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    • Infantino’s World Cup plan is part of a desire for expansion that was clear from the start | Paul MacInnes

      Fifa’s plan to sell a share of the World Cup’s commercial rights to outside investors is not an isolated move but the latest step in a long-running drive by president Gianni Infantino to expand football’s competitions and grow the revenue they generate. Since his surprise election in 2016, promising reform after the Sepp Blatter era,…

    • Frank Grillo To Lead Political Kidnapping Comedy ‘Show Of Hands’ From P.J. Pesce

      Frank Grillo has been cast to lead “Show of Hands,” a political kidnapping comedy written and directed by P.J. Pesce, which is set to film in California using a state tax credit. The exclusive report matters as another notable film role for Grillo, best known for action and genre work in “Superman,” “Peacemaker” and “Tulsa…

    • Senate Democrats ask RFK Jr. if family will benefit from vaccine settlement

      Senate Democrats have asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain whether his family or former associates could profit from proposed changes to the federal system for compensating vaccine injuries. They argue that the issue raises potential conflicts of interest, particularly because Kennedy has previously had financial links to litigation concerning Gardasil, the HPV…

    • Fauci’s repeated Fifth Amendment pleas revive scrutiny of Biden pardon

      Dr Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a Senate hearing led by Senator Rand Paul, declining to answer questions about his role in shaping COVID-19 policy. The scale of his refusal to testify has drawn renewed attention to the sweeping pardon he received from former President Joe…

    • Mills declines to endorse Jackson in Maine Senate race

      The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its claims cannot be summarised reliably. From the headline alone, it appears to concern Maine Governor Janet Mills declining to endorse Jackson in a Senate race. No further details, context or evidence were provided in the accessible material. A neutral summary would…

    • Trump administration’s use of Noah Kahan song prompts backlash

      Folk-pop singer Noah Kahan and his co-writer Noah Levine demanded that the White House stop using their song “American Cars” after President Donald Trump posted a social media video promoting General Motors set to the track. The episode highlights a widening pattern of musicians objecting to their work being used in official White House and…

    • Paul says Senate panel to vote on holding Fauci in contempt

      I wasn’t able to retrieve the actual article content — the page returned an access-denied notice requiring JavaScript, rather than the news text. I don’t have enough verified information to summarise this accurately without risking fabricating details. Based on the headline alone, this appears to concern Senator Rand Paul saying a Senate committee plans to…

    • Deportation helps make affordability possible

      The article’s full text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its specific arguments and evidence cannot be independently summarised. Its title indicates that it discusses a claimed link between deportation, immigration levels and housing affordability. No details, figures or supporting context were provided beyond the headline and URL. Any fuller account…

    • Kilmeade says Trump told him Iran war ‘not that popular’

      The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied. Based solely on the headline, Brian Kilmeade said that Donald Trump told him a war with Iran was “not that popular”, suggesting Trump was conscious of potential public opposition to military action. No further reporting, quotations, dates, or context were provided in the…

    • Supreme Court deadline passes for Trump to ask for birthright citizenship reconsideration

      The deadline for the Trump administration to ask the US Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling on birthright citizenship has passed without a filing appearing on the court’s docket. This matters because the court’s decision blocked President Trump’s attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for certain US-born children, leaving that ruling in place unless pursued through…