FIFA has abandoned a proposal to bring private investment into the World Cup, following resistance from national federations and confederations. President Gianni Infantino said the plan had created divisions, and UEFA said it had lost confidence in FIFA's leadership over how it was handled.

Prosecutors moved to dismiss the vandalism case against David Hearn after concluding that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool came from a faulty renovation rather than a deliberate act.

President Trump said Hamas had agreed to disarm and step back from governing Gaza, but the announcement immediately sparked a dispute over the actual terms, with Hamas attaching conditions and Israel voicing skepticism.

President Trump has pulled back from a proposed arrangement to let Ukraine help produce Patriot air-defense missiles, as the United States shifts more of the aid coordination burden to European partners and his relationship with President Zelensky shows signs of warming.

The Federal Reserve faces an unusually public disagreement over interest rates, caught between a president pressing for cuts, internal factions urging restraint, and mixed economic data that leave the year's path uncertain.