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House GOP channels ‘Nighthawks’ as they try to pass Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

House Republicans are channeling Edward Hopper this week as they try to pass President Trump’s big, ‘beautiful bill.’

Hopper is known for ‘Nighthawks,’ one of the most iconic paintings in American history. The 1942 painting depicts four people in a diner in the middle of the night. A deserted streetscape commands the foreground. Two men – heads festooned with fedoras – sit separately at the counter, nursing coffee. One of the men has a cigarette tucked between his index and middle fingers. He’s positioned next to a woman with scarlet hair and a red dress. She appears to holding a bite of a doughnut or sandwich, studying it as though it were a rare artifact. She seems to debate whether she should eat it. A young counterman – attired in white with a crisp envelope hat – leans downward in search of glassware or dishes hidden underneath.

It’s the dead of night. Everyone is distant and detached. Even the couple – even though they sit side-by-side – don’t look at each other.

In Nighthawks, everyone appears as though they’re just trying to make it through the night to dawn.

It’s kind of what House Republicans are going through this week.

The House Budget Committee convened at 10:26 p.m. ET Sunday night to advance the tax cut and spending reduction package after a hiccup stalled the measure Friday afternoon. At 10:39 p.m. ET, the committee approved the bill 17-16 – with four House Republicans voting ‘present.’

The next stop is the House Rules Committee, the final parliamentary way station before depositing a piece of legislation on the floor.

At 12:31 a.m. ET Monday, the Rules Committee announced it would prep the bill for the floor – with a meeting at 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. That session could last all day Wednesday. Literally. The Energy and Commerce panel met for 26 consecutive hours last week to prepare its section of the budget reconciliation measure. The Ways and Means Committee huddled all night long.

The group of House Republicans pushing to state and local tax for high-tax states (known as SALT) scheduled a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for 9 p.m. ET Monday. And it’s entirely possible that the House could be debating or even voting on the measure late Thursday, the wee hours of Friday morning or even Friday night.

This is how Capitol Hill rolls when there’s a big piece of legislation on the clock. The hours are late. The meetings are long. Lawmakers convene different sessions whenever they need to – just to get the measure across the finish line.

The only difference between the halls of Congress now and ‘Nighthawks’ is that the coffee fueled the figures in the painting until dawn. It was 1942. But this is 2025. Edward Hopper would know nothing of Celsius or Red Bull.

There’s an actual parliamentary reason as to why the Budget Committee met so late on Sunday night after its stumble on Friday afternoon. And there’s a method to the Rules Committee’s 1 a.m. madness on Wednesday.

Let’s rewind.

The Budget Committee tried to blend the various provisions from nearly a dozen House committees into one unified legislative product midday Friday. That effort came up short. A total of five Budget Committee Republicans voted nay. They groused about spending cuts, green energy tax credits and the timeframe of work requirements for those on Medicaid.

Four of the five GOP noes were truly opposed. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., voted nay so he could order a re-vote. Rules allow a member on the winning side of an issue (in this case, the nays), to ask for another vote later. Smucker supported the plan. But he then switched his vote to nay to be on the winning side. That teed up a possible re-vote.

‘Calling a vote moves the process forward. I think it’s a catalyst,’ said Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Tex., after the failed vote Friday.

The Budget Committee then announced it would convene at 10 p.m. ET Sunday.

This is where things get interesting:

The key here was for the Budget Committee to finish its work before midnight Friday. Once it got rolling, the process would only consume 15 or 20 minutes. The Budget Committee approved the plan 17-16 with four Republicans voting ‘present.’

‘We’re excited about what we did,’ said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who was one of the GOPers who voted nay Friday.

But Norman still wasn’t excited enough to vote yes on Sunday night. He voted present.

‘There’s so much more that we have to do to rein in government and rein in the costs and the deficits,’ said Norman on FOX Business Monday.

But regardless, the measure was out of the Budget Committee before the witching hour on Sunday. And then came the Rules Committee announcement – just after midnight on Monday – about a session at 1 a.m. Wednesday to ready the ‘big, beautiful bill’ for the House floor.

There are several reasons House Rules Committee Republicans decided to huddle at 1 a.m. et Wednesday. Let’s begin with the parliamentary one.

The Budget Committee wrapped up just before midnight Sunday. The rules allow Democrats two full days to file their paperwork and viewpoints after that meeting. So, they had all day Monday and all day Tuesday. The Rules Committee needs an ‘hour’ to announce its formally meeting. So, the ‘official’ announcement of the Rules Committee meeting on Wednesday will go out just after 12:01:01 a.m. ET Wednesday. That triggers a 1 a.m. ET meeting on Wednesday.

Here are the other, more practical reasons.

Republicans need all the time they can get. There is talk of trying to vote on the floor late in the day on Wednesday. We’ll see about that. But the early Rules Committee meeting time makes that a possibility.

Second of all, it’s possible the Rules Committee meeting could consume the entire calendar day of Wednesday. Streams of lawmakers from both sides will file into the Rules Committee to propose various amendments. This is a protracted process.

But by the same token, meeting at 1 a.m. ET could diminish attendance. After all, who wants to show up at 1 a.m. ET for a meeting and maybe discuss your amendment at 6:30 a.m. ET? You get the idea.

