Giannis Antetokounmpo bids farewell to Milwaukee as #Bucks' trade with #Heat is official shorturl.at/A2A3p

From FIFA President Gianni Infantino:

National Guard members on patrol in Memphis fatally shoot man during pursuit, police say apnews.com/article/memp...

"A court in Albania’... has freed 19 protesters detained during a violent protest against a resort linked to Jared Kushner. The protesters released on Sunday were held on suspicion of “refusing to obey police orders, [and] organizing illegal demonstrations and disturbing public order.”

BREAKING: The Belgian federation is challenging FIFA's decision to let U.S. forward Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match.

In nearly 90 minutes covering the administration’s announcements of health care fraud arrests, Fox didn’t mention Trump’s pardons of health care fraudsters a single time.

This happens so often that we barely pay attention anymore. As I write in IN GUNS WE TRUST, America has more mass shootings than days of the year, and more gun dealers than McDonald’s restaurants. What will it take to break the cycle of endless gun violence? apnews.com/article/cone...

Trump admits that he's demanded his cronies names things after him

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

From opinion columnist @betsyphillips.bsky.social: A recent awkward moment with NewsChannel 5 showed how desperate gubernatorial frontrunner Marsha Blackburn is to avoid questions from media.

From my Santi Aldama trade column last week. I’ll be interested to see the details of the offer sheet the Grizzlies are giving him.

Trump: "Every time I see a crypto guy where they dropped an investigation, I said, 'You're lucky I'm president.'"

This confused a lot of people. Here's the look at LEAST expected SBs based on preseason lines since 1977 (from the FTN Almanac 2026 intro). 2025 (SEA +6000 NE +8000) 1999 (TEN +3000 STL +15000) 1981 (SF +5000 CIN +6000) 2021 (LAR +1200 CIN +15000) 2000 (BAL +220 NYG +6000)

Folarin Balogun's 1-game ban suspended by FIFA, allowing US forward to play vs. Belgium apnews.com/article/falo...

President Trump says he will still deliver a July Fourth speech after weather prompted a temporary evacuation of the National Mall.

Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.

Equality Before Death, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1848, 📸 by Mathias Schulz

The men were clothed in outfits associated with White nationalist organization Patriot Front.

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

Folarin Balogun described his red card as “unjust.” He chose his words carefully, for same reason he didn’t lash out when it happened. “There's still lots of people … little kids, boys and girls who are watching. We have to show them correct way to handle things”

Vladimir Putin “has convinced himself that the attritional math of the war favors Russia,” Simon Shuster writes, “and he will continue to press the numerical advantage of his forces regardless of how long the lines for gasoline in Moscow might get.”

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.

Nearly one million people who bought Trump's memecoin have lost money through the end of June. Their losses total $3.81 billion. Trump walked away with a $636 million payout on the same crypto bet.

“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com

Russian officials say Ukrainian drones have struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg.

Trump hails US exceptionalism before veering into darkly political speech to usher in America 250 apnews.com/article/amer...

The front page of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer:

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, a White House official said, all but two of whom had been convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by modifying or disabling emissions controls on trucks.

Fans from around the globe have traveled to experience the FIFA World Cup, with many also getting their first taste of an American sports tradition: tailgating before kickoff.

Jürgen Klopp has confirmed he’s in negotiations to take over as Germany coach and says he’s “recharged” the energy he was missing when he left Liverpool.

The World Cup match between Mexico and England on Sunday will remain at the original scheduled time despite concerns about a potential afternoon thunderstorm.

"We've been down about 15%, so we're really hoping that this gets us over that edge and that we make what we were making this time last year," one restaurant manager told 6 News. https://www.wate.com/news/sevier-county-news/gatlinburg-fourth-july-tourism/  

Defending World Cup champion Argentina survives a scare from underdog Cape Verde, winning a 3-2 thriller in extra time.

Upwards, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1929, (rotated, detail), 📸 by Lars Baron

This game has been so cinematically nuts I fully expected Vozinha to just dribble the ball up the field himself past 6 people and score for Cabo Verde.

Cape Verde.

This is like the 15th round of Rocky II but Creed may win. What an insane game

Argentina goal off a corner to take the lead. A bit more than 10 minutes left for Cape Verde to try to do it again.

Every other day, 83-year-old Marilyn Tewa of the Hopi Tribe loads buckets into her pickup and drives 5 miles to haul water. “That’s what keeps us alive,” Tewa said. Four states stand in the way of a deal to give her community water. with @kjzz.org

Kyle Larson looks to break winless drought as #NASCAR returns to Chicagoland

Not hyperbole: This would be the greatest upset in World Cup history.

Cape Verde ties it again in Extra Time!!!! #WorldCup

Who would have known Argentina would have so much trouble battling a remote Atlantic archipelago?

I simply cannot believe this. That goal is world class, Cabo Verde.

Alex Ovechkin is returning for a 22nd NHL season after re-signing with the Washington Capitals.

Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" on July 4, 2025, promising it would supercharge the economy and land more money in the pockets of working Americans. Here’s what’s actually happened.

Mark Twain “was our shrewdest satirist of greed and corruption, and he would find plenty to be appalled about in today’s second Gilded Age,” Ron Chernow argues. He predicts how Twain might react to DOGE, Trump, and other realities of modern America.

“Congress has said spend the money, and the president doesn’t want to. The question is, who wins?” said Cerin Lindgrensavage, a former Justice Department lawyer. “Under the law, Congress is supposed to win. Right now, the president is.”