Real Madrid legend Luka Modrić opened up about his unforgettable clashes against Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the biggest stage the World Cup.
“The match against Argentina wasn’t a fair match they played us dirty and everyone saw it. While the match against Portugal this World Cup was fair to me, we did our best in that. The reason I respect Ronaldo more than Messi is about playing fair. That’s what makes you a real legend.”
WATCH: “I know we want the Epstein files — we also want THE BLACKBURN FILES.”
@Kanew reacts to @JohnRoseforTN’s ad ripping @MarshaBlackburn for not releasing correspondence with the ethics committee
Staffers say she had them “Break the Law” to do campaign work on taxpayer time
Federal agents shoot taser at man pumping gas—his body instantly bursts into flames.
All over $10 misdemeanor.
Man suffered 1st & 2nd degree burns—needs months of physical therapy.
"I honestly thought I was gonna die," he said.
"I went into instinct to stop, drop and roll."
Clarence Coyl says he accidentally drove through an open gate at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 20 minutes earlier.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer initially let him go with warning—then suddenly confronted him again when he stopped at gas station.
The department's policy clearly states that tasers should not be used near flammable materials.
Incident occurred on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Mohave Valley, Arizona.
Republicans in South Carolina openly arguing about which one of them has the best shot at stopping me and my “radical” agenda and I’m just over here radically loving my kids and talking about gas prices, grocery prices and healthcare. 🇺🇸
Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah in a recent interview about the 2026 World Cup match against Lionel Messi.
“Messi is my idol,” Salah began, his voice steady but laced with disappointment.
“But I saw how we, the Egypt team, were cheated in that match. It was so unfair. They fouled me — that could have been a penalty, but the referee and VAR didn’t award it. The match was frustrating. Seeing a legend like Messi cheat to win matches is heartbreaking.”
“I’ve looked up to him my whole life. But football should be fair. That day… it wasn’t.”
This is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the millions of Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks destroying churches - a deliberate desecration of something people respect and admire https://t.co/DRmSPk3P2K
“Their names were scratched off or taken off a list in the Pentagon. To me, it is abhorrent, it’s criminal.”
Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling fights back tears as he describes the military’s last roll call, and what it means to erase four fallen soldiers from the Pentagon’s casualty list.
Currently jetlagged at 4am going through all the photos and videos of our trip. We took so many that I just decided putting together one video with all the best moments from the trip, kind of like a slideshow as a final recap. Might take me a while though… we have well over 1000 photos and videos.😵💫
So long, America🫡🇺🇸
49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.
Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.
This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.
Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.
So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!
I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:
“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”
Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸
The Chattanooga Times Free Press has two separate opinion pages: Times (liberal), Free Press (conservative). Times declares Marsha Blackburn an embarrassment to Tennessee. https://t.co/UbkJZsFfEv
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RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!
RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES!
Do not get distracted! Never stop talking about the Epstein files!
#TRUMPRAPEDKIDS
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#JusticeForEpsteinVictims
It has long been speculated that Trump may have had a brief affair with Masha Kalinina, Miss Moscow 1988. Recently, I found this picture of them in Russian language press/blogs, dated "the end of the 90s"
Former Spain and Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos in a recent interview about the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina.
“I love Messi, yes he’s a genius,” Ramos said. “But him and the Argentine squad were really playing dirty in the final. The game and the officials were clearly supporting Argentina. They tried as much as they could to rig it, just like they did in the 2022 final. Thank God the Spanish team is different we rose above it and deserved the win.”
When pressed about Argentina’s controversial match against England earlier in the tournament, Ramos doubled down:
“The Argentine squad should have been suspended and stripped of their world titles after raising that flag and Enzo’s celebration. FIFA overlooked everything. There were so many calls that were not credited. It’s unfair. But I'm glad they lost".
In 1897, the U.S. Army wanted to know if bicycles could replace horses for infantry. So they took 20 Black soldiers of the 25th Infantry – the Buffalo Soldiers – and gave them a mission: ride from Fort Missoula, Montana to St. Louis. 1,900 miles.
The “Iron Riders” carried 60-pound packs, rifles, and one spare tire each. They crossed the Rockies, the Badlands, and the Great Plains on heavy, single-speed bikes with no roads. Private John Findley fixed flats with strips of his own shirt. They drank from cattle tanks and were refused water in Wyoming towns.
It took 41 days. They averaged 52 miles a day. When they rolled into St. Louis, the white newspapers called it a “stunt.” The Army said “impractical” and shut the program down. But the Iron Riders proved it could be done.
Their commanding officer wrote: “No horse could have made it. These men did.”
Applebaum: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner negotiated with Russia over Ukraine while discussing mineral, oil and gas deals for connected US companies. They were not bargaining for Ukrainian security or America's European allies. That is a profound abuse of American power. 1/
And Now It Begins, Say the Experts
Seven ships have reversed course in and around the Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthis began enforcing their newly declared blockade, according to ship-tracking data analysed by Lloyd’s List and Reuters.
Tankers hauling Saudi crude to India and China made U-turns toward Suez, while a Cosco vehicle carrier got a polite email from the Houthi “Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center” cancelling its transit clearance.
The blockade, declared Monday as retaliation for a strike on Sanaa airport, threatens any vessel serving Saudi ports “in any location” within Yemeni reach. No ship has been hit yet, but nobody is waiting around to test the theory.
And we who thought Hormuz would wreck the economy. With Iran squeezing one chokepoint and its Yemeni allies now closing the other, Saudi Arabia’s alternative exit just slammed shut. Brent is past $94, and analysts warn this is where the real economic pain begins.
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Katie Phang on Todd Blanche's latest response in her Epstein lawsuit: "The fact it took them seven days to write two and a third pages of nothing ... They don't know what they're doing. They are swimming in the deep end and they don't have their baby floaties to help them."