And once the bill gets out of the Rules Committee, expect late night meetings among Republicans as they try to close the deal. It’s possible the House could vote at virtually any time of day Wednesday, Thursday or Friday to pass the bill. That could be late in the evening. Or even overnight. They will vote when the bill is ready, regardless of the time on the clock.

Such is the lot drawn this week by House Republicans for the ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Maybe they’ll have the votes. Maybe they won’t. Maybe they’ll pass more spending cuts. Maybe there’ll be a deal on SALT for state and local taxes. Maybe not. Maybe the vote comes at 3 in the afternoon. But more likely, sometime late at night.

Just like in Nighthawks, everyone on Capitol Hill is just trying to make it through the night and to the dawn.

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Flashback: Remember when Nikki Haley called for mental competency tests for all politicians 75 or older?

As she ran for the White House in the 2024 election cycle, Nikki Haley made her calls for ‘new generational leadership’ a key component of her Republican presidential campaign.

And front and center from day 1 of her campaign as the former South Carolina governor and former United Nations ambassador declared her candidacy in February 2023 was her call for ‘mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.’

As Haley challenged then-76-year-old former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination in hopes of eventually facing off in the general election against then-80-year-old President Joe Biden, the proposal became one of the most visible and at times controversial parts of her campaign stump speech.

Haley faced charges of ageism from a host of politicians opposed to the idea, including a now-83-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who at the time called her idea ‘absurd.’

While Haley’s campaign took off, and she ended up being the last Republican candidate standing against Trump during last year’s primaries, she eventually bowed out of the race in March 2024 as Trump marched toward clinching the presidential nomination.

Fast-forward to today, and long-standing questions about Biden’s physical and mental fitness – and whether Democrats should have more forcefully urged him to bow out of the 2024 race – haven’t gone away; they’re front and center.

This as Biden’s condition is once again making headlines, courtesy of excerpts from a new book being released this week, ‘Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,’ which offers claims of a White House cover-up of the then-president’s apparent cognitive decline.

Additionally, last week’s leaked audio of Biden’s 2023 interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, in which the then-president appears to suffer memory lapses, is also fueling the conversation.

Hur, who investigated whether Biden years earlier had improperly stored classified documents, made major headlines early last year when he decided not to charge Biden but described the then-president as an ‘elderly man with a poor memory.’

Last week’s developments were followed by Sunday’s blockbuster announcement that Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

The news, while eliciting sympathy from both sides of the political aisle, is unlikely to sidetrack the current firestorm over the former president’s mental acuity.

‘While the media may have been shocked by Nikki’s call for mental competency tests, Americans never were,’ a source in Haley’s political orbit told Fox News. ‘It was common sense. Nikki always believed our leaders should be completely transparent and remember who they serve: the American people. After a yearslong cover-up, those who hid President Biden’s mental decline must finally acknowledge what Nikki and the American people always knew to be true.’

Haley, who was 51 when she announced her candidacy in 2023, reupped her calls for a mental competency test throughout her campaign.

In January last year, during the heat of the primary battle, Haley pointed to some verbal stumbles by Trump on the campaign trail.

‘He’s not what he was in 2016. He has declined. That’s a fact,’ Haley said at the time.

Trump repeatedly fired back as he touted acing a cognitive test he took five years earlier and said, ‘I think I’m a lot sharper than her.’

A month later, after the release of Hur’s written report regarding Biden’s mental acuity, Haley said, ‘Joe Biden can’t remember major events in his life, like when he was vice president or when his son died.’

‘That is sad, but it will be even sadder if we have a person in the White House who is not mentally up to the most important job in the world,’ she added as she reiterated her calls for Biden to take a mental competency test ‘immediately.’

Haley, in a Fox News op-ed in May 2023, spelled out the specific test she recommended for politicians over age 75.

‘The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test is a widely used tool for detecting cognitive decline,’ Haley wrote at the time.

And she elaborated, ‘This is not a qualification for office. Failing a mental competency test would not result in removal. It is about transparency. Voters deserve to know whether those who are making major decisions about war and peace, taxation and budgets, schools and safety can pass a very basic mental exam.’

Veteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance, noting the current media spotlight on Biden, said it has ‘renewed concerns many Americans have about the age and ability of our elected officials. Public service demands clarity of thought, sound judgment, and the ability to manage complex issues.’

And Lesperance, president of New England College, said ‘Americans must conclude that a fair and nonpartisan cognitive assessment, perhaps irrespective of age, is important to ensure all who seek to lead are equipped to serve with the sharpness and clarity the role requires.’

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Reagan and Trump are more alike than you think

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Ronald Reagan would have appreciated Donald Trump’s moxie. Stylistically, they are different but all men are different in this regard. Ideologically however, there are many similarities.

Reagan spoke out often against the political establishment. Reagan was himself anti-status quo. He was of the conservative/populist Goldwater wing of the GOP. Don’t forget, he ran against the establishment candidate, incumbent President Gerald Ford in 1976, almost beating him for the presidential nomination.

He ran again in 1980 against the establishment candidates Amb. George H.W. Bush and former Texas Gov. John Connolly, defeated them, and in so doing remade the GOP.

