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There is a long line of people who harbor frustrations—if not outward contempt—for the Protect College Sports Act. But perhaps no one feels its expected passage in the Senate as acutely, or as personally, as Peter Mills. “What has happened in the Senate says so much about what burned me out there,” said Mills, who worked from 2018 to 2025 as a legislative assistant for Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), one of the earliest and most vociferous voices in Congress to take up the cause of college athletes.

The S&P 500 lost nearly 2% last week, its biggest weekly decline since late June. The Nasdaq fell 4.5%, snapping a four-week winning streak.

China was once the top holder of U. S. Treasuries but has been shedding its massive stockpile for years, fueling fears of de-dollarization, but official data may not fully capture Beijing’s actual portfolio. The decline began in earnest around 2021, but as recently as April 2022, China still held $1 trillion in Treasury securities. U. S. data on Friday show that’s been whittled down to just $591 billion as of August, the lowest in 18 years and down from $700 billion a year earlier.