Politics

Why Australia’s politicians are skipping out on the ...

The long shadow of an expense scandal is keeping members of the governing Lab...

Egypt team staffer in altercation with Dallas police

Police say they were responding to a request from security at the team’s hote...

Argentina returns to Miami under tighter security

The last time the team played here, fans stormed the gates and delayed kickof...

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the politi...

When a World Cup exit becomes a political crisis

Angry fans are normal. Presidential investigations, prosecution threats and g...

The European sports host with the most

Switzerland is home to many international sporting organizations — and a pile...

Spot the pol!

Study the photograph carefully. Only the political figure is missing. Guess w...

Could Switzerland find a winning XI out of 10 million?

Swiss voters were asked whether to cap immigration just as their national tea...

Portugal plays bigger than its size — in both politi...

How a small nation became a diplomatic superpower.

The Croatian team’s favorite singer is a fascist sal...

Fans across two continents belted out Marko Perković Thompson’s “Lijepa Li Si...

Inside the DHS's World Cup nerve center

Behind the scenes at the 24/7 command center where the Trump administration t...

The World Cup has returned to a radically hotter Ame...

Since the U.S. last hosted in 1994, climate change has reshaped the condition...

Why this year’s World Cup is so pricey

POLITICO talked to Florian Ederer, a professor at Boston University — and a s...

Los Angeles hosts battle of the Habsburgs

Both Spain and Austria still bear the imprint of dynastic rule.

Boys will be boycotters

14% The share of Spanish respondents over the age of 65 who told the POLITIC...

It's coming home ... in the wee hours

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pass a last-minute law allo...