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Iran’s fans, pro and con

LOS ANGELES — Moments after Iran and Belgium battled to a scoreless draw at SoFi Stadium, the Belgian players beat a hasty retreat to the locker room. Not the...

Vancouver learned to stop worrying and love mega-events

VANCOUVER — On the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics, protesters marched to...

What Jordan’s ambassador wants you to think about while watching Messi

Jordan is among the teams making its first-ever appearance at a World Cup, and...

Sports is the Gulf’s favorite soft power play. The World Cup is a hard test.

ATLANTA — Gulf countries have plowed billions of dollars into domestic soccer, led by...

Bernie Sanders’ call to seize the AI industry has damning lessons about politics today

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest communist fever dream — nationalize half the AI industry —...

Anthropic model takedown fuels warning of ‘ad hoc’ AI regulation

Presented by Philip Morris International {beacon} /a> Technology PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Anthropic model takedown fuels warning of ‘ad hoc’ AI regulation The White House is coming under fire for a directive prompting Anthropic to pull its latest models, and AI policy advocates warn the move signals the White House is taking an “ad hoc”...

CMS proposes codifying, strengthening Medicare drug price negotiations 

Presented by Philip Morris International {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story CMS proposes codifying, strengthening Medicare drug price negotiations The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing changes to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program that would codify the requirements of the program and close a potential loophole that drugmakers could exploit. © Jenny...

Trump’s Iran deal triggers speculation, skepticism, market bump: 5 takeaways

The agreement between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and kick-start 60 days of nuclear negotiations is set to be signed in person Friday, but it’s still unclear what’s in it. Senior U.S. officials told reporters Monday that the memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed digitally over the weekend, is only the...

Trump, Netanyahu tensions reach new high, complicating Iran deal

Tensions have never been higher between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over how to end the war they started together, threatening the viability of a U.S.-Iran peace deal signed over the weekend.  Trump is claiming victory in cutting off the Islamic Republic’s pathway to a nuclear weapon, while the deal also reopens...

Vance takes center stage with Iran deal to open Strait of Hormuz

Vice President Vance is taking center stage as the U.S. is poised to sign a preliminary deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in what could prove to be a political opportunity or minefield as seeks to tout his credentials ahead of 2028. President Trump said on Monday the vice president will represent...

Warsh faces bind between Trump, inflation

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Warsh faces bind between Trump, inflation Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is facing a major challenge ahead of his first monetary policy meeting leading the central bank on the heels of an alarming May inflation report....

US strategic oil reserve hits lowest level since 1983

The U.S. supply of emergency oil has hit its lowest level since 1983, according to newly released federal data. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is down to 340.3 million barrels, according to the data released on Monday. The last time that levels were this low was 1983, when the Reagan administration was filling up the reserve...

Alaska election official rules Senate candidate with same name as Sullivan is ineligible on ballot

An Alaskan election official determined Monday that a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is ineligible to appear on the ballot.  “On review of the complaints and other information in the Division’s possession, I conclude that your declaration of candidacy was not properly filed with the Division because it was...

Thune says Congress needs more information about US-Iran peace deal

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he doesn’t yet have enough information to make a judgment about the peace deal between the United States and Iran announced by President Trump on Sunday, and he urged the administration to send senior officials to Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers on the details. “I don’t know enough...

Trump admin paying thousands of dollars per month to store ruined USAID contraceptives

Millions of dollars' worth of contraceptives meant to be distributed to low-income nations in Africa have expired, but the Trump administration is paying tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep them in storage in Belgium, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) inspector general.  About $9.7 million worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives purchased by USAID and...

Trump World Cup task force head Andrew Giuliani: Somali referee ‘was talking to some very bad people’

President Trump’s World Cup czar, Andrew Giuliani, on Sunday claimed that a Somali referee —who was denied entry into the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup — "was talking to some very bad people." "There's some classified information we can't discuss now," Guiliani told CBS News in an interview. "At some point, that may be released." Giuliani told...

US soccer star’s 2 World Cup goals thrust Trump birthright citizenship push into spotlight

U.S. men’s soccer striker Folarin Balogun scored two goals in the Americans’ victorious opener of the FIFA World Cup on Friday, a performance that would not have occurred had his mother not traveled to the U.S. just before he was born. The performance has also put President Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship back in...

Carville: Trump ‘going to walk away’ from presidency by next Easter

Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday predicted that President Trump is "going to walk away" from the presidency and leave office by next Easter. Carville said during a discussion with his "Politics War Room" podcast co-host Al Hunt that Trump "has no earthly idea of what's coming" following the midterm elections in the fall. "The...

White House weighed suspending habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants: Book

The White House last year weighed suspending habeas corpus rights, which allow for a challenge of someone’s detention, for undocumented immigrants, according to a new book from two New York Times reporters. According to a report from the Times published Monday featuring details from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump” by reporters...

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