Burnham: New law strikes at 'cover-up culture' over soccer disaster
LONDON — A police cover-up after a 1989 football stadium tragedy was seminal in shaping soon-to-be new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s political outlook. Upon returning to the House of…
French soccer team arrives in Dallas on an ICE deportation jet
The French national team arrived in Dallas on Sunday aboard an Airbus A320 jet. The day before, the same jet had been used for an ICE deportation flight to Nicaragua.…
‘Intolerable whiff of racism’: Spanish soccer’s never-ending problem
MADRID — A soccer-racism row involving a former prime minister has triggered renewed scrutiny of a perennial Spanish problem. Mariano Rajoy, who governed Spain between 2011 and 2018 as leader…
Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline, will serve out his Senate term
Darline Graham Nordone, Lindsey Graham’s younger sister and close confidant, will serve the remainder of the late senator’s term in Washington. “It’s my honor to ask his little sister Darline…
Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump. A new poll shows they’re furious at his deportations.
Benny Melendez voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. But since Trump returned to the White House, it has been increasingly difficult for Melendez to run his small construction company…
North Carolina Republicans are anxious for more money to beat Roy Cooper
North Carolina Republicans have a message for Washington: The cavalry needs to come. Their Senate nominee, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley, is lagging far behind Roy Cooper, the…
How ICE melted from view at the World Cup
Ahead of this year’s World Cup, Democrats had warned that immigration enforcement agents at matches were likely to cross the line with fans or players and create international incidents in…
Spot the pol!
This lawmaking leader of Cape Verdean descent intervened with the State Department when the mother of Cabo Verde’s dazzling goalkeeper Vozinha was initially unable to secure a U.S. visa to…
The secret to becoming a sporting superpower
Few countries punch above their weight in sport quite like Norway. With a population of approximately 5.6 million, it consistently produces world-class talent across soccer, athletics, winter sports, cycling, golf…
Progressives think they've found a way around their old social media posts
Progressive Democratic candidates have one thing to say to their establishment amid a wave of primary victories poised to dramatically alter the ideological makeup of their party: Enough with the…









