politics
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 a...
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 and...
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 2026...
'Don't count on me to say bad words'
The French minister for sports, Marina Ferrari, was in New York City to support her national team, which will play its second match tomorrow against...
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...
How 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 Vancouver...
Scoop: Bobby Pulido headlined school benefit with registered sex offender
Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed onstage alongside a registered sex offender at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018, Axios has...
Democrats are struggling with a growing mess in Maine
House Democrats' campaign arm and main super PAC are stopping short of saying they will pull out all the stops to hold onto Maine's lone...
Iran to allow UN nuclear inspectors back in, Vance says
Iran agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors into the country, Vice President JD Vance announced Monday after the first round of U.S.–Iran nuclear...
People Inc. CEO accuses Google of abusing its market power with web crawling
CANNES, France — People Inc. CEO Neil Vogel accused Google of abusing its market power by using the same crawler for both search and AI.Why...
"I'm out": Tucker Carlson says he's done with the GOP
Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he's "out" of the Republican Party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views. Why it matters: The...
Judge blocks Trump subpoenas targeting Minnesota Democrats
Minnesota's top federal judge on Monday quashed several Trump administration subpoenas for immigration-related records from Gov. Tim Walz (D) and a dozen other state and...