FedEx St Jude Championship: Round 3 tee times, how to watch, leaderboardNew Foto - FedEx St Jude Championship: Round 3 tee times, how to watch, leaderboard

USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. Torrential downpours moved through the Memphis, Tennessee, area late Friday afternoon, halting play andpreventing 21 golfers from finishing their second roundat the FedEx St. Jude Championship, ultimately wrapping up the round on Saturday morning. Tommy Fleetwood followed his 7-under on Thursday with a 6-under on Friday and leads the field by three strokes. Justin Rose is in second place entering the third round at 10-under with Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia tied for third at 9-under. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is in a three-way tie for eighth place at 7-under after he carded a 4-under in the second round. Stay tuned for live updates from the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs — the St. Jude Championship from Memphis. USA TODAY Sports will have full coverage of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Scores entering third round 1. Tommy Fleetwood: -13 2. Justin Rose: -10 T3. Collin Morikawa: -9 T3: Akshay Bhatia: -9 T5: Kurt Kitayama: -8 T5: Andrew Novak: -8 T5: Maverick McNealy: -8 T8: Bud Cauley: -7 T8: Scottie Scheffler: -7 T8 Jacob Bridgeman: -7 After a par on his first hole of the third round, the 2022 U.S. Open Champion found his groove with birdies on 2, 3, and 4 to get to 5-under par, tied for 15th place and eight shots off the pace. Fitzpatrick shot 67 and 71 during his first two rounds of the tournament. The third round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship is finally underway, with golfers taking the tee after play was suspended on Friday due to inclement weather. Tommy Fleetwood has the 36-hole lead at 13-under, a three-shot lead over Justin Rose. Round 2 of the 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship will resume at 8:30 a.m. ET on Saturday morning. The third round is expected to begin between 10:50 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. ET off holes No. 1 and 10 tees in threesomes. The tournament concludes with the final round on Sunday. The 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship, which marks the beginning of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs, will be televised nationally on the Golf Channel and NBC and can also be streamed live on ESPN+, Peacock, and Fubo. Below is the broadcast schedule for the final two rounds: All times Eastern Saturday, Aug. 9 8 a.m.-6 p.m. onESPN+ 1-3 p.m. on Golf Channel,Fubo 3-6 p.m. on NBC,Peacock Sunday, Aug. 10 8 a.m.-6 p.m. onESPN+ Noon-2 p.m. on Golf Channel,Fubo 2-6 p.m. on NBC,Peacock All times Eastern 10:40 a.m.: Emiliano Grillo Matt Fitzpatrick, Taylor Pendrith, Taylor Pendrith 10:40: Harris English, Max Greyserman, Aaron Rai 10:52: Jhonattan Vegas, Nick Taylor, Kevin Yu 10:52: Jason Day, Ryan Gerard, Corey Conners 11:04: Tony inau, Matti Schmid, Denny McCarthy 11:04: J.T. Poston, Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama 11:16: Russell Henley, Patrick Cantlay, Robert MacIntyre 11:16: Patrick Rodgers, Davis Riley, Xander Schauffele 11:28: Lucas Glover, Harry Hall, Thomas Detry 11:28: Mackenzie Hughes, Brian Campbell, Justin Thomas 11:40: Stephan Jaeger, Sam Stevens, Sam Burns 11:40: Brian Harman, Ben Grifin, Rickie Fowler 11:52: Chris Kirk, Wyndham Clark, Sungjae Im 11:52: Shane Lowry, Cam David, Jake Knapp 12:04: JJ Spaun, Cameron Young, Sepp Straka 12:04: Viktor Hovland, Keegan Bradley, Nicho Echavarria 12:16: Jacob Bridgeman, Si Woo Kim, Ludvig Aberg 12:16: Joe Highsmith, Aldrich Potgieter, Daniel Berger 12:28: Maverick McNealy, Bud Cauley, Scottie Scheffler 12:28: Ryan Fox, Erik van Rooyen, Michale Kim 12:40: Akshay Bhatia, Kurt Kitayama, Andrew Novak 12:40: Chris Gotterup, Tom Hoge, Min Woo Lee 12:52: Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa Listed below are the top-10 finishers in the FedEx Cup standings. These are the golfers that have qualified for the St. Jude Championship this weekend. For a full list of standings,click here. Scottie Scheffler– 4,806 points Sepp Straka– 2,595 points Russell Henley– 2,391 points Justin Thomas– 2,280 points Ben Griffin– 2,275 points Harris English– 2,232 points J.J. Spaun– 2,144 points Tommy Fleetwood– 1,783 points Keegan Bradley– 1,749 points Maverick McNealy– 1,672 points Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA Today Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change. Gambling involves risk. Please only gamble with funds that you can comfortably afford to lose. While we do our utmost to offer good advice and information we cannot be held responsible for any loss that may be incurred as a result of gambling. We do our best to make sure all the information that we provide on this site is correct. 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FedEx St Jude Championship: Round 3 tee times, how to watch, leaderboard

