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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 —...

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...

Vancouver learned to stop worrying and love mega-events

VANCOUVER — On the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics, protesters marched to BC Place, the culmination of a decade-long tug-of-war over whether...

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 for the country’s ambassador to the United States it is...

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 a multi-year Saudi spending extravaganza that has brought global superstars...

Khanna says voters need to extend ‘grace’ to Platner amid controversies

Rep. Ro Khanna urged Maine voters to extend "grace" to Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine whose controversies have made some Democrats skittish about their chances to flip the seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

DOJ to investigate MLB after players warned for putting Bible verses on Pride Night hats

The Department of Justice said it opened a religious discrimination probe into Major League Baseball after the league warned three players about potential discipline for writing Bible verses on their rainbow-stylized caps meant to honor LGBTQ Pride Night.

Paws. Dish. Draw. Repeat.

Sunday presents another test for both Belgium and Maximus Textoris Pulcher, the rescue cat that Prime Minister Bart De Wever hoped would become the...

The world came to play. Southeast Asia came to sell.

President Donald Trump’s fingerprints are all over this World Cup — even the stadium gift shops, trade editor Emily Cadei writes in. Granted, few...

Which members of the prospective ’28 field are hitting the pitch

Gov. Josh Shapiro is quickly becoming the prospective 2028 presidential campaign field’s biggest World Cup fan. On Monday, the Pennsylvania governor and potential presidential...

Trump’s energy secretary says oil flow will be ‘back towards normal’

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is returning to normal, even as Iran threatened to close the critical waterway again because of Israeli strikes on Lebanon.

Sen. Lindsey Graham predicts diplomatic talks with Iran will fail

Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted Sunday that diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear program and keeping open the Strait of Hormuz will "fail."

FIFA plays flag football against Iranian protesters

LOS ANGELES — Iran's players arrived back in the United States yesterday to play Belgium. For supporters of Team Melli, a cat-and-mouse game with...

What does it cost to air-condition a World Cup?

DALLAS — The electric bill for FIFA’s World Cup matches in the U.S. will come to $860,000, according to data compiled by a power...

Trump’s Iran gamble divides GOP hawks and ‘America First’ conservatives over what victory looks like

Trump's Iran memorandum of understanding divides GOP as hawks like Cassidy and Cruz clash with allies over whether the deal surrenders leverage.

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