NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Then-President Joe Biden put Georgia at the center of the national voting-rights fight in 2021 when he branded the state’s Republican-backed election overhaul “Jim Crow in the 21st century.”Now, five years later, a separate Georgia voting-rights battle involving allegations of racial discrimination is garnering national attention as it plays out in federal court. This time, the dispute centers on the state’s redrawn Congressional and state maps redrawn in 2021, with challengers facing a significantly tougher burden of proof following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.The latest development came when the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court judgment striking down Georgia’s 2021 maps and returned the case to U.S. District Judge Steve Jones.The appeals court instructed Jones to reconsider the challenge under the new framework established in Callais, which raised the bar for plaintiffs alleging racial discrimination in redistricting.Under that standard, evidence that a map weakened Black voters’ electoral influence is not enough by itself. Plaintiffs must present evidence supporting a “strong inference” of intentional racial discrimination and distinguish the effects of race from those of partisan politics.SUPREME COURT RULES ON KEY VOTING RIGHTS ACT RULE AS…

Green Bay Packers play-caller Jordan Love? That was the star quarterback’s role in the team’s final preseason game, and he excelled at it.Love called the offensive plays in the second half of the Packers’ 42-38 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Friday night. Head coach Matt LaFleur said he approached Love about it on the field before the game.”I just went up to him. It’s not like he had time to prep. I was just like, ‘Hey, you want to call the second half?’” LaFleur said. “He said, ‘Sure. Yeah, I’ll do it.’ And he did it and he did an outstanding job.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Love apparently had some sort of magic touch, as the Packers erased an 11-point deficit in the final 3 1/2 minutes to come back and get the win. Love’s poise impressed his head coach.”(Offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich) called the first half, did an outstanding job, and then we had J-Love call the second half,” LaFleur said. “That was pretty cool, to hear his demeanor on the headset and how calm, cool and collected he was throughout the entire game, especially during those critical moments. That’s not a surprise to me because…

The return of Bill Belichick to the North Carolina sidelines in 2026 has clearly not drummed up the type of national attention that folks in Chapel Hill were anticipating when he was hired almost two years ago.When the Tar Heels took to the field in Ireland on Saturday afternoon against TCU to kick off the college football season, the focus was more on the offseason turmoil than on Belichick roaming the sidelines.That turmoil remains a problem and is not going away anytime soon.COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK WITH ALL EYES ON BILL BELICHICK AS COURTROOM DRAMA HEATS UPBut, that doesn’t mean the 15-10 win over TCU will go unnoticed. For the first time in his tenure at North Carolina, this Belichick-led team looked as though it had a pulse.The offseason has been filled with questions about general manager Michael Lombardi, who was placed on administrative leave amid the school’s ongoing investigation into an HR complaint, as well as Belichick’s son remaining on medical leave, forcing his father to take on a larger role calling the defense.But, compared to what we all witnessed after the first quarter during their 2025 matchup with TCU, it does look as though North Carolina is a…

Few teams in the NFL are operating under as much pressure heading into the upcoming season as the Cincinnati Bengals. With head coach Zac Taylor facing intense scrutiny in his eighth season at the helm and defensive coordinator Al Golden entering year two of his unit’s retool, Cincinnati is aiming to prove that its recent stagnation is over and that franchise quarterback Joe Burrow can lead them back to deep January football.Last yearThe Bengals suffered through a deeply disappointing 2025 season, stumbling to a 6–11 record and finishing dead last in a hyper-competitive AFC North. Burrow, again, got injured, and the team called on veteran Joe Flacco. They were good at times, but it always felt like this team had no real chance to earn the postseason spot. This was especially true when Burrow was out. A leaky, depleted defense completely unraveled at times, allowing opposing offenses to dictate games and squandering late leads. Defensive lapses and an inability to generate consistent pass-rush pressure made stringing together victories almost impossible, costing Cincinnati any realistic chance at a wild-card spot well before late December.ZAC TAYLOR ADMITS BREAKING NFL CHALLENGE FLAG RULE FOR 8 YEARS AS LEAGUE MAKES CHANGE Offseason additions and…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday touted an agreement with Venezuela that he said would lower gas prices by giving the U.S. majority control over 65 billion barrels of oil from the South American country’s proven reserves.The breakthrough comes as disruptions to global energy markets from the Iran war continue to push up prices at the pump, with Americans now paying an average of $4.08 per gallon for regular gasoline, up from $3.20 a year ago, according to AAA.The agreement with Venezuela will give the U.S. a 55% effective interest in the output of a new private company formed to manage the reserves, a U.S. official familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.While the U.S. will not immediately gain access to 35.75 billion barrels of oil, the 55% interest applies to the oil ultimately produced by the 17 Venezuelan fields covered by the agreement. TRUMP PREDICTS GAS PRICES WILL GO DOWN TO $2.50 PER GALLON IF STRAIT OF HORMUZ FULLY OPENSThe agreement also allows the U.S. to purchase Venezuelan oil at cost, a provision that could give American buyers access to cheaper crude once production from the fields increases.The deal is unlikely…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pennsylvania county commissioner is challenging Gov. Josh Shapiro’s announcement of two measles-associated deaths, fueling a growing clash with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the state’s outbreak swells to 460 confirmed cases across 31 counties.Joshua Parsons, one of three Lancaster County commissioners, accused Shapiro of being intentionally “deceptive” during a press conference earlier this week, when the Democratic governor pointed to two “measles-related deaths” in the county.”Well, the governor, in the press conference, they said they were measles-associated deaths, but it was framed, and very much the underlying assertion to it, was that these were measles deaths,” Parsons told Fox News Digital.During a Tuesday press conference alongside Dr. Debra Bogen at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Hospital, Shapiro announced the deaths of two people who were unvaccinated for measles.”Today, we see the consequences of a lack of immunizations in the first measles-associated deaths that our Commonwealth has seen in 35 years,” Shapiro said.FORMER CDC ADVISER SAYS DECLINE IN KINDERGARTEN VACCINATIONS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT: ‘KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON’ Shapiro strongly urged Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated for measles during the press conference.”I want to be clear: This…

