Category: Politics

The head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination partner is calling on the international soccer body to not adopt a ban on transgender athletes at the Women’s World Cup, after the Trump administration … Read More

This diplomatically-minded minister crosses his fingers before his country’s semifinal clash against Argentina. That’s David Lammy, the U.K.’s deputy prime minister, making a good luck gesture as he arrives at Downing Street … Read More

The Democratic National Committee is betting the world’s biggest sporting event can help build its voter base. The DNC is launching a nationwide voter registration effort for Sunday’s World Cup … Read More

WISCASSET, Maine — As Maine Democrats began the rushed and convoluted process to name a successor to scandal-plagued former nominee Graham Platner, it became quickly clear that progressive Troy Jackson … Read More

From the moment the United States launched its bid to co-host the 2026 World Cup, the games were pitched as a way to elevate and promote North America’s most distinctive … Read More

Abdul El-Sayed on AIPAC spending, ‘Defund the Police’ and why he’s not a socialist lead image

A self-funding businessman is seizing on messy scandals to try and topple President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for a deep-red House seat. Republican Daniel Keenan is making a hard run … Read More

Democrats continue to rake in cash across some of the nation’s most pivotal Senate races, outpacing their Republican counterparts several times over. In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has 20 … Read More

It’s win or bust for England and Argentina in Atlanta tonight. But in one area of global affairs — in a part of the world very familiar to leaders in … Read More

This prime minister of a country that has not appeared in a World Cup in nearly 30 years shakes hands with former Liberian president and Ballon d’Or winner George Weah. … Read More