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  • by By Sasha Issenberg
    Timothy Weah hangs with Zohran Mamdani, dismissed Donald Trump and wins a shout-out from Hillary Clinton.
  • by By Sasha Issenberg
    The World Cup host paid tribute to California’s Native American tribes before its first match on U.S. soil.
  • by By Mickey Djuric
    Partey faces rape charges in the U.K. but has not yet stood trial.
  • by By Adam Wren
    Between World Cup matches, Young weighs a looming surveillance fight and the GOP's next generation of leaders.
  • by By Gregory Svirnovskiy
    “You should just pull out every stop right now to make sure that there are no problems,” said Indiana Sen. Todd Young.
  • by By Gregory Svirnovskiy
    Missouri is not launching a probe into pricing strategies employed by FIFA, a spokesperson from the state attorney general’s office told POLITICO, as several states playing host to World Cup matches take the organization to task for allegedly misleading fans. Colbey Stosberg, public affairs specialist at the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, said in a statement […]
  • by By Chris Sommerfeldt and Joe Anuta
    DEPARTMENT OF UNFORCED ERRORS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani held an annual Puerto Rican heritage event today at Gracie Mansion that underscored a growing tiff. The afternoon celebration was pared-down. Prominent leaders never received an invite or declined to attend. And Nuyoricans were initially told it wasn’t going to happen at all. Roughly 200 people milled about […]
  • by By Megan Messerly and Sophia Cai
    As the World Cup kicks off, cracks are emerging in Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s carefully tended relationship with President Donald Trump — over trade, cartels and a brewing extradition standoff.
  • by By Gregory Svirnovskiy
    In May, several musical artists dropped out of planned performances at the fair after learning of its ties to Trump.
  • by By Liz Crampton, Erin Doherty, Lisa Kashinsky and Samuel Benson
    Their new deadline for the war: Labor Day.
  • by By Gregory Svirnovskiy
    President Donald Trump called the U.S. men's soccer team on Friday ahead of its opening matchup at the World Cup in Los Angeles, predicting big things for them and head coach Mauricio Pochettino. “I just called to say you’re a fantastic guy, a fantastic coach,” Trump said. “I know all about your record and your […]
  • by By Ry Rivard
    A wall of thunderstorms kiboshed a POLITICO reporter’s assignment to attend Canada vs. Bosnia.