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The Protect College Sports Act, which Sen. Ted Cruz wrote with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, cleared a key hurdle Thursday when it passed the Senate Commerce Committee by a 19-9 vote.

Cruz said he hopes the proposed changes can save athletics from a stark separation between the haves and have-nots.

Ted Cruz bill to regulate college sports advances The Texan said he hopes the proposed changes, written with a Democratic senator, can save athletics from a stark separation between the haves and have-nots.

The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas ma*****na user who wants to legally own a firearm, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights.

Ma*****na users can’t be kept from owning guns, SCOTUS rules Ali Danial Hemani successfully argued that a federal law prohibiting people who uses drugs illegally from owning guns is a Second Amendment violation.