Politics

Did World Cup permanently change ticket-price politics?

A wave of fans left outside World Cup stadiums after buying "ghost tickets" h...

New York, New Jersey to examine whether World Cup fu...

The host committee released a study last summer predicting $3.3 billion in ec...

It's Giuliani (extra) time

White House FIFA Taskforce executive director Andrew Giuliani told me on Frid...

Spot the pol!

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

All the president's guests

World leaders, royals and Trump allies join the president in his World Cup su...

A very Infantino-coded show

Shakira, Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and a coitier of other musicians and dan...

FIFA's soccer-agent rules survive EU court ruling … ...

Two agents challenged several of the world governing body's laws, arguing the...

The World Cup final came to town. The town grew 8 ti...

Meet East Rutherford mayor Jeffrey Lahullier and the other parking-lot poobah...

The awkward encounters ahead of Trump

NEW YORK — Trump’s first World Cup appearance could double as a diplomatic ob...

Europeans say ugh to half-time show

Europeans are much less likely than Americans to support the upcoming half-ti...

Spot the pol!

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

'They're trying not to pay their bills': Sherrill un...

Mikie Sherrill talks about New Jersey's World Cup moment, FIFA and Donald Tru...

Spain or Argentina? Politicians are divided on the W...

We asked some of the most dedicated tourney followers in American politics to...

Mamdani’s NYC World Cup jerseys beat the bots

The New York City-themed World Cup jerseys announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani ...

Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senat...

Jackson’s preferred delegates have won a majority of the seats at next week’s...

Why Spain's right is ready to cheer

66% Sixty-six percent of Spaniards say they would feel pride if their country...