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Russell Wilson to start preseason opener for GiantsNew Foto - Russell Wilson to start preseason opener for Giants

Russell Wilson will start at quarterback for the New York Giants in preseason action Saturday against the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y. That's according to NorthJersey.com, which reported the news on Saturday morning. The Giants don't have a quarterback competition. Head coach Brian Daboll said on July 23 that the veteran Wilson, 36, is the starter for his team. Mitch Trubisky will start for the Bills, while reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Josh Allen will not play. The game against Buffalo will gave Daboll and his staff their first chance to see Wilson since they signed him in March to a one-year, $10.5 million deal, plus incentives. It remains unclear how many starters might join Wilson on the field against the Bills. Rookie Jaxson Dart, selected with the No. 25 overall pick in the April NFL draft, is expected to see significant playing time, per the report. The Giants also have veteran backup Jameis Winston and one-time starter Tommy DeVito on the roster. A calf injury limited Wilson to 11 games (all starts) with the Pittsburgh Steelers last season, when he completed 214 of his 336 pass attempts (63.7 percent) for 2,482 yards, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions. In his career, Wilson has started 199 regular season games for the Seattle Seahawks (2012-21), Denver Broncos (2022-23) and Steelers. He has a 121-77-1 record while completing 64.7 percent of his passes for 46,135 yards with 350 TDs and 111 interceptions. He led Seattle to a Super Bowl championship in his second season. The Giants open the regular season on Sept. 7 on the road against the Washington Commanders. --Field Level Media

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Russell Wilson to start preseason opener for Giants

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Texas redistricting clash becomes another stage in the GOP's big Senate primary fightNew Foto - Texas redistricting clash becomes another stage in the GOP's big Senate primary fight

