The wait is over for the biggest World Cup ever with 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations and a slew of questions and controversies swirling around the highly scrutinzed event that will last for ...

The president’s call to the head of FIFA underscores that he has yet to find an area of American, or even global, life where he is unwilling to assert himself.

The soccer tournament has brought a flood of political story lines. By Patricia Mazzei Patricia Mazzei has reported from three 2026 World Cup matches. The 2026 World Cup, which hit its halfway point ...

The Sword of Damocles dangles over the head of Hungary’s leader as the Sunday election threatens to unseat him after more than a decade and a half of governance. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz ...

But the 2026 World Cup finals that open on Thursday may serve to highlight the discord of his politics more than his enthusiasm for the beautiful game. While Trump may be looking for a new chance to ...

Europe, as the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk recently wrote, has ended a long “vacation from history.” We have crossed the threshold into a gloomier era that is once again characterized by power ...

As the countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals intensifies, the specter of Donald Trump's political influence and controversial policies is casting a long shadow over what is widely regarded as ...