The president is embracing some Democratic policies in his second term’s push for a ‘golden age’ for America.

For men like Reagan and Trump, it’s always been the same: Outsiders versus insiders. British versus the Colonists. Jefferson versus Adams. Goldwater versus Rockefeller. The conservative movement versus the GOP establishment. Delta House versus Omega House. The Jedi versus the Evil Empire.

Bill Clinton once said, ‘Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans want to fall in line.’ Nothing could be further from the truth. Democrats love power and all its abuses and fall in line behind anyone with perceived power; Republicans fall in love with ideas centered on the individual.

Republicans cherished Reagan and now Trump, because both these men have acted on their conservative ideas.

One stark example, Reagan wanted to destroy the Soviet Union which he called an ‘Evil Empire.’ He wanted to consign it to the ‘ash heap’ of history. Meanwhile the political establishment supported ‘Détente’ which was co-existence, even as the Soviets were gobbling up the rest of the world, Reagan was challenging this way of thinking.

The Berlin Wall fell as a result of Reagan’s conservative actions.

He wanted to eliminate the Departments of Education and Energy seeing them as fraudulent and wasteful. Just as Trump is now doing. The entrenched establishment supported them even as they were worthless, counter-productive and costly.

Reagan supported gay rights long before it was fashionable or accepted by the political establishment because it was about the individual.

Later, as president, Reagan was never comfortable in the trappings of Washington, often leaving for the weekend to go the Camp David or for longer trips to his ranch in Santa Barbara.

When he left Washington in January 1989, he only returned once to accept the Medal of Freedom award from President George W. Bush 43.

Reagan was wildly popular with blue-collar voters, just as Trump now is. And yes, both men had and have a tremendous sense of humor. Joe Biden? He is the butt of jokes.

The Republican Party has changed its positions on many issues over the years, whereas the Democratic Party has remained more or less constant as the pro-government party, since 1932. The GOP used to be the balanced budget, Green eyeshade party before Ronald Reagan introduced tax cuts as a canon of the party, to liberate the individual.

The party has switched back and forth on trade and other matters over the years. But in 1980, Reagan brought a cluster of issues to the party which it still embraces and Trump pursues today.

Tax cuts, federalism, strong national defense, pro-life, all centered on the importance of the individual. Reagan often said, ‘Our party must be the party of the individual.’ All these issues Donald Trump has heartily embraced.

The only issue with separates them may be trade, but Reagan also used tariffs to save Harley-Davidson from cheap Japanese imports, thus saving a cherished company.

Everything Reagan did must be judged in the shadow of the Cold War. He supported NAFTA and the Caribbean Basin Initiative as they strengthened the trading, cultural and political ties between these Western Hemisphere countries. And, for Reagan, they were a restatement of the Monroe Doctrine.

There is a small group of rabble-rouser Republicans who oppose Trump just as Reagan had his cranks and critics.

Just as all revolutionaries do.

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Expert reveals how companies are rebranding ‘toxic’ DEI policies to skirt Trump-era bans: ‘New wrapper’

As the Trump administration and Republicans across the country push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies across the board, the executive director of a top consumer advocacy group spoke to Fox News Digital about what companies and institutions are doing to skirt those efforts.

‘Over the last few months, we’ve sort of seen a phase shift in the ways that they’re trying to keep this DEI grift going,’ Consumers’ Research Executive Director Will Hild told Fox News Digital about companies, organizations, hospitals and other entities that are attempting to rebrand DEI and environmental, social and governance in the Trump era.

‘At first, they just pushed back on, tried to defend DEI itself, but when that became so obvious that what DEI really was was anti-White, anti-Asian, sometimes anti-Jewish discrimination in hiring and promotion, they abandoned that,’ Hild said. ‘Now what they’re trying to do is simply change the terminology that has become so toxic to their brand. So we’re seeing a lot of companies move from having departments of DEI, for example, to ‘departments of belonging’ or ‘departments of inclusivity.’’

Several major companies have publicly distanced themselves from DEI in recent months as the new administration signs executive orders eliminating the practice while making the argument that meritocracy should be the focus.

However, FOX Business exclusively reported in April on Consumers’ Research warning that some businesses appear to be rebranding the same efforts rather than eliminating them.

‘It is the exact same toxic nonsense under a new wrapper, and they’re just hoping to extend the grift because a lot of these people, I would say most of the people working in DEI are useless,’ Hild told Fox News Digital.

‘They are mediocrities who have managed to get very high-level positions that they’re not qualified for by running this DEI grift, and they’re desperate,’ he continued. ‘They can’t just move into running logistics for Amazon because that takes actual competence and intelligence and if you’re in a DEI department, you probably don’t have either of those things. So they are desperate to keep this grift going so they can justify their own existence. So they’re changing it into a new wrapper.’

Hild, who spoke to Fox News Digital at the State Financial Officers Foundation conference in Orlando, Florida, also explained some of the other issues Consumers’ Research is focused on going forward, including fighting ‘woke’ hospitals in three different areas.

‘One is net zero pledges and activities that raise costs for consumers, patients having to pay more because these hospitals are investing millions, sometimes tens of millions of dollars, into green boondoggle projects that have nothing to do with the treatment of patients and the improvement of their health, but they do raise prices,’ Hild said.

