President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally reached out to FIFA after U.S. striker Folarin Balogun was shown a red card that initially would have sidelined him for the Americans’ Round of 16 match, arguing Wednesday’s play against Bosnia and Herzegovina never warranted an ejection. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he […]

The Democratic Socialists of America topped 120,000 members on Saturday as the United States celebrated its 250th Independence Day, the group announced Sunday. The DSA is now the “largest socialist organization in United States history,” surpassing the Socialist Party of America’s 1912 peak of 113,000 members, the organization said in an X post. The group […]

U.K. fighter jets intercepted and escorted a Russian aircraft away from a carrier strike group after it repeatedly flew close. On Monday, a Russian Tu-142 “Bear-F” maritime patrol craft, derived from the famous Tu-95 bomber, made repeated close passes at the strike group. During these passes, it dropped several sonobuoys, a listening device used to […]

More than two dozen people have died nationwide, primarily in New Jersey, over the Fourth of July weekend due to the unrelenting heat. New Jersey officials recorded at least 22 heat-related deaths during the heat dome, which has now subsided. At least two more deaths were confirmed in Mississippi, and another was reported in Illinois. […]