A triathlete who survived an alligator attack in the Savannah River shared his story with OutKick OutDoors.Jonathan Bruney took a trip to the Georgia/ South Carolina border for what he thought would be a routine day of training for an upcoming Ironman competition.”This was a work trip for me as a coach to bring my athletes down to the river on a recon course day, is what we call it,” Bruney explained.BOATER SCARED OFF ALLIGATOR, THEN USED ROPE TO STOP BLEEDING AFTER FLORIDA WOMAN LOST ARM “We all went down to Augusta, we got ready to swim, and this was just going to be a nice, easy zone-two, low-heart-rate day. Just going through each portion of the course.”While he was leading the pack, Bruney felt a bump on his elbow that turned the whole day into a fight for survival.FLORIDA MAN GIVES AN INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW ABOUT HOW HE FOUGHT OFF AN ALLIGATOR WITH A FISHING POLE”I was breathing and sighting on my left side … and he was on my right. That’s when my elbow felt the brute of the force.”Bruney thought the alligator, which he described to be anywhere between five and six feet, was a log.”I wasn’t even…

For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painfully thin. You can’t drag a 70-ton M1 Abrams through every swamp or up every mountain, and waiting on close air support or artillery when rounds are actively snapping over your head is a luxury combat rarely affords. The Army needed a vehicle that could cast a wider net without encountering the logistical hurdles of other direct-fire weapon systems. Enter the M10 Booker. Shown here is the first M10 Booker “Mobile Protected Firepower” combat vehicle that was delivered to the U.S. Army. Image: DVIDS If you talk to Army leadership or defense acquisition officials, they will aggressively correct you if you call it a “light tank,” insisting on the clunky moniker of “Mobile Protected Firepower” (MPF). Unfortunately for the brass, my capacity for bureaucratic red tape is pretty much non-existent, so let’s just call a spade a spade: it has tracks, a turret, heavy armor plating, and a 105mm cannon. That sounds like a light tank to…

Another week, another wild moment in the world of high school football.How great are Football Fridays? Lordy, I’m glad they’re back. Just the best.The latest chaotic scene unfolded in Florida (of course), where No. 9 Pahokee — a longtime powerhouse — pulled off one of the most incredible double-pass Hail Marys of all time to stun Royal Palm Beach on the final play of Friday’s showdown.PEYTON MANNING’S FRESHMAN SON MAKES HIS DEBUT, BUT FREAK RUNNING BACK STEALS THE SHOWThat’s right. A double-pass Hail Mary. Never quite seen anything like it.Let’s go ahead and roll the tape before we dive in:Pahokee stuns Royal Palm BeachSo much going on, I don’t know where to begin.Drawing up a bubble screen lateral from your own 25, and the trusting that the receiver A) stays behind the line of scrimmage, and then B) gets the ball down field enough to give his guy a chance is such a ballsy play to draw up.Obviously, the receiver had to then make a play — jumping over two guys, breaking a few tackles, and then racing to the end zone as time expired. I had no doubt that last part would happen, by the way. Pahokee is notorious…