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This diplomatically-minded minister crosses his fingers before his country's semifinal clash against Argentina.That’s David Lammy, the U.K.’s deputy prime minister, making a good luck gesture as he arrives at Downing Street...

The World Cup conundrum of Europe’s far right

BERLIN — As the World Cup comes to a close, there’s one group of...

Democrats look to World Cup watch parties to register thousands of voters

The Democratic National Committee is betting the world’s biggest sporting event can help build...

Spain or Argentina, who’s going to win? Europe has its say.

Good morning and welcome to World Cup final day. POLITICO's live blog will be...

Johnson warns America is in ‘battle’ against Marxism, calls for renewed focus on nation’s founding principles

Mike Johnson warned at the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit that Marxism is gaining traction as Democratic Socialist-backed candidates win primaries.

Live updates: Iran war rages after US soldiers killed; Trump to attend World Cup Final

The reignited Iran war is raging after the U.S. military launched retaliatory attacks Saturday in response to Iranian strikes that saw two service members killed in Jordan. President Trump called the deaths "a very sad thing," saying "they were in service of our country." Meanwhile, the president's Thursday primetime speech — when he revisited his...

Trump on US service members killed in Jordan: ‘It’s a very sad thing’

President Trump on Saturday said the deaths of U.S. service members in Jordan is “a very sad thing.” “We hate to see it happen. They were in service of our country. And they, every one of them will never allow, they’ll fight to the death. But never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon," Trump...

Tying laws to specific cases can do more harm than good

Victims’ stories can sometimes illuminate policy failures and inspire meaningful reforms. But compelling stories are no substitute for careful, non-partisan analysis. 

Jon Ossoff, amid presidential chatter, hits Trump over elections

Sen. Jon Ossoff is going on offense against President Trump, emerging as one of the Democratic Party’s most aggressive critics on elections — an issue that hits close to home for the Georgia Democrat. Ossoff won his seat in the Senate in a runoff election held on Jan. 5, 2021 — a day before the...

Hegseth’s testosterone mandate carries risks, raises questions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth kicked a hornet’s nest with his move this week to test troops’ testosterone levels. Hegseth argues the effort, to become part of the military’s periodic health assessment for troops over 30, will ensure the optimal performance and long-term health of warfighters. But medical experts say Hegseth's rationale for the directive isn't...

Divide grows between AI employees and executives over policy battles

Tech employees in Silicon Valley are increasingly finding themselves at odds with industry executives, who are spending millions to push for light-touch AI regulation. The latest disagreement is playing out in a new political spending fight between OpenAI’s rank-and-file employees and the firm’s co-founder and president Greg Brockman. A group of current and former OpenAI...

Taylor Farms expands lettuce recall to 27 states

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce that was distributed to 27 states after federal health officials linked the lettuce from its supplier in central Mexico to the spread of an “explosive diarrhea” parasite. Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linked shredded iceberg lettuce from a single...

US military unleashes retaliatory strikes against Iran after soldiers killed in Jordan 

The U.S. military unleashed airstrikes against Iran on Saturday evening in retaliation for Tehran hitting two military bases in Jordan a day prior, during which two U.S. service members were killed, the U.S. Central Command announced (Centcom). The new wave of strikes began at 6 p.m. EDT in what U.S. officials said was an effort...

White House official defends Argentina’s use of Falklands banner

The White House's World Cup task force head defended Argentina's national soccer team after they displayed a banner asserting the country's territorial claim to the Falkland Islands, long a source of tension with the United Kingdom, after their semi-final win over England. Executive director of the White House’s World Cup task force Andrew Giuliani said...

Ontario premier slams Trump wildfires criticism: ‘Absolutely unacceptable’

Ontario premier Doug Ford on Saturday blasted the criticism leveled at the Canadian government by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans over its handling of raging wildfires as “totally unacceptable.” “We’re trying to get through this,” Ford told reporters during a press conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario, calling the rhetoric coming from some in...

Sunday shows preview: Trump election claims raise alarm; Iran war shows no end in sight

President Trump used his primetime address on Thursday night to revive his claims of foreign interference in U.S. elections, making headlines as lawmakers weigh the fallout from his push to overhaul the nation’s voting system. During the address, Trump claimed that China allegedly obtained hundreds of millions of U.S. voter records while seeking to interfere...

Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts for millions: What to know

More than 100 million Americans are under air quality alerts as smoke from wildfires in Canada and northern Minnesota blankets parts of the U.S. and releases microscopic particles into the atmosphere that can raise serious health risks. Shifting winds have pushed thick haze into major metro areas across the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, reducing...

Trump election speech divides a GOP wary of midterms

President Trump’s efforts to win congressional approval of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act at all costs are frustrating Republicans who see him as picking the wrong fights with his party ahead of a crucial midterm election. The frustrations were magnified by the primetime address Trump gave Thursday night that revisited his frustrations...

CNN’s Smerconish blasts own network, others for not airing Trump’s election speech

CNN host Michael Smerconish said major television networks acted with “condescension” by not airing President Trump’s primetime speech on election fraud on their channels, saying viewers should be trusted to evaluate the president’s remarks for themselves. Several of the nation’s biggest networks, including CNN, NBC and ABC, refused to broadcast Trump’s Thursday night address live,...

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