics / The Mamdani Beat / January 22, 2026 Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live—but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition. Ad Policy New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks before striking nurses at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images) On Tuesday morning, after joining his friend Bernie Sanders to deliver a few encouraging words of support to striking nurses shivering at the start of their 10th day on the picket line at Mount Sinai West, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani raced downtown to…

[ad_1] The unfolding debacle in Minneapolis captures an underappreciated fact about the Democratic Party: It is configured to react in unreasoning rage to everything President Trump does. The challenge of "messaging"-how to condemn roundups of illegal migrants without defending protesters’ lawlessness-is only a symptom of the problem. The problem itself arises from the Byzantine network of activist nonprofits created and fostered over the past decade and a half by liberal foundations and progressive billionaires. [ad_2]

[ad_1] January 22, 2026 If so, Vance’s message is clear: Every imaginable far-right extremist, from white supremacists and technofascists to offensive fabulists, will be welcome in his campaign. Ad Policy Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator JD Vance (R-OH) delivers remarks during a campaign rally at 2300 Arena on August 6, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(Drew Hallowell / Getty Images) This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Donald Trump may, of course, be the Republican candidate for president in 2028, the US Constitution notwithstanding. Although it…

[ad_1] The House voted to approve a set of spending bills that would prevent a government shutdown. The Senate still needs to vote on the measure. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption toggle caption Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR The House passed the final slate of funding measures Thursday covering large swaths of the federal government, sending the package to the Senate ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline to avert a partial shutdown. The House approved the funds with overwhelming bipartisan support – with one exception. Just seven House Democrats voted for the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through September, citing Immigration and…

[ad_1] Don’t let the made-for-Fox News spectacle of the Minnesota Occupation distract you. The most important lesson the rest of us can learn from that state’s wide and deeply spread resistance is that Minnesotans’ solidarity didn’t just spring up when Trump’s goons came to town. It was forged in nature’s annual frigid grip and a bit of isolation; these connections are not the welcome-if-tenuous threads formed during a singular crisis, they’re the carbon-steel fibers wound together by generations of consistent, need-blind aid to anyone that happens to be close by. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Republican Conference Chair Representative Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a press conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Republicans blocked a resolution in a tie vote on Thursday to limit the executive’s war powers in Venezuela, a close call for President Trump and a GOP conference that has largely steered clear of rebuking him. The resolution failed by a vote of 215 to 215, falling short of the simple majority needed…

[ad_1] Reporting Highlights No Prison: Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver avoided prison by hiring a defense attorney whom DOJ prosecutors label one of the “Friends of Trump.”  White-Collar Whitewash: The story of “Bitcoin Jesus” highlights the extent that white-collar criminal enforcement has eroded under Trump. Gift to Crypto: Prosecutors had hoped to make Ver a marquee example amid concerns about widespread cryptocurrency tax evasion. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Days into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, a cryptocurrency billionaire posted a video on X to his hundreds of…