Secondly, Hild said that his group is concerned about DEI quotas at hospitals.

Hild explained that the third and ‘worst’ issue is transgender surgeries and procedures being forced onto children.

‘Pushing of radical left transgender ideology onto kids, and not just pushing it ideologically and rhetorically, but pushing it physically, and what I mean by that is the injection of damaging, lifelong damaging hormones into children to, quote, unquote, change their sex, which is impossible, and even worse, the actual surgical application, removal and mutilation of their genitals, which is a grotesque violation of the Hippocratic Oath,’ Hild said.

Consumers’ Research has been actively involved in launching advertising campaigns against hospitals across the United States, including a recent campaign against Henry Ford Health in Michigan, calling out what it says are situations where hospitals are putting ‘politics over patients.’

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Federal judge blocks Trump dismantling of US Institute of Peace

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, writing in a ruling that the removal of its board members and the takeover of its headquarters by members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are actions that are ‘null and void.’

The response this week from U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell comes after the Institute filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in March calling for ‘the immediate intervention of this Court to stop Defendants from completing the unlawful dismantling of the Institute and irreparably impairing Plaintiffs’ ability to perform their vital peace promotion and conflict resolution work as tasked by Congress.’

‘The Administration removed the Institute’s leadership, including plaintiff Board members and its president in contravention of statutory limitations, and had personnel from a newly created federal office, called the Department of Government Efficiency, forcibly take over the Institute’s headquarters on March 17,’ Howell wrote in her ruling. ‘With a newly installed USIP president, the Administration then handed off USIP’s property for no consideration and abruptly terminated nearly all of its staff and activities around the world.’

‘Congress’s restrictions on the President’s removal power of USIP Board members are squarely constitutional, and the President and his Administration’s acts to the contrary are unlawful and ultra vires. The actions that have occurred since then – at the direction of the President to reduce USIP to its ‘statutory minimums’ – including the removal of USIP’s president, his replacement by officials affiliated with DOGE, the termination of nearly all of USIP’s staff, and the transfer of USIP property to the General Services Administration, were thus effectuated by illegitimately-installed leaders who lacked legal authority to take these actions, which must therefore be declared null and void,’ she added.

The Institute of Peace is an independent, national institution funded by Congress that was established in 1984 under the Reagan administration to promote peace and diplomacy on the international stage.

‘Congress has endorsed USIP’s important work by continuing to fund the Institute through appropriations bills signed by seven different Presidents from both major political parties, including the current President during his first term in office,’ Howell said in the ruling.

‘In a drastic and abrupt change of course, within the first month of his second term, President Trump unilaterally decided that USIP is ‘unnecessary,’ issuing Executive Order 14217 to this effect, and then his Administration rushed through actions, including removal of Board members, to reach the professed goal of reducing all of USIP’s operations and personnel to the bare minimum to perform only mandated statutory tasks, while ignoring the broader statutory goals set out for this organization to fulfill,’ she also said.

Ultimately, Howell concluded, the Trump administration’s actions ‘represented a gross usurpation of power and a way of conducting government affairs that unnecessarily traumatized the committed leadership and employees of USIP, who deserved better.’

The White House did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

In March, it said the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Peace of ‘rogue bureaucrats’ who held a tense standoff with a DOGE team that required police intervention.

‘Rogue bureaucrats will not be allowed to hold agencies hostage,’ White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said at the time. ‘The Trump administration will enforce the president’s executive authority and ensure his agencies remain accountable to the American people.’

The administration now has 30 days to file an appeal to the ruling.

‘The United States Institute of Peace has existed for 40 years on a $50 million annual budget, but failed to deliver peace,’ Kelly told the Associated Press. ‘President Trump is right to reduce failed, useless entities like USIP to their statutory minimum, and this rogue judge’s attempt to impede on the separation of powers will not be the last say on the matter.’

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.

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Thunder unleash running game as Nuggets wilt under defensive pressure

This was a categorical Oklahoma City demolition.

The Thunder blitzed the Denver Nuggets in a 125-93 victory Sunday evening to take Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal, setting up a showdown against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals.

Oklahoma City guard and Most Valuable Player candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led all players with 35 points on 12-of-19 shooting (63.2%). His competition for the award, Nuggets center Nikola Jokić, scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half. (MVP voting concluded before the playoffs began).e Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder:

WINNERS

Thunder’s balance and depth

Known for being one of the more cohesive teams in the NBA, the Thunder lived up to their reputation Sunday. Through their first 35 points, all eight players who had entered had scored, with no player recording more than six points.

Oklahoma City’s eight-man rotation shot 51.6% from the field and recorded 26 assists on 44 field goals.

Alex Caruso’s defense

Nuggets center Nikola Jokić is listed at 6-foot-11 and 284 pounds. Thunder guard Alex Caruso, acquired this offseason, is listed at 6-foot-5 and 186 pounds. Yet, Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault opted to deploy Caruso as the primary defender on Jokić and Caruso responded, not backing down, using his physicality and strength to pester Jokić until help arrived. In the first half, Jokić shot just 1-of-6 from the floor when Caruso was the primary defender.

Overall, Caruso forced four turnovers and was key in another, with a timely double team that forced a 24-second shot clock violation in the fourth.