As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP's ability to pass new congressional maps, there's an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state's contentious Republican Senate primary. Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Cornyn in a primary, have spent the last week making appeals to state and federal officials aimed at putting more pressure on the Democrats — and feuding with each other in the process. The clash between the two Senate rivals is the latest act in a fierce battle, as Paxton runs against the incumbent from his right flank. It shows how the two men are responding to the redistricting standoff, with each trying to frame himself as the toughest fighter and the one most committed to delivering President Donald Trump the five extra Republican congressional seats he has saidhe is "entitled to." As state attorney general, Paxton has a direct role to play in this debate, and he has used the power of his law enforcement office to take aggressive action against state Democratic lawmakers and their allies. Paxton has petitioned the state Supreme Court to boot state Rep. Gene Wu, the chair of the Democratic caucus in the state House, from office. (Gov. Greg Abbott lodged a similar petition, but Paxton argued that he, not the governor, is the one who has the right to bring such a charge.) Days later, he asked the court to boot 13 more state House Democrats. He's launched an investigation into liberal billionaire George Soros and sued former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, whom he's accusing of "bribery" for helping to fundraise for the state Democrats. (On Friday, he won a temporary restraining order blocking O'Rourke and his group from financially supporting the Democrats.) Paxton has also floated charging the legislators themselves with violating state bribery laws. And he filed a legal petition in Illinois requesting jurisdiction to arrest the Democrats who have fled to the state. "We are pursuing every legal remedy at our disposal to hold these rogue legislators accountable. Texas deserves representatives who do their jobs instead of running away at the behest of their billionaire handlers. If there's one thing Texans can't stand more than losers, it's cowards," Paxton said in a statement. As a senator, Cornyn has no such direct role to play in this political and legal fight. But he has been determined not to be outdone. Cornyn has pushed the FBI toassist local law enforcement's effortsto locate the Democratic lawmakers, telling NBC News that FBI Director Kash Patel told him he was assigning agents from San Antonio and Austin to "respond to my request." (It's unclear exactly what those agents would actually do, and a federal law enforcement agent told NBC News on Thursday that FBI agents had yet to take any actions to try to locate the lawmakers.) Meanwhile, while Cornyn has been deeply critical of the Democrats who left Texas to stop the state Legislature from proceeding with redistricting legislation, he and his campaign have also trained their fire on Paxton too. "Apparently the attorney general is now back from his European golf vacation and actually trying to do his job," Cornyn told NBC News on Thursday night, repeatedly returning to criticism of Paxton throughout a 15-minute interview about the efforts to track down Democrats. He said Paxton was "nowhere to be found when things were developing this week," lampooning the attorney general for doing interviews from a hotel with a "European electrical outlet." Cornyn also filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Abbott's push to boot Wu from office,a brief he delivered on U.S. Senate letterheadthat included a paragraph criticizing Paxton's legal briefs and actions, arguing that Abbott rightfully filed his case because Paxton "delayed taking action." Cornyn has been pushing similar messages on social media, where Paxton has pushed back. On Thursday, Paxton reposted a video of Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett calling Cornyn someone who "typically works in a very bipartisan way," claiming he was only "doing everything he can to make it seem like he's a MAGA Republican so he can get through his primary." "I'm Ken Paxton and I approve this message," the attorney generalwrote on X, sharing the video of Crockett. The Senate primary battle has become one of the most contentious midterm election contests in the country. Cornyn has repeatedly brought up the litany of controversies related to the Texas Legislature's unsuccessful push to remove Paxton from office two years ago, and Paxton has framed Cornyn as insufficiently conservative and not a true believer in Trump, highlighting his past criticism of the president. Both candidates are tying themselves to Trump, who hasn't weighed in with his endorsement.Cornyn told NBC Newslast month that he's talked to the president "about it a number of times." Public surveys have found Paxton leading Cornyn in the GOP primary, but some Republicans have sounded alarms that Paxton's controversies would make for a more competitive general election with him as the nominee.

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Republicans reprise anti-transgender 'Kamala is for they/them' ads for the midtermsNew Foto - Republicans reprise anti-transgender 'Kamala is for they/them' ads for the midterms

