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The UN needs an extreme makeover

The UN today is plagued by corruption scandals, questions about its relevance and a severe funding crisis.

Europe’s top sports official talks Panini stickers and World Cup picks

POLITICO caught up with European Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef in Brussels last week to get his top tips for the World Cup. The 36-year-old...

Trump Kills Alleged Leader of Tren de Aragua

There is no obvious justification in American law for the use of lethal military force against an indicted drug trafficker.

Trump administration blocks federal homelessness funds in Los Angeles

The Trump administration has barred Los Angeles County's main homelessness agency from accessing federal funds while it investigates the agency's alleged "wanton mismanagement of public funds."

Democratic lawmakers pledge to help speed up disaster recovery in Puerto Rico

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers promised Puerto Ricans on Friday that they would try to speed up the island's sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds.

Treasury expands bank data-sharing rules tied to Trump immigration crackdown

The Treasury Department moved Friday to enlist the nation's banks more deeply in President Trump's immigration crackdown, including issuing fresh guidance that lets banks rapidly share information about suspected customers and an advisory steering them to flag signs that one of their customers may lack legal immigration status.

Outlining concerns, SEC’s Sankey worries Senate bill could produce more lawsuits, not fewer

One of Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey's concerns with a recently introduced Senate bill designed to fix college sports is that it could increase the likelihood of the very type of litigation the measure proposes to reduce.

Iran peace deal expected to be finalized ‘in the next 24 hours’: Pakistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran could be finalized “in the next 24 hours.” Pakistan has been mediating the peace talks between the two sides, and Sharif wrote in a social media post that the nations “are closer to a peace deal than ever...

When it comes to retirement, a year can change everything 

People who keep working into their 60s report more purpose and stronger social ties.

Maher jabs Trump over UFC: ‘The emperor is holding gladiator games on his birthday’ 

Late night host Bill Maher took aim at the upcoming UFC event at the White House, ridiculing the decision to hold the event on President Trump’s birthday this Sunday. “Our redneck president is turning 80, and to celebrate there is a UFC fight on the lawn,” the comedian said during his opening monologue on Friday...

Ghana’s Partey denied entry for World Cup

Ghanaian star soccer player Thomas Partey is set to miss his national team's opening FIFA World Cup match next week after he was denied entry to Canada. Partey, who also plays for Villarreal CF in Spain's club soccer league, is currently facing charges in the United Kingdom including seven counts of rape and one count...

Fetterman scoffs at Platner: ‘He’s not even a Democrat’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) rebuked the Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race on Friday, saying scandal-plagued Graham Platner is “not even a Democrat.” “We’re the party of pearl clutching, and now we’ve embraced him because we don’t have a choice,” Fetterman told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham in an interview Friday. “Like if you can’t...

Schiff blasts ‘corrupt system’ that made Elon Musk a trillionaire

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) late Friday criticized what he called a “corrupt system” that produces extreme wealth at the top while many Americans lack access to health care. "There is something terribly wrong about an economy that produces its first trillionaire, but cannot provide health care for its people," he wrote late Friday on social platform X,...

Post-Platner Democrats must ask: ‘Are we the baddies?’

"Are we the baddies?" That line from a famous comedy sketch came to mind this week as Democrats struggled to embrace Graham Platner, the Nazi-tattooed, Hamas-praising, veteran-bashing, sex-texting, self-described Communist who was just nominated to be the next U.S. senator from Maine. The hilarious sketch from the British show "That Mitchell and Webb Look" portrays two Nazi soldiers...

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