Alternative World Cup rankings

Congratulations to Sweden on winning this year’s World Cup … and also to France, Qatar, Uruguay, Norway, New Zealand and Switzerland for the same thing. No, POLITICO hasn’t been engaging…

Todd Young talks World Cup geopolitics, Section 702 — and 2028

BARGERSVILLE, Ind. — Sen. Todd Young settled into a booth at a Belgian-style brewhouse in a suburb just south of Indianapolis to watch Canada square off against Bosnia and Herzegovina—a…

FIFA does pre-game land acknowledgment

INGLEWOOD, California — FIFA paid tribute to California’s Native American tribes as part of the pregame festivities ahead of Friday’s match at SoFi Stadium, the tournament’s first in the United…

‘Knife’s edge’: US-Mexico relationship teeters as World Cup begins

Just after halftime in their country’s match against South Africa on Thursday afternoon, Mexican embassy officials were nervous. Forward Julián Quiñones scored a goal in the first nine minutes, and…

PR fail: Mamdani’s Boricua bungle

DEPARTMENT OF UNFORCED ERRORS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani held an annual Puerto Rican heritage event today at Gracie Mansion that underscored a growing tiff. The afternoon celebration was pared-down. Prominent leaders…

Freedom 250’s fair on National Mall highlights conservative groups

The nation’s conservative advocacy groups will be well represented at the Great American State Fair, a two-week-long exposition celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary on the National Mall that is blessed…

The Epic Story of How Trump Seized the World Cup

“I was undecided with whether I never wanted to see these people ever again, because we had a pretty good idea of what had happened,” said former U.S. Soccer President…

Bosnia beat Italy. Utica never recovered.

When Bosnian refugees started arriving in Utica, New York, in the mid-1990s, it was a down-on-its-heels Rust Belt city that had seen its population crater by roughly a third from…

Not another political World Cup

World Cup history is awash with politics — and politicians — intruding on the soccer. For almost a century, leaders ranging from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to Argentine military junta…

Lee Zeldin on rising gas prices, energy dominance and AI data centers

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