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The world’s cup runneth over

Soccer isn’t a source of American metaphors. People cover their bases, play hardball, and take a swing and a miss. The Monday morning quarterback comments on a Hail Mary. You roll with the punches when you’re on the ropes. A full-court press is a game changer. But language is as much a metaphor for life […]

Things in Britain are bad, but not that bad

One of the toughest things in politics is trying to explain that, yes, things are bad, but no, they are not quite as bad as you think. I have yet to find a way to make that argument without it being misunderstood or caricatured. It is an argument that almost every British conservative now finds […]

Trump says Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, defends response to algae bloom 

President Trump said on Friday evening that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized, amid reports of an algae bloom and peeling paint just two weeks after the multi-million-dollar project’s completion. “We’ve had some real problems with Vandalism at the beautiful Reflecting Pool, which sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial,” the president...

US beats Australia 2-0 to advance to World Cup knockout round

The U.S. national soccer team advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup despite the absence of injured forward Christian Pulisic, beating Australia 2-0 on Friday.

Trump’s deal lifts oil sanctions on Iran, angering hawks

President Trump’s peace deal with Iran offers waivers on U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil, one of multiple facets of the agreement that is angering Iran hawks, including some Trump allies. Critics worry that relaxing the sanctions bolsters the economy of a nation hostile toward America and gives away key leverage in the push to get...

GOP bullish on political impact for Republicans of Trump MOU with Iran

Republicans are largely skeptical that President Trump's deal with Iran will deliver a geopolitical win, but they are bullish about its impact on the midterms, with gas prices already dropping. One national Republican operative described feeling “relief” after the agreement, pointing to positive reactions from markets. Oil prices have fallen to their lowest point since...

World Cup brings political issues to the surface: 5 takeaways

The first week of the FIFA World Cup has been underscored by tensions over geopolitics, U.S. immigration policy and dramatic group stage action that is priming viewers around the world for what promises to be an exciting knockout round later this month. The action-packed global spectacle, played on North American soil for the first time...

Trump’s new Iran deal faces nuclear blind spot over uranium stockpile, experts warn

Nuclear experts warn Trump's Iran framework could leave Tehran with too much control over its uranium stockpile without proper IAEA inspections first.

Obama Center engineer fires back at online critics ripping architecture as ‘monstrous insult’

The Obama Presidential Center's structural engineer says boldness was the goal, calling the tower's design an unprecedented architectural statement.

JD Vance reveals what drew him back to God after seeing Christians had life ‘figured out’

Vice President JD Vance reflects on his faith journey in new book 'Communion,' sharing how Christianity gave him purpose after years of chasing success.

Trump says vandals used chemicals to damage newly renovated reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial

President Trump says vandals damaged the recently renovated reflecting pool near the Lincoln Memorial, saying chemicals were used on the newly installed surface.

After Assad: Syria’s sectarian reckoning

On the anniversary of Bashar Assad’s fall, a small group of professionals gathered at Aznavour, a restaurant in Damascus’s Old City. Red light washed over stone walls as hookah smoke hung in the air and a television cycled through Arabic music videos. They had come to talk about what had changed in Syria — and […]

The wish to be like Wolfgang: Review of ‘Amadeus’

Playwright Peter Shaffer (1926-2016) chased the same idea for 30 years. A mild-mannered, rule-bound protagonist meets a counterpart who is wild at heart. Our hero is at first repelled but soon becomes fascinated, envious, even obsessed. Theatergoers who remember Five Finger Exercise (1958), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), and Lettice and […]

Reviewed: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’

Like a shark hunter who has lost track of the shark, or an adventurer unable to locate the Ark of the Covenant, Steven Spielberg has been drifting for the better part of the decade. In recent years, Spielberg has seemed far removed from the glories of Jaws (1975) or Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), to say nothing of […]

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