Rory McIlroy, US Open stars keeping tabs on World Cup: ‘A good distraction’
World Cup fever has reached just about every part of the United States, even the east end of Long Island, where the U.S. Open is taking place.

World Cup fever has reached just about every part of the United States, even the east end of Long Island, where the U.S. Open is taking place.
This year may be America's 250th birthday but that doesn't seem to matter to most Democrats. The post Poll Finds Only 27 Percent of Democrats Plan to Display the American Flag on July 4th appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Madison Square Garden station was repainted in the Knicks' iconic blue-and-orange scheme on June 1 to honor the New York team’s first finals appearance since 1999.
Fox News host Mark Levin criticized President Donald Trump's Memorandum of Understanding with Iran across a series of posts on X, with his sharpest break coming over the deal's soft treatment of Hezbollah."On top of this, we do the unthinkable," wrote Levin, a longtime Trump defender who has broken with the president over the agreement. "We capitulate to Iran's demand to protect Hezbollah."The conservative host argued that the Iran-backed group, which he said has "brutally murdered hundreds of our fellow citizens," would emerge from the ceasefire untouched. Under the terms Levin described, Hezbollah "not only survives but is immunized" and remains "free to continue to kill Americans, Israelis, and others."Levin took aim at the deal point by point. He characterized a reported $300 billion development fund for Iran, a provision that has drawn alarm from analysts, as a "shiny object," and said the sanctions waivers meant "the Iranian regime is back in business." At one point, Levin wrote, "I just keep shaking my head," calling parts of the deal "too absurd to comprehend."He also faulted how the administration handled the document's release, writing that the "roll out was unhelpful" and questioning why the text was not made public when it was signed.Levin closed with a warning, writing that "this MOU requires serious changes if not outright abandonment." Without them, he said, "a forever war — a continuation of Iran's war on the West — is not in doubt."The posts come amid broader pushback from conservatives over the deal. Trump announced the agreement to end the war with Iran over the weekend, extending a ceasefire that includes Lebanon for 60 days. The deal is expected to be formally signed on Friday in Geneva.
Lawmakers cite rushed timeline and public input despite pressure to redraw districts after supreme court opinionGeorgia Republicans declined to redraw the state’s congressional map during a special session, citing a rushed timeline and incomplete understanding of the ramifications of a recent US supreme court decision that effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act.“We believe that it’s important to do things the Georgia way, responsibly, transparently, and with ample opportunity for public input,” said Jon Burns, the Georgia house speaker. Continue reading...
Tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz with signals turned off are keeping this month’s oil flows at more robust levels than earlier in the Middle East conflict, as shippers await the signing of a US-Iran peace deal this week.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche intervened in New Mexico federal court to keep a man accused of smashing windows of two Jewish properties in Albuquerque jailed until his trial. […]