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The United States’ quest to get Folarin Balogun’s red card overturned may have opened a Pandora’s box – one specifically designed to contain the national team’s worst nightmares. With a country on the verge of falling in love with this team, and tens of millions eager for a reason to embrace the glory and pride … Read more

Staff decline to give updates on senator’s health and whether he will be at Capitol when Senate returns Staff for Mitch McConnell said last week that the Kentucky senator was “continuing his recovery” in a hospital while the Senate is out of session. But his office has released no details about the former Republican leader’s … Read more

Tournament co-hosts USA take on Belgium for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. We look at the best images from the action from the showdown in Seattle Continue reading…

Support for embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is cratering among Democrats, with one of his most prominent supporters calling on him to exit the race following a harrowing rape allegation. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., rescinded his endorsement and called on Platner to suspend his campaign following a bombshell Politico report detailing a rape allegation … Read more

As NATO allies prepare to meet in Turkey, at the top of their agenda will be drone warfare and Russia’s testing of the NATO alliance. Using its shadow fleet of old sanction-busting ships, Russia appears to have launched drones at European military bases and airports to test the reaction time of NATO allies and their … Read more

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is denying a new allegation of sexual assault, an explosive development injecting tumult into a race that is central to the Democratic Party’s path to winning back the Senate. Despite the denial, Platner said in a video that he is taking “time to reflect on the best path forward” … Read more

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⚽️ Kick-off time: 5pm local/10am AEST/1am BST/8pm EDT⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail Beau Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s a look at this matchup from Graham Ruthven’s daily guide: Continue reading…

China publicly announced it launched a ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific Ocean Monday — a rare acknowledgment of its sea-based nuclear capabilities that came as U.S. allies deepen security ties in the Indo-Pacific and NATO leaders prepare to meet amid growing concerns over Beijing’s military ambitions. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy … Read more

Democratic candidate for Senate, who has faced series of scandals, denies allegation reported by Politico A woman has accused Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine, of sexual assault, according to an exclusive report by Politico. Jenny Racicot, 41, dated the oyster farmer former marine veteran and alleges he forced her to … Read more