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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).Tom Williams | Michael A. McCoy | ReutersTop House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a live public debate about the government shutdown, which entered its sixth day on Monday with no off-ramp in sight.But the Republican leader quickly brushed off Jeffries’ request, accusing the New York lawmaker of making “desperate pleas for attention.”In a letter to Johnson, Jeffries told the Louisiana Republican that he is game to debate on the House floor “any day this week in primetime, broadcast live…

Nike’s turnaround plan is showing early signs of progress, but it will “take a while” for the company to return to profitable growth, CEO Elliott Hill said in an interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen aired Monday.”When we come to work we think about three brands, and then multiple sports under each brand and then 190 countries that roll up to our four geographies,” Hill said in a sit-down interview from the company’s headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. “Each brand times sport, and each [geography] times country, they’re at different stages of the evolution.” When asked when investors can expect Nike to get…

Kylian Mbappé will join up with France for the international break despite suffering an ankle sprain in Real Madrid’s game with Villarreal on Saturday, sources have told ESPN, while Federico Valverde will not be travelling with Uruguay.Mbappé will now be assessed by France’s medical staff after picking up the mild sprain in the 3-1 LaLiga win at the Santiago Bernabéu.They will decide if the national team captain should remain with the France squad, or return to Madrid to continue his recovery at Valdebebas.Franco Mastantuono also suffered a minor hamstring strain in the Villarreal match, sources said, but the wide player…

OpenAI’s investment in Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday is the latest deal to reignite enthusiasm around the AI investing trend, sparking a huge rally in shares of the chipmaker involved. But some analysts and investors have been raising eyebrows at the kinds of deals being hatched, seeing similarities to the vendor financing agreements that happened in the latter stages of the Dotcom Bubble. The buzzy ChatGPT startup could end up with a 10% stake in AMD under the agreement. OpenAI will deploy as many as 6 gigawats of AMD Instinct graphics processing units over a multiyear period. AMD issued a…

Erling Haaland is on course to shatter Premier League scoring records after his sensational start to the season continued with his winning goal against Brentford on Sunday.Jamie Carragher described Haaland as English football’s “greatest goalscorer” after the game. The player himself said he is in the form of his life. “I’ve never felt better than I do now,” he told Sky Sports. So, is Haaland getting even better? His numbers make a compelling case. The Norway striker has 18 goals in 11 games for club and country this season, taking him to 37 for the calendar year. Datawrapper This content…

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage.UNTV | ReutersThe Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear the appeal of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former British socialite serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking related to the abuse of underage girls by Jeffrey Epstein.The decision comes as the Trump administration remains the focus of criticism for refusing to release investigative files about Epstein and Maxwell despite…

It’s Monday, and another week of MLS action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table, and who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 38 to come up with this week’s order of all 30 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1The Union claimed the 2025 Supporters’ Shield with a 1-0 victory over NYCFC on Saturday evening, becoming the league’s top regular-season team for the second time in club history. With Mikael Uhre’s goal coming on the back of a high-pressing sequence, Philly climbed back to…

When Olipop CEO Ben Goodwin is interviewing a candidate for a job, he isn’t looking for a lengthy tenure at a prestigious company, or a plethora of hard skills. Instead, one trait stands out amongst the most desirable people, he says: Passion. People who have “that real fire in their belly” and a motivation to succeed are more attractive than those who only have an impressive resume, Goodwin tells CNBC Make It. “Between passion and technical acumen, passion always wins out,” says the 40-year-old CEO. “If you have enough real passion, you’ll typically learn the acumen.” If it’s the other way around,…

CBS News studio at Times Square in Manhattan, New York, United States of America, on July 6th, 2024. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesParamount Skydance said Monday it has agreed to acquire online publication The Free Press, naming its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, as CBS News’ editor-in-chief.The digital upstart publication, which was launched by Weiss in 2021, will be joined with CBS News. Paramount said Monday The Free Press has 1.5 million subscribers, more than 170,000 of which are paid subscriptions.Weiss founded The Free Press after resigning from The New York Times’ opinion desk in 2020.”Weiss will shape…

Assistant coach Steven Naismith believes Scotland’s squad dynamic is the best it has been ahead of this week’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Greece and Belarus.Steve Clarke’s side made a positive start to their qualification campaign last month, earning a goalless draw away to Denmark before beating Belarus 2-0 in Hungary. They face Greece at Hampden on Thursday before the visit of Belarus on Sunday. Image: Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay have impressed together at Napoli “The squad dynamic here at the moment, I don’t think we’ve been in a better place, in terms of players, the minutes they’re playing,…