Shortly after former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced his plans to run for Senate, a group backing Republicans released an ad with an echo of last year's presidential campaign. "Roy Cooper sides with they/them," read the language on screenin the ad, produced by the Senate Leadership Fund. Republicans are reprising a key attack line from last year's presidential race for elections this year and next, betting that anti-trans messaging will help them counterDemocrats running on GOP-led cuts to Medicaidand other parts of Trump's policy megabill. Trump alliesspent tens of millions of dollarsairing an ad highlighting 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' one-timecommitmentthat detained immigrants would have access to treatment associated with gender transition as was required by federal law, including surgical care. The ad's tagline mocked the pronouns used by non-binary individuals, saying "Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you." Widely cited by strategists in both parties as having shaped the campaign, that ad is now being mimicked in North Carolina and another competitive Senate contest in Georgia. Trans and gender identity issues have also come up in this year's race for Virginia governor. One ad attacking Sen. Jon Ossoff aired during a basketball game and referenced the broadcast. "Man-to-man defense isn't woke enough for Ossoff – he's playing for they/them. Call and tell Sen. Ossoff, stop dunking on defenseless girls,"said the ad, from an affiliate of SLF and backed by more than $350,000. Chris LaCivita, Trump's 2024 co-campaign manager and an architect of the "Kamala is for they/them" ads, said it made sense for Republicans to bring back messaging they see as driving a wedge between Democrats and key voting blocs. "The purpose of the ads in the 2024 campaign was built around the need to increase our vote share with men, Hispanics, and moms. The ads in question - there were three - achieved the results that we were looking for," said LaCivita in an email. "That's what is playing out right now across the country, in Senate, House and gubernatorial races." Democrats argue that Republicans are using the issue as a distraction. "Republicans have given in to the most extreme fringes of their party by abandoning pocketbook issues in favor of an anti-freedom agenda that is obsessed with letting politicians make decisions that should be left to parents and doctors," said Viet Shelton, a spokesperson for the Democrats' House campaign arm, in a statement. "Rather than getting involved in personal matters, House Republicans should perhaps spend their time expanding the middle class, lowering costs, and protecting freedoms." The Trump administration has moved across government to target trans rights in particular, from removing trans people from the military to ordering investigations of hospitals that provide particular medical services for trans children. The White House often promotes its actions against trans-friendly policies, posting Wednesday about a move to restrict visas for trans female athletes competing in women's sports. Trans people make up less than 0.6% of the United States population ages 13 and older,according to the Williams Institute, a public policy research center focused on sexual orientation and gender identity at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. North Carolina and Georgia host US Senate elections that are expected to rank among the most competitive contests of next year's midterms. In both races, Republicans are launching transgender-focused attacks against Democrats, centered on policies governing youth sports participation and bathroom access. The North Carolina GOP issued a statement slamming Cooper, saying that he "championed radical transgender ideology" and "vetoed bills to keep men out of women's sports." In another statement, the Senate Leadership Fund criticized Cooper's "vetoes that allowed boys in girls' sports." Meanwhile, one of Ossoff's challengers, Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter, is runningan adfeaturing a person wearing a dress and a wig complaining that Carter "helped Trump" in "banning people like me from competing in women's sports." Ossoff campaign spokesperson Ellie Dougherty said that "National Republicans are scrambling to hide from Trump's budget law after facing intense backlash in Georgia for gutting Medicaid and defunding hospitals." Winsome Earle-Sears, the GOP nominee for governor in Virginia, has also been regularly targeting Democratic opponent Abigail Spanberger with attacks focused on transgender policies, as Republicans look for an opening in the challenging off-year race. Earle-Searswroteon social media last week that Spanberger and Ghazala Hashmi, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, "think your daughter should compete and share a locker room with biological men." Sam Newton, communications director for the Democratic Governors Association, argued that party leaders at the state level had successfully navigated similar attacks from Republicans in recent elections. "In battleground and red-state races for governor in 2022, 2023 and 2024, voters consistently rejected Republicans who made clear they only cared about stoking division with culture wars in favor of Democratic candidates who won by staying laser-focused on addressing the biggest issues impacting working families every single day. This cycle will be no different," Newton said. The "they/them" ads come as some Democrats who could run for president in 2028 have debated in public where they should stand on theparticipation of trans female athletes in girls' sports. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2028, told conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on hispodcastin March that transgender athletes competing in women's sports was "deeply unfair." And Pete Buttigieg, another potential 2028 contender, also voiced sympathy for conservative complaints about transgender sports policies in an interview on NPR this week. "I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women's sports," Buttigieg said. Others have argued for resolve and attempted to build up infrastructure to support pro-transgender policies. The Human Rights Campaign, a leading LGBTQ rights organization, is planning a series of town halls in red-state cities over the summer aimed at supporting LGBTQ individuals and policies. "Stories move people. Shared humanity is powerful. When the American people get to know who we are, and not who Donald Trump says we are, everything changes: hearts and minds first, policy and politics next," HRC spokesperson Brandon Wolf said about the tour. Wolf urged Democrats to "be bold, stand up to the bullies, and to say unequivocally: we refuse to compromise on freedom." Another effort is underway in the Christopher Street Project, a PAC formed earlier this month to endorse and raise funds for candidates that advocate for pro-transgender policies. The group released a list of 16 initial endorsees including Rep. Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, and prominent Democrats such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pramila Jayapal, Katherine Clark, and Jamie Raskin. During an interview last month at the Center for American Progress, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, also advised his party to avoid looking "weak" and backing down to Republicans. "I think it's a mistake to focus just on economics and allow trans children to get bullied or something. I think they have to go – or we look weak, if we don't do it," Walz said. One minor Democratic candidate for California governor, meanwhile, tried to turn the tables on Trump and Republicans with their own line. Thead from Stephen Cloobeck's campaignshows Trump's photo next to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. "Trump is for they/them," the narrator says, with the names of Epstein and Maxwell highlighted. "Stephen Cloobeck is for you." For more CNN news and newsletters create an account atCNN.com