Christian Braun

One of the few bright spots for the Nuggets, third-year guard Christian Braun posted a very efficient 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Braun scored nine in the first quarter and looked to rush out in transition throughout the game.

OKC runs in 2nd quarter

Behind swarming defense and forced turnovers, the Thunder went on a pair of debilitating runs during opposite ends of the second quarter. Going back to the one-minute mark at the end of the first quarter, the Thunder went on a 16-3 run. Then, Oklahoma City closed the first half on an 18-5 run.

LOSERS

Nuggets’ second quarter

Denver, for the most part, held its own in the first quarter, taking a five-point lead into the second period. But cold shooting, carelessness with the ball and no answer for Oklahoma City’s swarming defense and transition offense led to a massive turnaround. The Nuggets were outscored in the period by 19 points, shooting just 6-of-20 (30%) from the field.

Jamal Murray

With Aaron Gordon hobbled, gutting it out and playing just three days after suffering a left hamstring strain, the Nuggets needed a big day from point guard Jamal Murray. Unfortunately for Denver, he did not deliver.

Murray, who has been battling flu, started slowly, making just one of his first five shots. Although he did end up with 13 points, much of that came when the game was already out of hand. He finished 6-of-16 from the field, including an abysmal 1-of-8 (12.5%) from 3-point range.

The Nuggets from beyond the arc

Speaking of poor shooting from deep, the Nuggets struggled from 3 throughout the game, with the eight-man rotation shooting just 18.9% (7-of-37) from beyond the arc. The Thunder — with their length, size and athleticism — excel at perimeter defense, and it showed Sunday evening.

Denver’s ball security

The Thunder are the top defensive team in the NBA, and led the league in steals with 10.3 per game. The one thing the Nuggets absolutely could not afford to do, turn the ball over, was exactly what they did in Game 7. Denver gave the ball away 23 times, leading to 37 Thunder points.

By comparison, the Thunder committed just 10 turnovers, leading to only seven Nuggets points.

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NCAA Softball Tournament scores: Who prevailed in regional finals?

We have reached the regional championship portion of the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament.

The field has dwindled from 64 teams to 32 entering play on Sunday, with 16 more teams facing the end of their seasons today. The 16 winners from today will advance to the super regional and continue on the road to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The 2025 tournament has featured a lot of parity, as a number of ranked teams are on the ropes entering the championship. No. 1 seed Texas A&M needs to win twice to advance to a regional, while one loss could derail its season. No. 10 LSU has already been eliminated and will watch its home regional championship game from the stands.

No. 13 Arizona, No. 14 Duke and No. 16 Oregon also enter similar situations as the Aggies. The Wildcats, Blue Devils and Ducks all need two wins to continue their seasons. Will their seasons continue to the super regionals, or will they all face disappointment with an early ending to their seasons?

Here’s a look at scores and highlights from the second day of the 2025 NCAA Softball Tournament regional round on Sunday, May 18:

NCAA Softball Tournament scores today

Sunday, May 18

Tallahassee Regional: Auburn 8, No. 5 Florida State 3
Knoxville Regional: No. 7 Tennessee 5, Ohio State 0 | Ohio State eliminated
Gainesville Regional: No. 3 Florida 8, Mercer 0, 5 innings | Mercer eliminated
Columbia Regional: No. 8 South Carolina 8, North Florida 0, 5 innings | North Florida eliminated
Clemson Regional: No. 11 Clemson 5, Kentucky 1 | Kentucky eliminated
Austin Regional: No. 6 Texas 9, UCF 0 | UCF eliminated
Norman Regional: No. 2 Oklahoma 12, Cal 1, 5 innings | Cal eliminated
Durham Regional: No. 14 Duke 8, Georgia 1
Tuscaloosa Regional: No. 15 Alabama 3, Virginia Tech 2 | Virginia Tech eliminated
Lubbock Regional: No. 12 Texas Tech 9, Mississippi State 6 | Mississippi State eliminated
Baton Rouge Regional: Nebraska 8, Southeastern Louisiana 0 | Southeastern Louisiana eliminated
Fayetteville Regional: No. 4 Arkansas 12, Oklahoma State 0 (6 innings) | Oklahoma State eliminated
Bryan-College Station Regional: No. 1 Texas A&M 14, Liberty 11 (8 innings)
Eugene Regional: No. 16 Oregon 15, Stanford 5 (6 innings)
Los Angeles Regional: No. 9 UCLA 12, UC Santa Barbara 1 (5 innings) | UC Santa Barbara eliminated
Tucson Regional: No. 13 Arizona 10, Ole Miss 1 (5 innings)

If necessary games:

Tallahassee Regional: No. 5 Florida State 4, Auburn 0 | Auburn eliminated
Durham Regional: Georgia 5, No. 14 Duke 2 (8 innings) | Duke eliminated
Bryan-College Station Regional: Liberty 6, No. 1 Texas A&M 5 | Texas A&M eliminated
Tucson Regional: Ole Miss 7, No. 13 Arizona 3 | Arizona eliminated
Eugene Regional: No. 16 Oregon 10, Stanford 7 | Stanford eliminated

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Inter Miami’s worse stretch of Messi’s MLS era continues with loss

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi held his arms up in the air in disbelief. The rest of his Inter Miami teammates joined him in complaint, and waited to see what would come from their contest with a referee.

