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The NCAA got one step closer to achieving its President Trump-aligned rule changes this week.For months, the president has been pushing sweeping adjustments to college athletics that would limit transfers, payments, and eligibility for athletes.'It will not only save college sports, it will save the colleges themselves.'On Monday, the Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 in a 77-22 vote, with the bill sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).The vote came months after Trump's executive order that urged national action on the issue in April and received support from legendary college coaches.While the legislation does favor the historic college institutions in some regards, it also benefits student-athletes.The bill prohibits schools, conferences, and the like from restricting student-athletes from entering into name, image, and likeness agreements; students must report any NIL compensation to their school that is greater than $600.Other big changes come in the form of limiting player and personnel movement. Student-athletes are allowed only one transfer during their eligibility, or they otherwise face having to sit out for a year. The five-year eligibility window would also change, effectively upending the redshirt system and replacing it with a fixed eligibility window. Under the bill, five calendar years of eligibility would be initiated at the start of the academic year after the athlete has turned 19 or the day the athlete first enrolls full-time in college, whichever comes first.For coaches, football personnel cannot become the head football coach at a different institution during the same season.The bill still faces a battle in the House in order to become law and will likely have to wait until after the midterm elections. However, the president still called the Senate vote "a really big deal.""It will not only save college sports, it will save the colleges themselves," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Congratulations to Randy Levine, President of the New York Yankees, and all of those who worked with him, on a job well done!"RELATED: ESPN's Pat McAfee gets death threats over Trump comments. There's just one problem — he didn't say them.Other changes in the bill would prohibit Division 1 conferences from "reducing the number of varsity or Olympic sports teams that a member institution must sponsor," with schools that make $80 million in athletics revenue prevented from reducing the number of roster spots for sports that they provided in 2024-2025.Student-athletes also get a 10-year window after eligibility to come back and finish their degree, and schools must provide the same grant-in-aid amount as when they were student-athletes.As well, agent endorsement contract fees are capped at 5% under the bill, and school spending on athletes is capped at $50 million annually.RELATED: NY Giants quarterback labeled 'insane' over pregame comments — almost no one knew he was quoting the Bible Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images The NCAA has boasted about the Protect College Sports Act on its website, insisting it will "level the playing field" nationwide.The NCAA says it supports "sustainable, fair revenue sharing," protecting women's and Olympic sports, and "reasonable" transfer limitations.The Big Ten Conference also issued a statement Monday: "We look forward to the next steps to passage as we continue to support the act as passed by the Senate."The Hill reported the bill as granting the NCAA sweeping federal antitrust protection that would shield it from lawsuits, with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claiming it will only perpetuate exploitation."What this bill does, at its core, is protect a system of exploitation," Murphy said, per CNN. "This bill protects the billions of dollars that coaches and executives are making by suppressing compensation for some of the most highly valued athletes in the world."Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said the bill seeks to serve "the large, wealthy interests that have been controlling college sports for a long time."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The left has made its favorite formula clear: Stop talking about the wrongdoing and start questioning the people who confront it.And BlazeTV host John Doyle points out that this couldn’t be more accurate than in the leftist portrayal of Chris Hansen and his famous investigations into online child predators in the new Hollywood film “Primetime.”Rather than focus on the heroism of his exposes and the lives he saved, the film “deconstruct[s] his motives and make[s] the story really about how he was just driven by ego or fame.”One motive for making a film like this, Doyle believes, is that the “left wants to take men who are successful and deconstruct them and tear them down.”“I mean, Chris Hansen is a hero. He catches the predators,” he says.“They want to make the conversation really about your response or your reaction to the bad behavior rather than the conversation being about the bad behavior itself,” he continues, “You see this with literally everything.”Doyle points out that when murder or crime statistics regarding different races are brought up, the left ignores the crime and focuses on “racism.” When terrorism is brought up, the left focuses on “Islamophobia.”“Literally any issue, this is what these people do. The real problem is always how you are responding or reacting to the bad behavior,” he says.In the film, the attention is diverted away from the man who was trying to meet a child to engage in a sex crime.“We are now made to feel like Chris Hansen is the weird person here for having this kind of fixation,” Doyle explains.“So, again, never about the bad behavior itself, always about the reaction to the bad behavior,” he says.“We see these shots of Chris Hansen literally lurking in the shadows as if he is a predator hunting his prey. That is what it is doing,” he continues. “So it’s implying that, you know, he is preying on the predator the same way that the predators are preying on the kids.”