Conference tournaments are underway and March Madness has officially arrived. Teams that win their conference tournaments clinch automatic bids into the 2026 NCAA Tournament, which begins with the First Four on Tuesday, March 17. Bookmark this page — OutKick will update as automatic berths are locked up through Selection Sunday. Last updated: Sunday, March 8, […]
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Nancy Pelosi doubles down on defending Obama’s strikes on Libya while attacking Trump: ‘Read the law’
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to argue that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran and former President Barack Obama’s strikes on Libya were “two completely different things” despite many shared similarities between the two incidents. Pelosi has condemned Trump’s strikes while defending President Barack Obama back in 2011. “They’re not at all alike,” […]
European leaders shift focus to defending Ukraine without US support, the Telegraph reports
European officials drafting proposals for a Ukraine peacekeeping force acknowledged that Europe must “get real” about the possibility of U.S. President Donald Trump abandoning support for Kyiv, the Telegraph reported on May 31 citing undisclosed sources. According to the Telegraph, senior European diplomats meeting in The Hague agreed to shift their focus from deploying troops […]
Elizabeth Warren squirms when pressed about defending Biden’s mental fitness in podcast interview
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren struggled to defend her past praise of President Joe Biden’s “sharp” mind in a new interview, equivocating that she believed it at the time. Warren appeared on the “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso” podcast on Sunday where the left-leaning host asked whether she regretted saying Biden “had a sharpness to […]
‘With honor and weapon in hand’ — artist Marharyta Polovinko killed on front line defending Ukraine
Artist Marharyta Polovinko could have spent her life creating art that challenged, provoked, and illuminated viewers had Russia not invaded Ukraine. Instead, she joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A rising star in Ukraine’s contemporary art scene, Polovinko made the decision to enlist in late 2024, channeling the same passion that drove her art into […]
JD Vance steps into spotlight defending Trump’s foreign policy in Oval Office dustup with Zelenskyy
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump and his administration’s foreign policy agenda Friday during a tense exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — inserting himself into a spotlight rarely seen by vice presidents. Trump and Vance sparred in the Oval Office Friday with Zelenskyy amid negotiations to end the war in Ukraine — […]