No one was watching Orlando City’s Luis Muriel, who scored a goal just before halftime that kept the Inter Miami players fuming as they walked onto the pitch for the second half.

Orlando City’s Marco Pašalić doubled the lead (53’), Dagur Thorhallsson scored before the final whistle (90’+4’), and Inter Miami lost 3-0 at Chase Stadium on MLS Sunday Night Soccer.

“There’s always something going on with the referees, some isolated plays. I think MLS needs to look a little more closely to the referees,” Messi said during a post-match interview with Apple TV.

It’s easily the most difficult stretch Inter Miami has experienced in the Messi era – even more for first-year coach Javier Mascherano, whose lineup changes are not sparking enough fire offensively to keep up.

Inter Miami has won just one match in its last seven games – conceding 20 goals, while scoring just 12. They have lost five matches during the stretch, including their elimination in the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup tournament by MLS Western Conference leaders Vancouver late last month.

Messi and his squad are a club in disarray, about to be exposed on the world stage during the FIFA Club World Cup next month.

“It’s a difficult time, but we’re going to come through this together,” Messi said. “Now we’ll really see if we’re a team in difficult times because when everything is going well, it’s very easy. But when difficult times come, like now, that’s when we have to be more united than ever, be a real team and get through it.”

“We as a coaching staff are failing, and we have to try to turn things around,” Mascherano added.

Inter Miami’s frustration boiled over as Messi, Luis Suarez and others contested with referees before their first goal allowed.

Messi contested an Orlando player made a pass backward to his goalkeeper, who then picked the ball up with his hands – leading to the transition goal. However, there was another Orlando player in front of the goalkeeper who did not touch the ball – making it permissible for the goalkeeper to pick it up.

“There was a strange play where one of their players passed the ball to goalkeepers and the referee told me that he didn’t know the rule, that he didn’t think it was a foul or that he didn’t understand it,” Messi said. “And well, from there came a long ball, and the goal.”

Messi and Luis Suarez each received yellow cards within minutes of each other midway through the second half as tensions remained raised. A season ago, they both scored twice in a 5-0 win over their in-state rivals as part of a record-setting season where Inter Miami won the MLS Supporters’ Shield.

After losing the Florida Derby during MLS Rivalry Week, Inter Miami fell to sixth place (21 points) in the MLS Eastern Conference, jumped by Orlando City (24 points) in the standings.

They dropped from fourth to fifth earlier this week behind Philadelphia Union (29 points), FC Cincinnati (29 points), Columbus Crew (27 points) and Nashville (24 points) after a 3-3 draw in San Jose on Wednesday night.

Inter Miami’s last win was a 4-1 victory against the New York Red Bulls on May 3.

Inter Miami has three MLS regular-season matches remaining, and Messi is expected to join Argentina for two World Cup qualifying matches – Argentina will visit Chile on June 5, and host Colombia on June 10 –before the Club World Cup.

They will play in the tournament opener on June 14 against Egyptian side Al Alhy at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, the first of three group-stage matches during the summer tournament between 32 of the best teams in the world.

They’re barely a Top 15 team in MLS, amid their difficult stretch. And time isn’t on their side for much-needed improvement.

“It has been a period of poor results, but we must continue working and think about what lies ahead,” Messi said. “We have four games left to finish the month on a high note ahead of the Club World Cup.” “If we all start pulling in different directions, it’s going to be impossible to get out of it. It’s clear that we have to get out of this together,” Mascherano added.

Marco Pašalić scores goal: Orlando City 2, Inter Miami 0

Inter Miami allowed a goal before halftime, and one to begin the second half. Marco Pašalić has scored in the 53^rd minute to double Orlando City’s lead.

Luis Muriel scores goal: Orlando City 1, Inter Miami 0

Orlando City is on the board just before halftime as Luis Muriel scored a breakaway goal in the 43^rd minute of the match.

Iván Angulo shot saved by Oscar Ustari: Inter Miami 0, Orlando City 0

Inter Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari saved this attempt by Orlando City’s Iván Angulo in the 24^th minute. Ustari has been on the opposite end of 17 goals allowed in the last six games.

Messi misses shot with right boot: Inter Miami 0, Orlando City 0

Lionel Messi lined up this opportunity with his right foot instead of his legendary left, but was unable to score past Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese in the 22nd minute.

Messi contract talks: When will he re-sign with Inter Miami?

Lionel Messi is under contract this season, but Inter Miami wants to extend the World Cup champion.

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said of a possible extension for Messi: “Hopefully in a few weeks, we can have some news about Leo because I think it will be very, very good for the club, for the fans, and for MLS.”

Is Messi playing vs. Orlando City? Inter Miami lineup today

Yes, Messi was announced as a starter by Inter Miami before the match. Here are the starting lineups for both clubs:

How to watch Inter Miami vs. Orlando City match on TV, live stream?

The match is available on the Apple TV+ channel, and MLS Season Pass via Apple TV.

What time is Inter Miami vs. Orlando City match?

The match begins at 7 p.m. ET (8 p.m. in Argentina).