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Republicans reprise anti-transgender ‘Kamala is for they/them’ ads for the midterms

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Elena Rybakina's coach cleared by WTA Tour to return from suspensionNew Foto - Elena Rybakina's coach cleared by WTA Tour to return from suspension

The coach of 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has been cleared by the WTA Tour to returnfrom his suspensionfor a potential breach of its code of conduct. Stefano Vukov was provisionally suspended in January while the tour conducted an investigation. It announced in February that had been completed and that the banremained in place, without saying how long it would last. The organization said Friday that Vukov would again be permitted to receive credentials allowing him access to player areas and practice courts at its events. "The WTA is fully committed to providing a safe and respectful environment for all athletes and other participants, as set out in our WTA Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Code," the tour said in a statement. "Any sanctions issued following a breach of these safeguarding rules are carefully considered and are subject to appeal before an independent tribunal. While case details remain confidential, we can confirm that Mr. Vukov is eligible to receive credentials at WTA events." The New York Times first reported that Vukov's ban had been lifted. Rybakina announced before last year's U.S. Open that Vukov would no longer be her coach, but then said before the Australian Open that he would be rejoining her team. She insisted that he had never mistreated her during their time working together. Rybakina, ranked No. 10 on the WTA Tour, just reached the semifinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal before losing to Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, the eventual champion. ___ AP tennis:https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

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Elena Rybakina's coach cleared by WTA Tour to return from suspension

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Scherzer and Kershaw square off in rare duel of 3,000-strikeout club membersNew Foto - Scherzer and Kershaw square off in rare duel of 3,000-strikeout club members

