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Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, center, drops back to pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

College sports lobbying surges over NIL legislation

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

Will Congress finally set national NIL rules for college athletes?

By Mary McCue Bell and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before a hearing Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson,File)

Senators still working with SEC, Big Ten on thorny issues involved in college sports bill

By Joey Cappelletti and Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, speaks during a hearing to examine college sports, supporting student-athletes and fair competition on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

NIL reform legislation advances to Senate floor for full vote

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, speaks during a hearing to examine college sports, supporting student-athletes and fair competition on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Legislation overhauling college sports faces a major test in the Senate

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

In this 2021 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, workers walk near buoys used to gather data at Pioneer New England shelf off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. (Véronique LaCapra/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project

By Annika Hammerschlag - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)

Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

A phone displays sports trades on Polymarket on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Agency that checks prediction markets is in over its head, gambling industry leaders tell Congress

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, speaks with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before a hearing on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, for Commandant of the Coast Guard, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Sen. Cruz wants restrictions on military flights approved soon to prevent another midair collision

By Stephen Groves and Josh Funk - Associated Press

Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford looks on as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference on new drone regulations, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Senator says FAA administrator failed to sell multimillion-dollar airline stake as promised

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

College-reform bill could generate extra billions by allowing conferences to pool their TV rights

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks at an event on Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. TikTok's extensive lobbying campaign is the latest tech industry push since the House passed legislation that would ban the popular app if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake. Cantwell, the Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman, has so far been reluctant to embrace the TikTok bill, calling for hearings first and suggesting that the Senate may want to rewrite it. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) **FILE**

Democratic Sen. Cantwell welcomes House’s TikTok crackdown

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020, file photo shows the National Archives in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. In an announcement made Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Biden administration has halted the sale of the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from people across the Pacific Northwest and a lawsuit by the Washington Attorney General's Office. Among the records at the center are tribal, military, land, court, tax and census documents. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

Biden halts sale of National Archives center in Seattle

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Diverse panel recommends US judge candidates in Washington

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, Nick Brown, then-counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, takes questions at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are recommending a pair of firsts for Washington state's two U.S. attorney posts. Nick Brown, the former counsel to Gov. Jay Inslee, would be the first Black U.S. attorney in western Washington, and Vanessa Waldref, a Justice Department environmental lawyer and former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane, would be the first woman to run the shop there. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Pair of firsts recommended for Washington US attorney posts

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Key Democrat will vote against Trump’s nominee to lead FAA

Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, left, smiles as she greets supporters during a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Issaquah, Wash. Former state GOP chairwoman Susan Hutchison is challenging Cantwell, a three-term incumbent. Public polling has shown Cantwell with a comfortable lead as she seeks her fourth term. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Cantwell cruises to fourth term in US Senate

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

Cantwell, Hutchison meet in second Washington Senate debate

Associated Press

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., takes part in a debate with her Republican challenger, Susan Hutchison, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

US Sen. Maria Cantwell, Susan Hutchison hold 1st debate

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press