For generations, playing in the World Cup was akin to Italian birthright. The nation made every tournament from 1958 to 2014. It joined Brazil and Germany as the only nations to win the World Cup four times, its most recent title coming in 2006. A run deep into the knockout stage became as expected as...
Over 40 Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate signed a letter to top administration regulators and ethics officials on Monday asking for governmentwide training on insider trading in prediction markets. The letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Office of Government Ethics comes after weeks of increasing scrutiny regarding potential insider trading...
Amid the long lines and delays at the country’s airports, travelers say they feel deeply sympathetic to the airline workers who have been caught up in the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security — and deeply frustrated with politicians in Washington for letting it all happen. “These are the people who are suffering enough,”...
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would like to “take the oil in Iran” and is considering seizing the export hub of Kharg Island, which is responsible for more than 90% of Iran’s oil exports. In an interview with the Financial Times, the president said that his “preference would be to take the oil.”...
Global oil prices jumped and U.S. stock futures slid ahead of Monday’s market open after the weekend saw Iran-backed Houthi militants launch ballistic missiles at Israel and 3,500 additional U.S. troops arrive in the Middle East as the conflict rounded one month. Advanced trades on the three major U.S. stock indexes were down as much...
The No. 2 Connecticut Huskies will play in their third Final Four in four seasons after a stunning, come-from-behind victory against the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in the final game of the men’s Elite Eight on Sunday. The Huskies were trailing for most of the game — from the 18:26 mark of the first...
The Final Four in the men’s NCAA Tournament has been set after a less-than-dramatic Elite Eight. The schools heading to Indianapolis next weekend are the No. 1 Arizona Wildcats, the No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini, the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and No. 2 Connecticut Huskies. While this year’s tournament has been lacking Cinderellas, the dearth...
Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In an interview in the Gulf nation of Qatar on Saturday, Zelenskyy said he...
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Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations. “We’re going to continue an ICE presence there, and until the airports feel like they’re in 100%, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations,” Homan said...