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershawwent toe-to-toe for six innings in a vintage duel Friday night between the two most recent additions to the 3,000-strikeout club. The 41-year-old Scherzer, pitching for Toronto, made his 465th career start. Kershaw, 37, started his 443rd game — all for the Los Angeles Dodgers over 18 seasons. "Probably a lineup card that I'll keep for my office," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. Once teammates in Los Angeles, both pitchers have won three Cy Young Awards and are likely headed to the Hall of Fame. "Two great competitors," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before the game. "I don't know if you're going to see this one again." Kershaw (6-2) got the win, allowing one run and seven hits asLos Angeles earned a 5-1 victory.He struck out four and walked one on 74 pitches, 54 strikes. And he stuck around to watch his rival work when the Dodgers were batting. "Scherz was throwing the ball great. He was throwing like 96 (mph)," Kershaw said. "It doesn't look like he's aged at all." Scherzer (2-2) took the loss, giving up two runs and six hits. He struck out five and walked three on 98 pitches, 63 strikes. "Max had really good stuff," Roberts said. Kershaw exited with the Dodgers leading 2-1, thanks to a two-run homer by Mookie Betts in the fifth. The left-hander was a model of efficiency in the first inning, retiring the Blue Jays on 11 pitches. Los Angeles went right after Scherzer in the bottom half. Shohei Ohtani and Betts hit consecutive line-drive singles before Davis Schneider robbed Will Smith of a potential three-run homer with a catch against the Dodgers bullpen gate in left field. Scherzer walked Max Muncy to load the bases before striking out Teoscar Hernández to end the inning. Scherzer retired the side in the second and third. Kershaw had traffic on the bases in the second, when Addison Barger's two-strike single scored Bo Bichette and gave Toronto a 1-0 lead. With a runner at first, Dodgers rookie second baseman Alex Freeland raced into shallow right field to catch a blooper by Ernie Clement for the third out of the fifth. A relieved Kershaw smiled and pointed his index finger skyward. It was the fourth time Scherzer and Kershaw faced each other, and Kershaw's teams lead their individual series 3-1. Kershaw has two wins and Scherzer one. The first matchup was unexpected. Hall of Famers Randy Johnson of Arizona and Greg Maddux of the Dodgers were scratched on Sept. 7, 2008. Their replacements were rookies Scherzer, then 24, and Kershaw, then 20, who each got a no-decision. "He's had a hell of a career," Scherzer said. "It's kind of a cool little milestone moment here where we're hooking it back up against each other. He's an awesome teammate as well. I've got all the respect in the world for what he does on and off the field." Roberts managed Scherzer when the Dodgers traded for him in the second half of the 2021 season, when he became the 19th pitcher in MLB history tonotch his 3,000th strikeout. Having Kershaw already in the fold helped prepare Roberts. "Those guys are in very rare company, and when you have an opportunity to manage people like that and superstars, it does help you understand how they think, what makes them tick," he said. Unlike Kershaw, Scherzer likes to talk "all the time," Roberts said. "He's got a lot of answers, but they're valid answers because he's always thinking the game," Roberts said. "He'll talk to hitters, get in hitters' meetings. He's always trying to pick people's brains to get some type of edge, which as a coach, that's a good thing." Kershaw became the 20th memberof the 3,000-strikeout club in July at Dodger Stadium. "It's really cool that Scherz was the guy right before me to get to 3,000. I got to play with him, I got to compete against him, basically our whole careers," Kershaw said. "I don't know if it's our last year, but toward the end, for sure. It's been a fun ride." Both pitchers are known for being extremely competitive. Where they differ is Scherzer is more demonstrative than Kershaw. Roberts recalled the reaction he got for patting Scherzer on his rear end in the middle of a game in 2021. "I heard a curse word after I did it," he said. "That's pretty intense." ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/MLB

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Scherzer and Kershaw square off in rare duel of 3,000-strikeout club members

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Analysis-Weigh in on Sydney Sweeney or run the world? Trump, for better or worse, attempts it allNew Foto - Analysis-Weigh in on Sydney Sweeney or run the world? Trump, for better or worse, attempts it all