“It’s this kind of moral relativism where it’s like, ‘Oh dude, yo, who’s the real predator?’ This kind of thing,” he adds.Want more from John Doyle?To enjoy more of the truth about America and join the fight to restore a country that has been betrayed by its own leaders, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith has led to allegations that he was trying to swing the presidential election of 2024.Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said a legal whistleblower revealed that Smith had obtained 4,782 checks from Americans who donated to President Donald Trump and pro-Trump entities between 2019 and 2023, often in small amounts.'Every member on this committee ought to be outraged for what happened to their constituents. Which one of my Democratic colleagues will join me in that outrage?'Grassley directly challenged Smith to address the allegations while he testified before Congress on Tuesday."No matter what you say, there’s no legitimate basis for what you did," said the veteran Republican, according to a transcript in his press release."Donations to Republican groups wasn’t necessary to your investigation, which is proved out by the fact it wasn’t mentioned in your public report. Now, the Justice Department and FBI will forever possess thousands of people’s addresses, phone numbers, banks, bank account numbers, bank routing numbers, and copies of their true signatures," Grassley said.Republicans on the committee posted an image of some of the checks with the personal information redacted."Every member on this committee ought to be outraged for what happened to their constituents. Which one of my Democratic colleagues will join me in that outrage?" Grassley asked.Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas accused Smith of trying to rig the presidential election."Jack Smith is a deranged partisan fanatic," Cotton posted on social media. "He is one of the worst abusers of lawfare in history. He secretly seized GOP lawmakers’ phone records for one reason: to try to swing 2024 and help Democrats win."For his part, Smith said he did not remember those particular subpoenas but defended his investigation against claims of political bias."Yes, we acquired financial information. As I sit here right now, I cannot recite to you every subpoena we issued," said Smith. "I can tell you why we issued subpoenas, and it was to conduct a criminal investigation of one of the most serious crimes that's ever happened in our nation's history. I had a duty to collect facts."RELATED: AZ grand jury indicts Republicans over effort to overturn 2020 election, including Giuliani, Meadows, and Jenna Ellis Smith was berated by Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana during his questioning about his collecting toll records of phone calls from members of Congress."You make me want to throw up in my mouth!" said Kennedy.Smith obtained two indictments against the president through his special investigation. One had to do with Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his alleged unlawful retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Both were dismissed after Trump was elected in 2024. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An unknown assailant vandalized the constituent office of Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Biddeford, Maine.A message in red spray-paint seen Monday read "TRUMP" on one door and "WHORE" on another. An image of the tagging, shared by Maine Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington, comes amid a heated midterm campaign in the state.'Senator Collins and her staff will not be intimidated.'Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson has repeatedly suggested that Collins is "owned" by President Donald Trump, despite Collins' reputation as a political moderate."Who has she served? She's served Donald Trump," former Maine Senate President Jackson said at the emergency nominating convention in July, when he replaced controversial candidate Graham Platner. Immediately prior to the vandalism, Jackson ratcheted up accusations of subservience against Collins.“Donald Trump owns her," Jackson told reporters in Portland over the weekend, according to C-SPAN footage cited by Spectrum News.By Monday, Collins' office was defaced. “Vandalism is unacceptable," Sen. Collins' chief of staff, Katie Brown, said in a statement. "Senator Collins and her staff will not be intimidated. Our Biddeford constituent service office remains open, and we will continue serving the people of Maine.”RELATED: Graham Platner's replacement has history of violence, unearthed police report reveals Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe paint was cleared later that same day, according to the Portland Press Herald. "What has the world come to? This is disgusting, disappointing and it’s not the Maine I grew up in," Harrington said on X. "Do better."Despite Jackson's earlier rhetoric, he also condemned the vandalism on Monday."There’s no place for this in Maine,” Jackson said in a statement. “Vandalism and intimidation are wrong, full stop. Senator Collins and her staff should be able to do their jobs without anyone defacing their office, and I condemn whoever did this.” Jackson's slapdash effort to topple Maine's five-term Republican senator has been an uphill battle. In 1988, Jackson's longtime domestic partner, Lana Pelletier, told police that Jackson "pushed her around" after a fight with another man, though both she and Jackson now deny that he was violent with her that night.Public polling averages still have Jackson up by one to two points, though Collins has consistently overperformed relative to polling. Collins was expected to lose to Democrat challenger Sara Gideon in 2020, but ended up retaining her seat by 8.6 points on Election Day.Biddeford Police Chief JoAnne Fisk confirmed that an investigation into the incident has been opened, but no suspects have been named, the Bangor Daily News reported.State Sen. Harrington and the Biddeford Police Department did not respond to requests for comment from Blaze News.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!