Everybody knew about the tragic auto accident and the follow-up a year later, but when it came to Rueben Bain’s draft status, people said, “No worries.” His arms are short, but he’s really good, so the refrain remained: “No worries.”Why then did Rueben Bain slide to the middle of the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday?Whoever said neither issue would cause Bain to fall out of the Top 10 was obviously wrong.He fell to the No. 15 overall selection held by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.TRAVIS HUNTER GETS REAL ON HIS AND SHEDEUR SANDERS’ NFL FUTURES: ‘WE JUST GOING TO WORK’ And judging by Bain’s demeanor during his post-draft interview on ESPN, he wasn’t thrilled about it.”I know I’m the best in the country, I’m sure,” an unsmiling Bain told ESPN’s Laura Rutledge after his selection. “That’s how I think of myself.”I’m telling you I can do anything I put my mind to because of my mindset. I know when I get to this next level I’m going to pop it. “The Buccaneers selected Bain to be their outside rusher complement to Vita Vea on the interior.BAKER MAYFIELD OPENS UP ON EX-TEAMMATE SAM DARNOLD, REVITALIZING CAREER, AND KEVIN STEFANSKI…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Giants were armed with two picks in the top 10 of the 2026 NFL Draft, and the new regime led by head coach John Harbaugh showed its focus on the trenches on both sides of the ball.With the fifth overall pick, the Giants saw Ohio State star edge rusher Arvell Reese fall to them and they pulled the trigger, taking their third edge rusher in the first round since 2022.Then, with the No. 10 overall pick, the Giants had the opportunity to take another Buckeyes defensive star, as safety Caleb Downs fell down the draft board. But it’s clear the Giants are protecting their future, quarterback Jaxson Dart, as they went offensive line with their next pick. Miami tackle Francis Mauigoa was called out of the NFL Draft green room in Pittsburgh as the No. 10 overall pick. While he played tackle with the Hurricanes, Mauigoa is expected to move to the offensive interior line.The Giants re-signed Jermaine Eluemunor, who shined as the team’s right tackle in 2025, during free agency. He’s expected to remain in that role, but the Giants have question marks at guard, and there’s a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of the most intriguing stories entering the first round of the NFL Draft was where Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson might land. Well, fans got their answer sooner than they expected.The Los Angeles Rams surprisingly selected Simpson with the No. 13 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.The selection isn’t completely out of left field and is arguably the best-case scenario for Simpson. The Rams have Matthew Stafford as their starter for 2026, but Stafford has flirted with the idea of retirement each of the past two offseasons. It’s clear the clock is ticking on his NFL career. Now, Simpson gets to sit behind one of the NFL’s best veteran quarterbacks, learn the position while adapting to life in the NFL, and not face immediate pressure to succeed. Additionally, the Rams are one of the most well-run franchises in the league right now. Sean McVay is an elite head coach who led the team to a Super Bowl victory to cap the 2021 season and just had the team within one win of another Super Bowl berth before falling to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T…

A U.S. Army soldier involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro has been charged with making $400,000 by betting on the removal of the ousted Venezuelan leader, the Justice Department said on Thursday.In the weeks leading up to Maduro’s January 3 capture, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a master sergeant with U.S. Army Special Forces, used sensitive classified information to make wagers on prediction market Polymarket that U.S. forces would enter Venezuela and that Maduro would be out of power.A grand jury in Manhattan federal court indicted Van Dyke, 38, on charges of unlawful use of confidential government information for personal gain, theft of nonpublic government information, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and making an unlawful monetary transaction.The case appeared to mark the first time the department had brought insider trading charges involving a prediction market.“Our men and women in uniform are trusted with classified information in order to accomplish their mission as safely and effectively as possible, and are prohibited from using this highly sensitive information for personal financial gain,” Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.Polymarket says it cooperatedDefense attorney information for Van Dyke was not immediately available. He is expected to be presented before a judge…

Well, the NFL got what it wanted Thursday night in Pittsburgh.Hours before Round 1 even started, the line to get into the Draft Experience was already thousands of people deep. The Steelers posted a video of fans lined up in broad daylight, and by the time ESPN was showing aerial shots on TV, the area outside Acrisure Stadium looked absolutely jammed.Whatever official number winds up getting attached to it later, Pittsburgh already passed the eyeball test.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!And that’s really the whole point now. The league has spent years turning this NFL Draft into a giant traveling football party, and Pittsburgh is the latest proof that the concept works.Shocking development: football fans enjoy football. They don’t even need football being played on a field. The NFL has shown that it can put its commissioner on a stage, reading a bunch of names, and still draw hundreds of thousands of people to a venue. It’s quite impressive, honestly.Pittsburgh is exactly the type of city that makes sense for the league to target for the NFL Draft. Pittsburgh isn’t getting a Super Bowl because it’s a cold winter city with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel took questions about his recent decision to step away from the team amid a series of photo leaks that appear to show him engaging in romantic and personal moments with former New York Times/The Athletic reporter Dianna Russini.Vrabel will miss multiple days of the NFL Draft, which he announced early on Thursday. In that hours that followed after that announcement, photos that appeared to show Vrabel and Russini kissing at a bar were published by The New York Post, and were reportedly taken six years ago.TMZ later on Thursday published photos of Vrabel and Russini at a casino. “My previous actions don’t meet the standard that I hold myself to,” Vrabel said of the current situation, later saying “My priorities are my family and this football team, in that order. And there is a balance there that I am going to create.”At the end of the press conference, Vrabel was asked to explain why he initially made a statement calling photos of him and Russini at an Arizona resort “laughable” after were published by The New York Post earlier in April.”That’s a private and personal…

This article was originally published by Ryan McMacken at The Mises Institute.  Donald Trump ran for the presidency as a populist, and he won as a populist. All the usual suspects—such as Hillary Clinton—condemned him as a populist. The political playbook his campaign followed served up the typical populist fare for the voters. That is, Trump promised to serve the “common people” by fighting against the ruling class, “draining the swamp,” punishing the corrupt, ending the government gravy train, and generally throwing a monkey wrench in the whole ruling class’s machine of exploitation.  But now, with nearly three years still to go in the Trump presidency, it’s quite clear that Trump will not be doing anything to actually upset the governing elite’s apple cart. Aside from a very partial victory on immigration—and Trump has now put immigration on the back burner to concentrate on his Israel First policy—Trump has failed on every other matter. I say “failed” because it is a failure from the perspective of those who wanted to see a meaningful change in how Washington rules over its tax farm, known as “America.” The failure can be seen in how government spending is higher than ever, monetary policy…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former North Carolina police officer was arrested late Wednesday for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival, authorities said.Christopher Gillum, 45, was detained at a Destin, Florida hotel on Wednesday night, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said.He is wanted in Orleans Parish in Louisiana for alleged terroristic threats and is accused of planning to travel to a festival in New Orleans to commit a mass shooting and then die by suicide, authorities said.The Louisiana State Police did not say which festival the suspect was allegedly targeting, but said in a statement Thursday that “there are no known direct threats to any festivals in Louisiana.” The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was set to start its first weekend on Thursday.GOT A TIP? GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILAlex Carrasquillo, the communication manager for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Gillum was an officer there from 2004 to 2019.FOLLOW US ON XGillum returned as a non-sworn employee in 2024 before leaving for another job by the end of that year, Carrasquillo said. Authorities in Louisiana and Florida highlighted the collaboration between several agencies and the use…

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