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Chicago passed on the World Cup but has other sports plans

CHICAGO — The United States’ third-largest city felt confident passing on this year’s World Cup in part because the city’s sports loyalty was well-scripted. The Bears owned Sundays. The...

Did World Cup permanently change ticket-price politics?

Stories of fans left outside stadiums, duped by “ghost tickets” on resale platforms, were...

New York, New Jersey to examine whether World Cup funds were money well spent

New York and New Jersey planned to spend roughly a half billion dollars hosting...

JD Vance and wife Usha welcome fourth child, reveal baby boy’s name

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance welcomed their fourth child, Alec Neel Vance, and said that both mother and baby are healthy.

California is aging fast — and socialism won’t make us younger

California, long associated with youth, is getting old — and twice as quickly as...

6 big World Cup political moments as Argentina faces Spain

The path to Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain has been dotted with political moments. President Trump, inevitably, was to the fore. Trump’s intervention to get Team USA star Folarin Balogun off the hook after the striker was sent off against Bosnia and Herzegovina sparked an international storm. Balogun’s red card would have...

El-Sayed rips Jake Tapper over Israel, Iran questions on CNN

Michigan Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Sunday ripped into CNN host Jake Tapper for asking him questions related to Iran and Israel, specifically about past comments the candidate has made. Tapper first asked El-Sayed about a comment New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) made to The New York Times. When asked if...

Shaheen on House Israeli aid vote: Israel is ‘strongest ally in the Middle East’

Rep. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Sunday that Israel is “our strongest ally in the Middle East” after being questioned about a recent vote in the House where more than 100 Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel. “This is the time to provide that humanitarian support to ensure that the Palestinians are looking at...

Why permanent daylight saving time has failed in the US before

We could soon be observing year-round daylight saving time – again.

Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.

President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.

Retired US Navy admiral on Iran moves: ‘Watch the Suez Canal’

Retired U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis on Sunday warned that the U.S. should watch Iran’s actions in the Suez Canal. “It’s got more traffic flowing through it than the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranians are beginning to make noises about attempting to close that, using the Houthis in the southwest corner,” Stavridis told CNN’s...

‘Rare’ La Niña may form in the Atlantic at the same time as this year’s ‘super’ El Niño

While conditions are heating up for a "super" El Niño in the Pacific, the inverse may be happening in the Atlantic.

My client lost her life savings to a romance scammer. Then she got a tax bill.

As Congress considers how to respond to AI-enabled fraud, it should also revisit a tax code that treats victims differently depending on whether they were manipulated with promises of wealth or promises of love. 

The best human landing system is the one that can beat China to the moon

The problem is that NASA has been given two tasks concerning the moon that may be in conflict.

Fetterman rips Sanders over Platner, El-Sayed endorsements

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has increasingly bucked his party in recent years, went after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for his endorsements of former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. On Saturday, Sanders held a rally alongside El-Sayed and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in Detroit. Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez,...

Trump calls for Congress to add Iran to Russia sanctions bill in Graham’s honor

President Trump on Sunday called on Congress to add Iran to a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill to honor the bill's late author, former Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The bill, first introduced in April 2025, has seen recent momentum after having been stalled in Congress while Trump seeks to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to...

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. 

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