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Trump's USA World Cup watch party a raucous hit on National Mall
America's young men and women packed the National Mall in the nation's capital and created scenes that likely haven't been witnessed in decades.The United States faced Bosnia-Herzegovina at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday, with fans across the country taking in the monumental game.'It's so crazy over here!'Team USA has now matched their performance for their last three World Cups by winning 2-0 and advancing to the round of 16, but by being one of the host nations, fans are noticing a huge change in support from young Americans.There exists no better example than the FIFA World Cup 2026 Fan Zone, an experience put on by the Trump administration's Freedom 250 initiative at the National Mall, right in the heart of Washington, D.C.Thousands packed the mall to watch the game in what seemed like a college football stadium atmosphere, with fans losing their minds when Team USA scored their first goal in the 45th minute to go up 1-0.DC News Now's reporter Tyger Munn was in the eye of the storm when the goal happened, and attendees went ballistic."You can't even see me right now it's so crazy over here!" he yelled into the microphone. After leading a chant with the crowd, the reporter passionately described the feeling:"Just look at all this energy, the patriotism, it's beautiful to see here at National Mall, guys."RELATED: Democrats hoping to blame Trump for World Cup failures forced to change strategy after great success When Team USA scored their second goal in the 82nd minute, video captured what seemed like an even more massive crowd erupting late into the evening.As beer cans flew, beach balls bounced, and fans were on each other's shoulders, the scenes were wild as the youngsters packed the area for an organized, rambunctious, and clean but safe event.Team USA has made it to the round of 16, where the team made it in the 2010, 2014, and the 2022 World Cups. The team's best performance in the modern era came in the 2002 World Cup in Japan/South Korea, when Team USA finished eighth and made it to the quarterfinals.Technically, the team's best performance came in 1930 in Uruguay, however, with a third-place finish.Team USA did not qualify between 1954 and 1986 and also did not qualify in 2018.RELATED: 'Just follow the money': NFL doctor reveals why so many players are getting injured Finn Gomez/Getty Images Team USA goals were scored by Folarin Balogun from Brooklyn, New York, and Malik Tillman, who was born in Germany but has played for both American and German national squads since 2016; his father is American, and his mother is German.The United States will play Belgium on Monday at 8 p.m. ET at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Belgians have struggled to live up to past expectations this tournament, barely scraping by Senegal on Wednesday with a 3-2 win in extra time.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Spain vs. Austria World Cup prediction: Odds, picks, best bets for Round of 32
Austria will take a crack at ending the Spaniards’ 34-game unbeaten streak in the Round of 32 on Thursday.
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Washington Examiner
The court got party spending right. Foreign money is still the problem
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that the federal government cannot cap how much a political party spends in direct coordination with its own candidates. National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission struck down a Federal Election Campaign Act provision that had limited coordinated party expenditures since 1974, overruling the court’s 2001 decision […]
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BBC News
World Cup boom falters as US hospitality jobs fall in June
There had been early signs of a jobs boom from the tournament, but hospitality jobs declined in June.
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Kyiv hit by massive Russian drone and missile attack, killing at least 18
Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people.
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The terrible red card that jeopardizes everything the U.S. has accomplished at the World Cup
They will have to play their next match without standout striker Folarin Balogun.
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How a radical far-right doctrine triumphed at the Supreme Court: legal scholar
In its 6-3 Trump v. Slaughter ruling released on Monday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court's GOP-appointed supermajority decided that President Donald Trump enjoys considerable power when it comes to his ability to fire members of independent regulatory agencies. The ruling rejected the High Court's Humphrey's Executor v. United States precedent of 1935, and Peter M. Shane — a scholar at the New York University School of Law — views Trump v. Slaughter as a major "triumph" for a "radical" far-right doctrine known as the "unitary executive theory."The unitary executive theory, promoted by many MAGA Republicans, favors a very powerful executive branch for the federal government. But critics of the theory, including conservative New York Times columnist David French, see it as unconstitutional and anti-checks and balances.The "Slaughter" in Trump v. Slaughter was Rebecca Slaughter, who Trump fired from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The High Court ruled that Trump was well within her right to fire her.Shane is highly critical of the Robert Court's Trump v. Slaughter ruling, which he sees as a recipe for presidential overreach."In the words of Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote for the majority, the FTC 'unquestionably exercises executive power, and must therefore be controlled by the Chief Executive, in whom such power is vested,'" Shane explains. "As a result, he said, Rebecca Slaughter 'served as the President's subordinate at the FTC — and that the President was entitled to cut her tenure short.' In so concluding, the Court explicitly overruled the unanimous 1935 decision Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which held exactly the opposite with regard to the same agency…. The Court's decision extends to all independent regulatory agencies, not just the FTC. Its central premise is that the president is constitutionally entitled to control all exercises of executive power — the 'unitary executive theory.'"Shane continues, "Roberts defined 'executive power' as broadly as is possible: 'When an agency executes a congressional mandate against private parties,' he wrote, 'it exercises executive power — no ifs, ands, or quasis about it.' Because all of the regulatory agencies created by Congress issue rules and orders that affect private parties, they all would appear to exercise executive power within the Roberts definition."Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Barack Obama appointee, was among the three dissenters in Trump v. Slaughter — and Shane shares her concerns. "It is not hard to imagine how a creative president could use his newfound control over all agencies," Shane writes. "As (Justice Neil) Gorsuch points out, giving presidents unfettered control over the specialized agencies allows a retributive chief executive to launch attacks on his opponents from multiple directions…. A Court tilted against regulation has positioned itself as the ultimate, nondeferential arbiter of when legal challenges to the president are even permissible and whether those challenges have merit. The Court can also tell Congress if measures the legislative branch thought 'necessary and proper' to constrain the executive went too far."Shane continues, "Justice Sonia Sotomayor is certainly correct in stating that 'the result' of Slaughter 'is a President who emerges with far greater power than ever before.' One might, however, say the same about the Roberts Court itself."
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