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Your guide to the biggest World Cup 2026 fan festivals in New York and New Jersey
The New York metropolitan area will be abuzz with activities during the length of the World Cup tournament.
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World Cup facts and figures to get you sounding like an expert
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With a record 48 teams and 1,248 players, there's an endless number of stats about the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here are a few to get you started.
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Infantino plays the hits as Fifa’s defender-in-chief on eve of World Cup | Pablo Iglesias Maurer
The Fifa president’s monologue before the 2022 World Cup attained legendary status for all the wrong reasons. He was in familiar form four years onGianni Infantino’s speech on the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is the stuff of legend. You know the one – the rambling, hour-long monologue where he told us all how he felt. He felt gay that day. He also felt disabled, Qatari, Arab, African and like a migrant worker. In doing so, the Fifa president engraved himself permanently into meme culture, and his remarks remain a popular source of online amusement to this day.On Wednesday, amid a gaggle of reporters and photographers, Infantino once again took to the stage. He sat in a tent in the shadow of the Estadio Azteca – it has been renamed Estadio Ciudad de México for the World Cup – a place many see as the western hemisphere’s cathedral of football. On Thursday, Mexico will host South Africa in the opening match of the 2026 World Cup. Continue reading...
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Along the 7 train in Queens, World Cup fans welcome the 'beautiful game'
The 2026 World Cup is being played in New Jersey, but in Queens, New York, home to immigrants from all over the world, soccer is not just a sport. It's a way of life.
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Victor Wembanyama finally gets flagrant in NBA Finals— one game too late
It might have come a game too late, but Victor Wembanyama was finally given a flagrant foul.
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Trump's top Manhattan prosecutor unnerves legal experts with his cable TV habit
The top Manhattan prosecutor in Trump's Department of Justice is alarming legal experts with his behavior.During a recent interview, Adam Klasfeld raised red flags over Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, because of his constant appearances on CNBC. Clayton "sowed doubt" over the California elections, but that wasn't all the stunned Klasfeld, who's been a court reporter for the past two decades."I have never seen a U.S. attorney engage in political commentary on cable, period," Klasfeld said. "And he is now a regular fixture, Jay Clayton, on Squawk Box on CNBC, where he spouts off pro-Trump talking points regularly."In addition to bringing up unfounded fraud concerns around the California elections, Clayton has also talked about how Trump was wronged in criminal prosecutions against him, defended the $1.776 billion slush fund, and engaged in "soft election denialism," Klasfeld said.Michael Popok, a former prosecutor and the host of Legal AF, added to Klasfeld's observations. Popok noted that Clayton "is a very close friend and always has been with Howard Lutnick," Trump's commerce secretary, who's been questioned about his ties to Epstein.Clayton is also a "golfing buddy" with Lutnick and Trump, according to Popok, adding that his purpose is to make the Southern District of New York look good under Trump."When you see him on television, he looks like he's from central casting," Popok said about Clayton. "His sole purpose is to give a veneer of credibility, and to restore some credibility to that office while continuing to be a political hatchet man."THE POPOK POP-UP: BREAKING NEWS AND ADAM KLASFELD, TOO! by Legal AFA recording from Legal AF's live videoRead on Substack
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'That’s absolutely not true': GOP pundit's blame game gets pounced by panel
Republican pundit and Trump supporter Scott Jennings suffered an odd moment of silence after CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Karen Finney corrected his claim that inflation numbers today are better than they were under former president Joe Biden.Collins asked Jennings point blank for his take on President Donald Trump’s claim to “love” inflation—even as it plagues voters seeing $70 vehicle fill-ups and $500 increase in monthly grocery bills.“No, it was very inartful. I mean, I understand what he was I think he was saying that he feels encouraged that the numbers are better today than they were under Biden,” Jennings informed the panel of the Source with Kaitlan Collins.“That’s absolutely not true,” corrected Finney.“They’re as bad as today as they were since 2023,” said Collins.After a pause, Jennings said: “You’re arguing that inflation today or during Trump’s term is as bad as it was during Biden’s term? Surely nobody would argue that.”“No, I'm saying that Trump said he was going to come into office and lower inflation and it's higher today than it was when he took office,” Collins said. At that point, Jennings grabbed the familiar GOP refrain that the rate of inflation is what really matters, as if the speed with which inflation changes is what’s impacting voters’ bank accounts — rather than the amount of it.“The rate of inflation today is certainly lower than the rate of inflation during Biden's term,” Jennings insisted.“But not when Trump took office,” said Collins, perhaps not fully grasping the length of Jenning’s logic twist. “It's the highest it's been since 2023.”“I'm not, I'm not arguing the numbers,” said Jennings. “I saw the report. And by the way, it is a political issue. I mean, if inflation continues to trend up, if gas prices don't come down, you can't deny that.”At that point Finney and Jennings launched into crosstalk.“But do you think he'll apologize to the American people for taking the economy and making them broke?” challenged Finney.“We've had three straight months of massive job growth,” Jennings insisted. “We have manufacturing—”“Well then why are people losing their health care. Why are gas prices over $6? Why are grocery prices [exploding].” - YouTube youtu.be
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Timothy Weah accepting possible USMNT bench role as World Cup opens
Ever since the 2022 World Cup, Timothy Weah’s status as a starter for the U.S. men’s national team has rarely been in question. Except now.
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Somali World Cup referee denied U.S. entry, hailed as hero at home
A World Cup dream denied — Somali referee Omar Artan receives a hero's welcome at home after being blocked from entering the United States and taking part in the World Cup.
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