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Lawmakers attempt to tackle NIL, giving it the ‘old college try’
Congress ‘fumbles’ NIL college sports bill
Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries questioning an NIL bill’s link to an LSU coaching controversy and more on ‘Special Report.’
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Congress has done nil to fix NIL in college sports.
Lawmakers get another chance to tackle NIL in early 2026.
Let’s start with terms.
«NIL» refers to «name, image, likeness.» College athletes have made bank over the past few years, marketing themselves as their own product. They skip from school to school for more playing time. A bigger spotlight. And that leads to a better NIL deal.
Translation: You’ll probably make more from your NIL contract if you play for Ohio State and not North Dakota State.
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James Madison, we’re looking at you.
The NCAA appears incapacitated to act to rein in NIL and issue nationwide rules. So, they’ve turned to Congress for a fix.
Good luck with that.
U.S. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The House tried to advance a bill in early December. But that legislation plunged into a toxic political scrum. First of all, many Democrats opposed the bill. The legislation then lacked the votes, thanks to some GOP defections. The timing of the legislation was in question, too. The House wasn’t addressing annual spending bills or health care, but college sports. Some Republicans thought this was a bad optic.
This commotion came just as former Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin defected to SEC rival Louisiana State University (LSU) for a king’s ransom. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., wasted no time noting that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., are both LSU graduates and superfans of the school’s athletic programs. Jeffries questioned whether well-moneyed alumni connected to the school advocated for Johnson and Scalise to push the NIL bill at that time. Jeffries then anointed the legislation the «Lane Kiffin Protection Act.»
«People are asking the question, ‘Why did you decide to bring this bill this week?’ with all the other issues that the country is demanding that we focus on, led by the affordability crisis that they claim is a scam and a hoax,» posited Jeffries.
The controversy created a maelstrom too challenging for the House to handle. So the GOP brass yanked the legislation off the floor.
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House leaders hope to try again to regulate NIL and manage money in college sports in 2026.
«I think we need to do it sooner rather than later,» said House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas.
«We need a national framework,» said Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., at a House session to prepare a NIL bill over the summer. «One with clarity and real enforcement to bring fairness, transparency, and equity to the new NIL era.»
Lawmakers are now revising the NIL bill to set national standards — and coax enough lawmakers to support it. It’s possible Congress could vote around the same time the nation crowns the next college football champion.
LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin speaks at South Stadium Club at Tiger Stadium on Dec. 1, 2025, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)
«We want to get it right to really do what we can to save college sports,» said Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., the main author of the legislation.
The measure in question is known as the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements (SCORE) Act.
The bill would cap money schools can use from athletic revenue to pay athletes at 22 percent. Most Republicans support the measure. But Democrats believe the plan favors schools. Not athletes. Especially when it comes to labor rights – and treating athletes as university workers.
«Passing the SCORE Act as it stands would only eliminate students’ abilities to collectively bargain,» said Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio.
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«I do not think they should be granted employee status,» said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., of student-athletes.
Some lawmakers aren’t sure whether Congress should even mettle in intercollegiate athletics. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee, questioned the wisdom of addressing this issue in higher education compared to more pressing topics.
«You have to have a college to have college sports,» said Pallone as that panel prepped the bill over the summer. «And the way we’re going with this administration, I don’t even know if there’s going to be any colleges or universities left fighting for.»
Pallone says lawmakers should focus instead on «very real threats to our nation’s colleges and universities.»
Opponents of the legislation contend that the bill bends over backwards for major conferences. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has problems with that. He demands overall better governance of college athletics.
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined at right by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, seated, and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
«We need to have a better structure around what is currently in NCAA. I think we need to have some reforms and some of the guardrails in what we’re doing. These coaches are getting these massive buyouts,» said Roy.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is pushing NIL regulation. But with a completely different approach. Hawley wants something which stretches far beyond the lines of the athletic fields and basketball arenas. He advocates universal NIL rules — because of Big Tech and AI.
«We ought to give name, image and likeness rights to every single American. You should be able to control your image online. Control your data. Control your kids data,» said Hawley. «[It would be a] great thing to do for parents.»
