Author: Nermeen Nabil

High-stakes geopolitics aren’t the only external factor threatening to hijack the tournament. Perhaps ironically for a competition hosted by a U.S. president who is highly skeptical about climate change and says assertions about rising temperatures…

Congratulations to Sweden on winning this year’s World Cup … and also to France, Qatar, Uruguay, Norway, New Zealand and Switzerland for the same thing. No, POLITICO hasn’t been engaging in match fixing, but we…

The unprecedented expiration of the nation’s warrantless spy powers has plunged the country into legal uncertainty over the extent to which it can surveil foreigners located abroad.  Both chambers of Congress on Thursday failed to…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Timothy Weah wasn’t among the eleven Americans who took the field at the start of Friday’s match against Paraguay. But he may already be the American left’s favorite player. In the run-up…

INGLEWOOD, California — FIFA paid tribute to California’s Native American tribes as part of the pregame festivities ahead of Friday’s match at SoFi Stadium, the tournament’s first in the United States. So-called native land acknowledgments…

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Iran deal could reopen Hormuz Strait The deal with Iran is not complete but is three-quarters of the way there, and a signing should…