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Spot the Pol!
Study the photograph carefully. Only the politician is missing. Guess who it is.
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The newest GOP campaign surrogates: Confused tourists at Waffle House
Social media videos of wide-eyed World Cup tourists have a fan in Republican leaders searching for a midterm message.
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A country that doesn’t exist is a World Cup winner
The world’s forty million Kurds have a lot to celebrate today.
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Inglewood wins a legal victory over its most famous building
The city's legal dispute with the owner of SoFi Stadium could shape California law long after the World Cup ends.
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Centrist Democrats are freaking out about progressives’ winning streak
After romping in New York City, progressives are staring down more key primary tests.
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Democratic socialists just dominated New York — and are coming for 2028
The group is asking members across all 250 chapters to weigh who they want to back in the next presidential election and why, according to a plan firs...
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Rep. April McClain Delaney wins bitter primary to keep her Maryland House seat
Her victory in the Democratic contest for the 6th District blocks former Rep. David Trone from returning to Congress.
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Hoyer alum Adrian Boafo wins Maryland House primary with help of crypto, pro-Israel money
The Democratic state delegate defeated a crowded 24-person field in the race to replace retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer in the 5th District.
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Poll: Americans draw a new line in the betting bonanza sweeping over Wall Street — politics.
A plurality of Americans believe betting on election outcomes should be illegal, The POLITICO Poll finds.
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Support for Iran's team – but not for regime
Iranian American fans jeered the playing of Iran’s national anthem but cheered the squad's play on the field.
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Vancouver learned to stop worrying and love mega-events
The city that defined modern anti-Olympic resistance has made its peace with the World Cup.
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Which members of the prospective ’28 field are hitting the pitch
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is leaning into the “once-in-a-lifetime” World Cup.
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Gallego tapped campaign cash for family travel, Super Bowl tickets, records show
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has deployed donor funds to cover travel for his family, child care and a trip to the Super Bowl, a POLITICO review of ca...
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World Cup fuels ticketing reform demands
Advocacy groups urge Congress to get tough on scams.
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Smallest team, biggest pitch
A 158,000-person nation just made the World Cup. Now it wants your investment.
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Lurie seeing red, white and blue
The San Francisco mayor has his heart on the U.S. team playing at Levi's Stadium.
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In Canberra, disappointment
The Aussies’ lackluster performance left the home crowd subdued, but it still booed RFK Jr.
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Campaigns get in the game
Susan Collins and James Talarico ads are looking to capture a U.S.-Australia audience.
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Inside FIFA’s plans to commemorate Juneteenth
In Seattle, a pre-game video featured an NBA legend and shots of iconic city locations.
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Where Massachusetts wants to take its Scottish love affair next
Gov. Maura Healey on what the Tartan Army takeover of Boston has to do with her affordability agenda.
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The soccer boss in Mark Carney's ear
For Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber, a Vancouver matchday was also a lobbying mission.
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The Americans who want to see Australia do well
The Port of Seattle is showing its conflicted colors.
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Australian media are launching a MAGA counterpress
Socceroo fans are seeking inspiration in a Trump catchphrase.
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Democrat Hannah Pingree and MAGA ally Bobby Charles will face off for Maine governor
Both emerged from the state’s ranked choice voting process early Friday morning.
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Jack Schlossberg on Trump, RFK Jr. and the future of the Democratic Party
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Kenyan McDuffie concedes to Janeese Lewis George in DC mayoral primary
Lewis George, the 38-year-old democratic socialist, is all-but-certain to be the U.S. capital’s first new mayor in a dozen years.
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Michigan pollster accuses McMorrow campaign of killing unfavorable Senate poll
The independent poll shows her trailing with 6 percent support among likely Democratic primary voters.
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Rick Jackson’s Georgia win is an embarrassing blemish on Trump’s record
The self-funding businessman just proved an outsider can still topple the president's endorsement, if they have enough cash.
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Republicans are still really worried about beating Jon Ossoff
GOP Rep. Mike Collins emerged from a brutal primary Tuesday — but he has a lot of fundraising and convincing to do ahead of November.
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Robert White wins wins DC delegate primary
White’s victory begins a new chapter for Washington, which has had the same delegate to Congress since 1991.
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DC is about to pick new leaders. Trump is watching.
No matter who takes over as the District's next mayor and delegate, they're on a collision course with President Donald Trump.
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New Zealand’s diplomatic breakaway
The country will face Iran on the field tomorrow. It has the U.S. soft-power landscape to itself.
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Why can’t we win it? Inside the Japanese embassy for Sunday’s World Cup opener.
For a crowd of superfans, Japan’s performance against the Netherlands only stoked their enthusiasm.
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The countless control rooms running the World Cup in New York and New Jersey
And just wait till the July 4 weekend ...
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Andrew Giuliani says ‘dozens’ of World Cup visa cases landed on his desk
Donald Trump’s tournament point person discusses U.S. border rejection of Somali referee.
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Inside the Croatian government's World Cup event with John Malkovich and Luka Modrić
The Adriatic country uses the tournament to tell the world to come visit.
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Perceived corruption of World Cup countries
Here's the data breakdown on how World Cup competitors stack up, based on the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
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UK and US voters are highly cynical. They express it differently.
Here's what new analysis from Public First reveals about the ways British and American voters respond to their frustration with politicians.
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The government officials who can't wait to clean out stadium toilets
Los Angeles County's health department is collecting match-day wastewater to monitor for potential outbreaks.
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Secretive super PAC funding is skyrocketing in primaries
A POLITICO analysis found more than $48 million has been spent on House and Senate primaries by super PACs that have not yet revealed their donors.
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Top Democrats watch Brazil-Morocco match – together
Sherrill, Hochul and Mamdani sat together to take in the action.
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What FIFA calls 'New York New Jersey'
Cue the border-state rivalry. Everybody wants the bragging rights.
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FIFA's encounter with North America's messy democracy
Gianni Infantino is the new century's unlikely Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Trump’s name purged from Kennedy Center
The removal marks the end of the president’s longtime effort to assert control over the institution, one of Washington’s most iconic landmarks.
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Visa chaos frustrates soccer fans
A growing number of international soccer fans say chaotic visa procedures are keeping them from attending World Cup matches in the United States.
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It's hot. Maybe too hot.
The locations of several stadiums across the U.S. and Mexico, as well as the peak-summer timing of the World Cup, are expected to put players and fans...
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Alternative World Cup rankings
We've been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s World Cup participants rank in several other categories.
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FIFA does pregame land acknowledgment
The World Cup host paid tribute to California’s Native American tribes before its first match on U.S. soil.
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Todd Young talks World Cup geopolitics, Section 702 — and 2028
Between World Cup matches, Young weighs a looming surveillance fight and the GOP's next generation of leaders.
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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...
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‘Knife’s edge’: US-Mexico relationship teeters as World Cup begins
As the World Cup kicks off, cracks are emerging in Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s carefully tended relationship with President Donald Trump — o...
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