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WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.The tentative proposal from President Donald Trump would extend expiring ACA subsidies for two years while adjusting eligibility requirements for recipients. The plan has so far been met with a stony silence on Capitol Hill as Republicans debate among themselves whether to overhaul the law, tweak it or simply let the…

In addition to pardoning two North Carolina turkeys at the annual White House ceremony Tuesday, President Donald Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming that it’s been months since the city has seen a murder.But Metropolitan Police Department statistics say otherwise.Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington in August in an effort to curb violent crime even though it had already reached its lowest levels in decades.Here’s a closer look at the facts.TRUMP: “We haven’t had a murder in six months.”THE FACTS: That’s false. There have been 62 homicides in Washington since May 25, including one last week,…

The UN has said that reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will cost $70bn over the coming decades, while warning of imminent economic collapse in the occupied Palestinian territories The report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said Israel’s bombardment of the enclave had created a “human-made abyss” in Gaza, with the economy contracting by 87 percent over the course of 2023-2024. Israel’s systematic destruction and economic siege has left its GDP per capita at just $161, among the lowest in the world. Meanwhile, repeated attacks by soldiers and settlers in the occupied West Bank were also plunging the Palestinian…

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Andy Robertson says criticism of Liverpool’s form is justified and has urged his team-mates to stay off social media, but believes the good times will return.Liverpool suffered a sixth defeat in seven league games when they were beaten 3-0 at home by Nottingham Forest on Saturday which left the defending champions 11th, the first time in more than a decade the club have been in the bottom half of the table. Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher described the Reds as a “big mess” on Monday Night Football with Arne Slot under pressure after the club spent almost £450m on new signings…

Jeff CarlisleNov 25, 2025, 11:45 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The 2026 World Cup draw on Dec. 5 will reward the four highest-ranked teams — Spain, Argentina, France and England — which will be placed in separate sections of a new tennis-style seeded tournament bracket.FIFA said Tuesday the top four teams in the latest men’s rankings will, if they finish top of their respective round-robin groups, avoid each other until the semifinals of the June 11-July 19 tournament being co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.Defending champion Argentina with Lionel Messi and…

Nov 25, 2025, 11:41 AM ETArsenal captain Martin Ødegaard could return for Wednesday’s Champions League blockbuster against Bayern Munich.The Norwegian midfielder has been sidelined since early October with a knee injury but is pushing to make his comeback at the Emirates Stadium.Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said: “He was very close for the previous game so we are hopeful that tomorrow he can be in the squad.”A heavyweight showdown sees the teams who began the week as the top two in the Champions League table, both with four wins from four matches, meet under the lights in north London.Arsenal will head…

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to avoid a ban for the start of Portugal’s World Cup campaign despite his red card against the Republic of Ireland.A FIFA disciplinary committee has imposed a three-match ban, but the final two games are suspended for one year provided there is no similar infringement during the probation period. Ronaldo was shown a red card after appearing to swing an elbow at Ireland defender Dara O’Shea during a World Cup qualifier earlier this month. He has already served the one-match suspension, in Portugal’s final qualifier against Armenia.Should Ronaldo commit another offence of a similar nature, the…

Jeff KassoufNov 25, 2025, 11:27 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.The United States deaf women’s national soccer team defeated hosts Japan 4-0 on Tuesday to clinch a record fifth Deaflympics gold medal and eighth overall world championship.The USDWNT has not lost a game since officially beginning play in 2005, registering 44 wins and one draw.Forward Emily Spreeman scored a brace in the final to extend her team scoring record…

Western politicians have failed to speak up about the slaughter of civilians in Sudan because the United Arab Emirates has bought and paid for their silence, according to a top Sudanese general. Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta, a member of Sudan’s governing Sovereignty Council and the military’s second in command, told journalists that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed has launched a race war against the Sudanese people. He accused the ruler of Abu Dhabi of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which has been carrying out massacres and atrocities across Sudan over the past two and a half years of war,…