On Tuesday, the Republican National Committee announced that Vice President JD Vance will take over as its national finance chair. “To fully enact the MAGA mandate and President Trump’s vision that voters demanded,

Vance will be the first sitting vice president to serve as party finance chairman, according to the RNC. The move places a top Trump ally within the party's campaign wing ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Serving as the party’s finance chair heading into the 2026 midterm elections could help him position himself for the 2028 presidential primary race.

The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of oppressing political opposition.

The head of the French Olympic Committee, David Lappartient, won’t seek a new term later this year after losing to Kirsty Coventry in the race for the International Olympic Committee’s top job. Coventry became the first woman and first African to get the powerful position after a stunning first-round win in the seven-candidate contest on Thursday.

Auburn legend and hall of famer Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee! She is the first woman and the first African to serve as the IOC President.