Cruz pushes summer timeline for college-sports reform amid House pushback

Sen. Ted Cruz outlines an aggressive Senate path this summer for the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act—aiming to standardize athlete compensation, transfer rules, NIL safeguards and guardrails against a “super-league”—but House Republicans remain wary, limiting the bill’s momentum and complicating cross-chamber agreement as lawmakers race toward an August recess. The update digest also covers Democrats pressuring WinRed over ActBlue fundraising, Bill Gates’ Epstein testimony, a push for a short-term extension of FISA, data-center energy legislation, and a push for the Oversight Committee to interview acting AG Todd Blanche on Epstein files.