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After Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice may be investigating his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, media and pundits pounced on millions in charity payments he has solicited for nonprofits, including ones she is involved in. Those donations, known as “behested payments,” aren’t illegal in California, but, long before Newsom…

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland was escorted out of a UFC Freedom 250 fanfest near the White House on Sunday evening for his own safety and the safety of other attendees, according to the U.S. Park Police. Strickland was not on the card for the UFC event held on the White House South Lawn in…

Goalkeeper Raúl Rangel was 18 years old and playing for Chivas de Guadalajara’s youth academy the last time Mexico faced South Korea in a World Cup match in 2018. Three years ago, when asked who might be the next great goalkeeper for the Mexican national team, Rangel named himself ahead of veteran Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa….

WASHINGTON — The White House pushed back Thursday against growing bipartisan criticism of a negotiated settlement to the war with Iran, arguing its concessions to the Islamic Republic were contingent on its conduct and essential to securing peace. The administration’s defensive posture came as details of the framework agreement, known as a memorandum of understanding, were finally…

WASHINGTON  — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday for gun rights and against drug laws. In a 9-0 ruling, the justices struck down part of the longstanding federal gun control law that makes it a crime for an “unlawful user” of illegal drugs to possess a gun. The Trump administration had urged the court to uphold…

WASHINGTON — The terms of a deal to end President Trump’s war with Iran remained a secret on Monday as both sides claimed victory and the months-long conflict reached a nebulous end. The memorandum of understanding, providing a rough framework to conclude the war, was signed digitally Sunday, with a ceremony scheduled to take place on Friday…

MEXICO CITY — Aurora Phelps, a 44-year-old American who used dating apps to charm older men, and then looted their finances, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in a Mexican court for the disappearance of an American retiree whose body was found dumped along a road outside of Guadalajara. Phelps, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, hooked…

Today, we discuss political jockeying, litigation and Hail Mary passes. There’s so much going on these days … Indeed. Between the war with Iran, the World Cup and President Trump slapping his filigreed (emphasis greed) name on everything in sight, I’ve completely lost track of the fight for control of Congress. Well, now that the…

WASHINGTON — As Spencer Pratt fell behind in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, an unexpected group began claiming election fraud: people tracking the Republican’s success on prediction markets, the increasingly popular online exchanges on which people can make bets on almost anything. “Crazy how much voter fraud can be done with mail in ballots,” one user following…

The Iranian national team finally got to just play soccer. Their journey to the World Cup has been uniquely fraught, with a war erupting between the host of their matches and their home country. They had to relocate their base camp from Arizona to Tijuana, struggled to get all of their traveling party into the…