So, expect the House to try again on NIL in a few weeks. But consider the legislative agenda. A coalition of Democrats and four Republicans are deploying a gambit to go around the Speaker and force a vote to renew health care subsidies. That vote likely ripens around January 8 or 9. Obamacare subsidies expired. So that issue isn’t going away. And we haven’t even talked about trying to avoid a partial government shutdown in late January. The House and Senate have approved precisely zero additional spending plans after they ended the government shutdown in mid-November. Oh, there are the Epstein files and potential bipartisan action on accountability for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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You think they’re going to deal with college sports? An issue that has simmered on the Congressional backburner for years? And frankly, one which is just as complex and divisive as health care?
If lawmakers fail, they can say they gave it the old college try.
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The State Department is offering a $10 million reward for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several senior officials linked to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Officials said the reward, part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program, is an effort to gather intelligence on the IRGC and its leadership, which Washington accuses of orchestrating attacks against Americans and supporting terrorism.
The reward targets Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several key figures inside Iran’s ruling security apparatus.
The department said it is also seeking information about Ali Asghar Hejazi, deputy chief of staff for the Supreme Leader’s Office, and Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
The program also lists several senior figures linked to Iran’s security and intelligence structure, including Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the supreme leader, Esmail Khatib, Iran’s minister of intelligence, and Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister.
«The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), part of Iran’s official military, plays a central role in Iran’s use of terrorism as a key tool of Iranian statecraft,» the State Department said.
«In addition, the IRGC has created, supported, and directed other terrorist groups. The IRGC is responsible for numerous attacks targeting Americans and U.S. facilities, including those that have killed U.S. citizens,» the department added.
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A State Department Rewards for Justice poster offers up to $10 million for information on key leaders tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (State Department / Rewards for Justice)
The agency said the IRGC has also expanded its influence far beyond military operations since its founding after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, becoming deeply embedded in the country’s political and economic system.
«Since its founding in 1979, the IRGC has gained a substantial role in executing Iran’s foreign policy,» the department said. «The group now wields control over vast segments of Iran’s economy and is influential in Iranian domestic politics.»
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The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, on Feb. 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The Rewards for Justice program allows the U.S. government to offer financial rewards for information that helps disrupt terrorist networks or identify individuals involved in attacks against Americans.
The State Department said individuals who provide credible information may be eligible for rewards of up to $10 million.
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Nine convicted in North Texas ICE attack as Kash Patel issues warning to those who target federal officers
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Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a 2025 «ambush» attack on an ICE detention facility in North Texas.
Nine defendants accused of being part of a North Texas «Antifa cell» were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Worth for their roles in the July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Jurors delivered the verdict around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth following roughly a day and a half of deliberations, FOX 4 News reported.
«The guilty verdicts in today’s case go to show this FBI’s 24/7 commitment to identifying, locating, and dismantling ANTIFA members and their networks,» Kash Patel told Fox News Digital. «I want to thank our Dallas field office and great partners for delivering justice. If you attack federal law enforcement this FBI will use every resource at our disposal to hunt you down.»
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Law enforcement officers gather outside the Prairieland Detention Center following an ambush in Alvarado, Texas, July 4, 2025. (Mark David Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
During the 12-day trial, which began Feb. 23, 2026, jurors heard testimony from more than 45 witnesses and reviewed over 210 exhibits tied to the charges against the nine defendants, the DOJ said.
Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, according to FOX 4.
All but one of the nine defendants — Daniel Estrada — were found guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiring to use and carry explosives, and using explosives during a riot, FOX 4 reported.
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Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge — attempted murder — for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross (FBI)
Daniel Estrada, who was not present the night of the incident, was convicted of concealing records and conspiracy to conceal documents, according to FOX 4.
Maricela Rueda was also convicted of conspiracy to conceal documents.
«Antifa is a domestic terrorist organization that has been allowed to flourish in Democrat-led cities — not under President Trump,» Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. «Today’s verdict on terrorism charges will not be the last as the Trump administration systematically dismantles Antifa and finally halts their violence on America’s streets.»
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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on Dec. 4, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images)
Authorities say the July 4, 2025, attack outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado involved fireworks, damage to buildings and vehicles, and gunfire directed at officers.
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Prosecutors argued the attack was orchestrated by Song and carried out by members of a North Texas Antifa cell, FOX 4 reported.
Defense attorneys argued there was no ambush and said the defendants did not intend for any violence to occur.
«The calculated, violent attack at ICE’s Prairieland facility was an abhorrent way for antifa terrorists to ‘protest’ the way this agency enforces the law — but these verdicts make clear that those who choose violence over lawful expression will face the full force of the American justice system,» ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement.
