
A World Cup Full of Geopolitical Tension Is Almost Upon Us
Iran playing in a competition co-hosted by the US is just one of the flashpoints to watch for.
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Trump-linked US attorney says California ‘blocking’ federal audit of voter rolls
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Sunday California is “Blocking a Federal Audit of Its Voter Rolls” one day after Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt questioned the state’s vote-counting system for the first time. Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and a longtime Trump ally, outlined on X long-standing federal concerns […]
USC baseball’s ninth-inning implosion costs trip to College World Series
Two outs. Two measly outs. That was all the most decorated program in the history of college baseball needed to get back to what once felt like its second home. At that point, everything was tilting heavily USC’s way in its bid to make its first College World Series appearance since 2001. USC’s Andrew Johnson...
FBI deploying elite units to secure World Cup matches
It will be the largest World Cup in history, involving 48 teams and 104 matches across 16 cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Last-minute visas and moving training camp: Iran's road to the World Cup
Iran's participation has become one of the most complex stories of the tournament.
4 takeaways from the U.S. men's final tune-up games before the World Cup
The U.S. men's national team chose to play a pair of highly-ranked, super competitive teams in the final lead-up to the World Cup: Senegal and Germany. The matches showed the U.S. is ready.
Iranian soccer team arrives in Mexico for World Cup amid US visa issues
The Iranian men’s soccer team arrived in Mexico on Sunday, with the FIFA World Cup just four days away. The Iranian squad posted to Instagram photos of the team, dressed in matching white shirts and blue blazers, boarding a plane in Antalya, Turkey, on Saturday. The team has been training in Turkey ahead of the…
US Pushes Iran Rebuke Over Uranium Missing Since Bombings Began
The US is moving to censure Iran at the United Nations atomic watchdog, escalating diplomatic pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear activity as their ceasefire is seriously tested by fresh attacks involving Israel.