Is Luis Suarez playing tonight vs. Orlando City?

Suarez is also listed in the starting lineup, and returns after missing the last two Inter Miami matches due to personal reasons.

Inter Miami vs. Orlando City prediction

Inter Miami 2, Orlando City 1: Messi scores a goal and has an assist in a 2-1 victory for Inter Miami against Orlando City. — Safid Deen, Lionel Messi reporter.

Inter Miami vs. Orlando City betting odds

Inter Miami enters the match as the favorite (-130), while a draw (+290) has slightly lower odds than a win by Orlando City (+300), according to BETMGM.

Messi to join Argentina before Club World Cup

Messi has been called up by the defending World Cup champions for qualifying matches for the 2026 tournament. Argentina will visit Chile on June 5, and host Colombia on June 10.

Messi, Inter Miami upcoming schedule

May 24: Philadelphia Union vs. Inter Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
May 28: Inter Miami vs. CF Montreal, 7:30 p.m. ET
May 31: Inter Miami vs. Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m. ET

Messi, Inter Miami schedule for Club World Cup

June 14: Inter Miami vs. Al Alhy, 8 p.m. ET (Hard Rock Stadium in Miami)
June 19: Inter Miami vs FC Porto, 3 p.m. ET (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta)
June 23: Inter Miami vs. Palmerias, 9 p.m. ET (Hard Rock Stadium in Miami)

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Bell outduels Logano to win NASCAR All-Star Race and $1 million prize

Christopher Bell was not about to let Joey Logano win two consecutive NASCAR All-Star Races. Not when Bell’s Toyota had fresher tires than Logano’s Ford. And especially not with a $1 million prize on the line.

So, despite Logano repeatedly holding him off during the final 30 laps at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Bell made one final charge Sunday night and completed the pass with nine laps remaining before holding on to win the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race.

Bell, racing in his fifth All-Star Race, led 28 laps to win the event for the first time. The 30-year-old became the 27th different driver to win the All-Star Race and just the third from Joe Gibbs Racing, joining Denny Hamlin and former JGR driver Kyle Busch. It was also just third All-Star win for a Toyota driver and the first since 2017 at Charlotte Motor Speedway as Chevrolet and Ford drivers had dominated the recent races.

“That right there was absolutely incredible,” Bell said after he completed a celebratory burnout. “North Wilkesboro is the best short track on the schedule. … I had so much fun last year. I sucked in the race, but racing here last year was so much fun. As this place continues to age, it’s just going to get better and better. Man, that was an amazing race.”

Logano, who dominated the 2024 All-Star Race, led a race-high 139 laps in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford but elected to stay out on the final pit stop while most of the field took at least two tires. The fresher tires paid off for Bell as he hunted down the three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion in the closing laps.

Bell has been one of the top drivers in NASCAR since 2022, finishing in the top six in each of the last three years. He won three races in a row earlier this year – at Atlanta, Circuit of the Americas and Phoenix – and finished second at the series most recent race at Kansas Speedway last weekend.

USA TODAY Sports provided live coverage of Sunday’s All-Star Race. Scroll below the gallery for a full recap.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race results

(Car number in parentheses)

(20) Christopher Bell, Toyota
(22) Joey Logano, Ford
(1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
(48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet
(9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
(24) William Byron, Chevrolet
(45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota
(8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet
(19) Chase Briscoe, Toyota
(17) Chris Buescher, Ford
(77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet
(11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
(4) Noah Gragson, Ford
(3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
(47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet
(12) Ryan Blaney, Ford
(21) Josh Berry, Ford
(2) Austin Cindric, Ford
(42) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota
(51) Harrison Burton, Ford
(5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
(6) Brad Keselowski, Ford
(99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

Christopher Bell wins 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race

Christopher Bell passed defending winner Joey Logano with nine laps to go to win the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Bell collects a $1 million prize as the winner.

Bell, driving the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, started second and led 28 laps across four different stints. Logano led a race-high 139 laps after starting fourth. Ross Chastain finished third, Alex Bowman fourth and Chase Elliott fifth.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 216 promoter’s caution

An optional promoter’s caution flag came out on Lap 216 of 250 with Joey Logano leading and Christopher Bell giving chase. The caution came out just as Kyle Larson began having issues with his No. 5 Chevrolet after trying to chase down the Logano and Bell.

Former NASCAR driver and current Fox Sports analyst Michael Waltrip waved the yellow from the flagstand and then accidentally dropped it on the track. During the caution period, most of the drivers hit pit road for tires, but Logano, Penske teamate Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain were among those who stayed out with less than 30 laps to go before the scheduled end of the race.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 176 caution

Brad Keselowski got loose in the corner between Turns 3 and 4 and slammed hard into the outside wall in his No. 6 Ford to bring out the yellow flag. Keselowski, who started on the pole and had led 62 laps, was running ninth.