By Jeff Mason (Reuters) -From firing people to promoting jeans, calling for peace deals or the renaming of a sports team, President Donald Trump keeps a lot on his proverbial to-do list. Much of it is unrelated to running the country. More than six months into his second term as U.S. commander-in-chief, Trump, a former New York businessman and reality television host, has applied a hands-on management style and producer-like attitude toward governing, relying largely on his own instincts for decisions large and small. Using the tools of social media and a propensity for bullying, Trump personally wades into issues inside and outside the federal government to get his way. He harangues company executives to invest in America and uses trade deals as leverage over foreign leaders to end conflicts. Last week he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over unproven allegations she falsified figures that he didn't like. This week he called for the head of Intel to step down over ties with China, and the company's stock fell. In recent months he has pressed the Washington Commanders football team to change its name back to the Redskins, forced universities to pay huge amounts to the federal government, boosted retailer American Eagle Outfitters' shares with a compliment about a controversial jeans commercial featuring actor Sydney Sweeney and attempted to shore up Republican power by pushing for political redistricting in Texas. Trump's style, which can confound both his friends and his foes, is dramatically different from his more traditional predecessors. It has earned him condemnation for being caustic and praise for being effective at getting what he wants. "While he delves into topics that are certainly distractions relative to the big business of leading the world's greatest nation, it can also be said that past presidents have excessively deferred to the bureaucracy and failed to deliver the change their voters expected," said Carlos Curbelo, a Republican former congressman from Florida. "Trump views himself more as the CEO of the U.S.A. than as president," Curbelo added. "It's good for decision making and challenging for the constitutional order which made our country the world's greatest economic and military force." Trump has taken on academia, the legal world, media companies, athletics, the federal bureaucracy and more, all while retooling the world economy with tariffs, cracking down on immigration flows, upending relations with allies and putting his stamp on American culture. Though he has a team of advisers, the president frequently follows his own counsel, making policy decisions and then announcing them himself, ramifications aside. "I think what a lot of people miss about Trump is he's the marketer-in-chief," said Ford O'Connell, a Republican strategist with ties to the White House. "Not only is he his own best press secretary, he's also his own best chief-of-staff." A POTUS WHO 'CAN'T FOCUS' Critics question why Trump gets bogged down in issues that are secondary to his goals of strengthening the U.S. economy, for example, or achieving a peace deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. "He's commenting one moment on ... Putin and tariffs and all that's happening in the world and the next moment he's talking about, oh, Sydney Sweeney, and all these other issues that are completely unrelated to being president of the United States," said Charlie Dent, a Republican former congressman from Pennsylvania. "He simply can't focus." The White House said Trump is using his skills to deliver on policy priorities. "President Trump's leadership style can be summed up plainly as decisive and commanding," said White House spokesman Harrison Fields. Trump also employs a talent to distract when facing difficulty. Though that super power has largely eluded him with the controversy over sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein and the Department of Justice's refusal to release files related to the disgraced financier's case, Trump's broad ability to change the subject and dominate the news cycle has stupefied his opponents for years. "His leadership style is much closer to that of an executive producer, and the executive producer who has a really big picture understanding of the audience," said Republican strategist Kevin Madden, a senior adviser to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. "I think he trusts his instincts about the audience over anybody else, and that's why you see him oftentimes, you know, managing his own policy portfolio." Trump, though not a stickler for detail on all things policy-related, does get into the weeds on things he cares about, both cultural and political, including redecorating the Oval Office with gold, paving over the Rose Garden and building a new ballroom on the White House grounds. On Tuesday, reporters bantered with the president while he walked on the roof of the White House press room, surveying the grounds for what he said were more ways to spend his money. The White House said Trump and other donors plan to pay for the $200 million ballroom project, which is slated to be finished before his second term concludes. "I think narcissists do get bogged down in details because they think that everything is a reflection of them," said Republican strategist Rina Shah. "When he decides to focus on the minutia, he's forgetting about the bigger picture. And that's kind of a disservice to the office." Where critics see such disservice, the White House sees results. On the eve of presiding over a U.S.-brokered peace framework between Azerbaijan and Armenia this week, Trump took to social media to tout his involvement: "Many Leaders have tried to end the War, with no success, until now, thanks to 'TRUMP.'" (Reporting by Jeff MasonEditing by Colleen Jenkins and Alistair Bell)

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August 09, 2025

Analysis-Weigh in on Sydney Sweeney or run the world? Trump, for better or worse, attempts it all

Analysis-Weigh in on Sydney Sweeney or run the world? Trump, for better or worse, attempts it all By Jeff Mason (Reuters) -From firing peopl...
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