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Want to experience the World Cup for $10? Head to the FIFA Fan Festival
1 p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The World Cup has officially landed in Los Angeles, and for fans without match tickets, attending the FIFA Fan Festival could be the next best thing. Taking place Thursday through Sunday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the family-friendly event will feature live match broadcasts on jumbo screens, cultural programming, interactive experiences,…
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Secret gathering lays out plan to stop Trump from ‘perverting the election’
A group of 10 Democratic senators and the party’s top election lawyers quietly convened to game out responses to what they fear could be an unprecedented attempt to disrupt or overturn the results of this fall’s midterm elections. The closed-door session, first reported by Politico, brought together a roster of high-profile legal and political strategists,…
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Skip $300 parking. How to get to the World Cup at SoFi Stadium on $1.75 Metro shuttles
In a perfect world, you’d be able to take a helicopter from your home straight to Sofi Stadium during the World Cup. But unfortunately, we do not live in that world, so you’ll probably need to find a reliable and cheap way to get to the World Cup. Fans from all around will flock to…
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‘Bleak’: Trump’s massive new Pentagon push crashes into a GOP wall
Two of the Senate GOP’s most senior figures are openly questioning President Donald Trump’s massive new Pentagon funding push, throwing fresh doubt on his ambitious $1.5 trillion military budget goal, according to Punchbowl News. Trump launched his latest funding blitz on Truth Social Wednesday night, demanding Republicans “IMMEDIATELY advance and pass” a $350 billion reconciliation…
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House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., lashed out at Republican efforts to investigate a Democratic fundraising apparatus on Wednesday afternoon, characterizing the ongoing fraud probe as the most recent instance of GOP retribution against Black women in power. “Over and over again, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has harassed Black women with bogus lawsuits,” Sewell said on…
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Trump Once Played Soccer
By the time Donald Trump was in his senior year at New York Military Academy, he had quit playing football and decided to join the varsity soccer team. Most of his teammates were from South or Central America, the children of diplomats and military officers: four Colombians, two Peruvians, and players from Mexico, Costa Rica,…
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How Mexican World Cup Stadiums Achieved FIFA’s Environmental Certifications
Because of their scale, soccer stadiums require a fair amount of energy and water. A single match activates all their systems at the same time: field irrigation, toilets, lighting, ventilation, and services for tens of thousands of people. In that time, they also generate large volumes of waste, mainly plastics and food trash. For the…
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World Cup-related scams: What to know about fake websites, ticket offers and payment requests
The first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the U.S. — when the United States takes on Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood — is coming Friday. Soccer fans are psyched, and scammers aim to profit from that, L.A. sheriff’s officials say. Cyberscammers are zeroing in on the heightened emotions people are feeling…
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What Lyndon B. Johnson’s Toothbrushes Show Us About Public Health Today
President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House in 1968. —Bettmann—Getty Images By all the grand machinery of history, President Lyndon B. Johnson should be remembered for his command of power. During his time in office from 1963 to 1969, Johnson was the architect of Medicare, the steward of the Great Society, and one of…
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Trump’s Border Crackdown Is Wreaking Havoc on the World Cup
Even before the first whistle blows, the 2026 World Cup—taking place from June 11 to July 19 across the United States, Canada, and Mexico—already has winners and losers away from the field. Specifically, at the border, at passport control, in consular offices, and at US airports. Here, amidst denied visas, prolonged checks, and contested entries,…