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Trump afirmó que los países que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz “deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”
Este sábado por la tarde, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se volvió a referir a la situación del estrecho de Ormuz. Al respecto, el mandatario aseveró que “los países del mundo que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”.
“Estados Unidos ha derrotado y diezmado por completo a Irán, tanto en el ámbito militar como en el económico y en todos los demás aspectos, pero los países del mundo que reciben petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz deben velar por la seguridad de ese paso”, señaló el líder republicano en su cuenta de Truth Social.
Y agregó: “Nosotros les ayudaremos —¡Y MUCHO! Estados Unidos también coordinará con esos países para que todo vaya rápido, sin problemas y bien. Esto siempre debería haber sido un esfuerzo de equipo, y ahora lo será: ¡unirá al mundo hacia la armonía, la seguridad y la paz eterna!“.
Más temprano, el mandatario norteamericano había instado a otros países a enviar barcos para asegurar el estrecho de Ormuz: “Muchos países, especialmente aquellos afectados por el intento de Irán de cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz, enviarán buques de guerra, en conjunto con Estados Unidos, para mantener el estrecho abierto y seguro”.
“Ya hemos destruido el 100% de la capacidad militar de Irán, pero les resulta fácil enviar uno o dos drones, lanzar una mina o disparar un misil de corto alcance en algún punto de este estrecho, por muy derrotados que estén. Esperemos que China, Francia, Japón, Corea del Sur, el Reino Unido y otros países afectados por esta restricción artificial envíen buques a la zona para que el estrecho de Ormuz deje de ser una amenaza para una nación totalmente descabezada», manifestó el mandatario.
Y completó: “Mientras tanto, Estados Unidos bombardeará sin cesar la costa y hundirá continuamente barcos iraníes. De una forma u otra, pronto lograremos que el estrecho de Ormuz esté ABIERTO, SEGURO y LIBRE“.
Dos buques cisterna con bandera india que transportaban gas licuado de petróleo con destino a puertos del oeste del país cruzaron el estrecho de Ormuz, según informó el Ministerio de Transporte Marítimo de la India este sábado.
“Cruzaron el estrecho de Ormuz a primera hora de la mañana sin incidentes y se dirigen a la India”, declaró Rajesh Kumar Sinha, secretario especial del Ministerio de Puertos, Transporte Marítimo y Vías Navegables, en una rueda de prensa en Nueva Delhi.
Teherán ha suspendido en gran medida el tráfico marítimo a través de esta ruta clave, por donde normalmente transita una quinta parte del suministro mundial de petróleo, desde que Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron un ataque contra Irán el mes pasado.
Solo 77 barcos habían atravesado el Estrecho de Ormuz en lo que va de marzo, una cifra muy inferior a los 1.229 tránsitos registrados en el mismo período del año anterior, según datos de Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
La guerra en Medio Oriente provocó una fuerte caída en el paso de embarcaciones por una de las vías marítimas más relevantes para el transporte de energía a nivel mundial.
De acuerdo con Lloyd’s List Intelligence, la mayoría de los buques que lograron cruzar pertenecen a la denominada flota fantasma, integrada por barcos antiguos, con condiciones deficientes, sin seguro adecuado y propietarios poco identificables, generalmente asociados a Rusia e Irán.
La consultora marítima precisó que los buques vinculados al régimen iraní representan el 26% del tráfico en la zona, seguidos por embarcaciones de Grecia con el 13% y de China con el 12%.
“Más de la mitad de los buques cisterna y gaseros que transitan por la zona son flotas paralelas”, afirmó Bridget Diakun, analista senior de Lloyd’s List Intelligence. “Estos barcos están muy acostumbrados a las interrupciones”, añadió Diakun, y sostuvo que por ese motivo “es más probable que intenten la travesía”.
El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (CGRI) del país persa mantiene prácticamente cerrado el estrecho, que limita con Irán y por donde circula aproximadamente el 20% del suministro mundial de petróleo. Desde comienzos de mes, 20 buques comerciales —nueve de ellos petroleros— fueron atacados o sufrieron incidentes, de acuerdo con la Agencia Británica de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo. La Organización Marítima Internacional confirmó 16 incidentes en la región, de los cuales ocho involucran a petroleros.
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