All drivers came down pit road during the caution to take fresh tires. The entire field got four new tires except Kyle Larson, who took two and came off pit road first. Joey Logano, who has led a race-high 83 laps, will restart alongside Larson on the front row. The race is scheduled for 250 laps.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap Lap 155

Joey Logano is back up front after holding off Christopher Bell on a restart on Lap 121. Logano has now led more than 60 laps after dominating last year’s All-Star Race. Bell runs second, Ryan Blaney third, Chase Elliott fourth and Alex Bowman fifth.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 114 caution

Ross Chastain brought out the caution flag after spinning on Lap 114. Chastain’s No. 1 Chevrolet got bumped by Austin Cindric’s No. 2 Ford as both battled with Alex Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet for track position. Moments before, Cindric had contact with Josh Berry in the No. 21 Ford.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 101 competition caution

Joey Logano, who won last year’s All-Star Race, took the lead on Lap 81 after taking four tires on his pit stop and held it through the competition caution. Logano passed Daytona 500 winner William Byron, who took the lead two laps after the restart on Lap 64, following a three-wide battle for the lead with Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch.

Christopher Bell moved up to second, Chase Elliott was third, Ryan Blaney fourth and Byron dropped to fifth. Busch was sixth, Austin Cindric seventh, Keselowski eighth, Ross Chastain ninth and Josh Berry 10th.

All drivers came down pit road under caution for more fuel and fresh tires. The race is scheduled for 250 laps. Bell won the race off pit road and will restart on the front row alongside Logano.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 57 caution

Daniel Suarez hit the outside wall on Lap 57 bringing out the first caution of the race. Suarez appeared to have a flat right front tire. All drivers came down pit road under yellow to take fuel and tires. Brad Keselowski, who has lead nearly every lap of the race, took just tires on his pit stop to maintain his lead. William Byron also took two tires and will restart second.

2025 NASCAR All-Star Race: Lap 50

Brad Keselowski started on the pole Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway and has led 49 of 50 laps. Joey Logano, the 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race winner, sits in second and has led the only other lap. William Byron races third, Chase Elliott fourth and Christopher Bell fifth.

The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race is 250 laps around the 0.625-mile oval.

Carson Hocevar wins NASCAR All-Star Open

Carson Hocevar took charge on the final restart on Lap 84 of 100 to surge to the lead in his No. 77 Chevrolet and win the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Open. John Hunter Nemecheck, in the No. 42 Toyota, finished second. With the results, Hocevar and Nemechek advanced to their first NASCAR All-Star Race. Noah Gragson won the fan vote for the third consecutive season and will also transfer to the All-Star Race.

The three drivers will start the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race, which is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, in the rear of the field behind the 20 automatic qualifers.

NASCAR All-Star Open hits halfway point

The yellow flag waved for a compeition caution on Lap 50 in the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Open. Shane Van Gisbergen led all 50 laps. The race is scheduled to go 100 laps, but there will be one attempt at overtime, if necessary, at the end of the race.

The top two finishers plus the All-Star fan vote winner will transfer to the NASCAR All-Star Race later tonight and will start in the rear of the field.

What time does the NASCAR All-Star Race start?

The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race starts at 8 p.m. ET at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It will be preceded by the NASCAR All-Star Open, which begins at 5 p.m. ET.

What TV channel is the NASCAR All-Star Race on?

FS1 is broadcasting the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race and the All-Star Open.

Will there be a live stream of the NASCAR All-Star Race?

The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race can be live streamed on Max and the FoxSports app. Viewers can also stream the race on Fubo, which is offering a free trial to new subscribers.

Watch the NASCAR All-Star Race on Fubo

How many laps is the NASCAR All-Star Race and All-Star Open?

The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race is 250 laps around the 0.625-mile oval for a total of 156.25 miles. All laps count, and there will be a competition break at or around the 100-lap mark.
The All-Star Open is 100 laps. All laps count, and there will be a competition break at or around Lap 50. There will be one attempt at NASCAR Overtime if necessary. The top two finishers plus the All-Star Fan Vote winner will transfer to the All-Star Race and start in the rear of the field.

Who won the most recent NASCAR All-Star Race?

Joey Logano dominated the 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race, leading 199 of 200 laps before holding off Denny Hamlin by 0.636 seconds.

What is the lineup for the NASCAR All-Star Race?

The starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR All-Star race was determined by the results of Saturday’s heat races. Heat 1 results determined the inside row to start Sunday’s race, while Heat 2 results determined the outside row (car number in parentheses):

(6) Brad Keselowski, Ford … Fastest in qualifying
(20) Christopher Bell, Toyota … Heat Race No. 2 winner
(1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 2nd place
(22) Joey Logano, Ford … Heat Race No. 2 2nd place
(24) William Byron, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 3rd place
(9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 2 3rd place
(12) Ryan Blaney, Ford … Heat Race No. 1 4th place
(8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 2 4th place
(48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 5th place
(17) Chris Buescher, Ford … Heat Race No. 2 5th place
(21) Josh Berry, Ford … Heat Race No. 1 6th place
(99) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 2 6th place
(45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota … Heat Race No. 1 7th place
(19) Chase Briscoe, Toyota … Heat Race No. 2 7th place
(3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 8th place
(2) Austin Cindric, Ford … Heat Race No. 2 8th place
(47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 9th place
(51) Harrison Burton, Ford … Heat Race No. 2 9th place
(5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet … Heat Race No. 1 10th place
(11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota … Heat Race No. 2 10th place
All-Star Open winner
All-Star Open 2nd place
Fan vote winner

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