politics
The UK’s World Cup diplomatic mullet
While Boston and Dallas have been taken over by marauding Scotland and England fans, Washington, D.C., this week welcomed a (slightly) more sedate British crowd...
Campaigns get in the game
You don't have to rely on The Discourse to know whether soccer is finally being embraced by America. Political ad spending targeted to catch World...
Lurie seeing red, white and blue
Daniel Lurie is already imagining the scene at Levi’s Stadium on July 1. The San Francisco Democrat — who, according to at least one recent...
The Brazil-Haiti match that changed the world
Brazil has won a record five World Cups, but the most important match it has ever played may have been an exhibition match against Haiti...
Wealth correlation with soccer ability?
POLITICO has been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s World Cup participants rank in several other off-field categories, which we'll...
The Man Who Could Keep Colombia's Left in Power
The Pink Tide that first pulled politics leftward throughout much of Latin America in the 2000s took a bit longer to reach Colombia. Dominated for...
Trump envoys head to Switzerland for potential Iran talks
White House envoy Steve Witkoff is on his way to Switzerland, where the first round of talks with Iran on a potential nuclear deal is...
Trump frames Cuba intervention as easier than Iran
President Trump said Thursday on "The Axios Show" that "it's possible" a potential Cuba invasion would resemble the swift capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro...
Exclusive: Trump tells "The Axios Show" that Anthropic was a national security threat
President Trump reached the point last week of viewing Anthropic as a national security threat, he said in an exclusive interview for "The Axios Show,"...
The soccer boss in Mark Carney’s ear
VANCOUVER — Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber joined Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday to watch Canada’s thrashing of Qatar. Garber probably did not...
The accidental American
In 2001, airline employees stopped a seven-months pregnant Florence Balogun from traveling home to London, deeming her too pregnant to fly. She stayed in New...
The Americans who want to see Australia do well
SEATTLE — Some American fans walking toward Lumen Field on Friday morning were playfully jeering their Australian peers whenever they spotted a telltale yellow jersey....