The procession is scheduled to span multiple cities across Iran and Iraq before concluding with a burial in Mashhad, with authorities estimating attendance of between 20 and 30 million people across all events. Khamenei's successor as Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was conspicuously absent from the funeral proceedings, while three of his brothers were seen standing beside the coffin.
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The speech, which began around 11:15 p.m. ET after stormy weather forced evacuations and delays, included praise for American exceptionalism, attacks on communism, and references to domestic political issues including mail-in ballots. Sources differed on characterizing the speech, with some describing it as a campaign-style address mixing patriotism with partisanship, while others emphasized its celebratory tone. Separately, House Democrats published a report accusing the White House-backed organizing group Freedom 250 of potential fraud and self-enrichment in connection with the anniversary celebrations, a charge the sources do not show was resolved.
The 6-3 ruling on party spending overturns coordinated-expenditure limits that had been in place for decades, while the separate 6-3 ruling on agency firings overturned a 91-year-old precedent by finding that Trump's removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter was lawful. In a 5-4 decision, the Court separately ruled that Trump cannot currently fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, though it left open the question of whether he may ultimately have that authority. The Court did not provide explanations for its rejection of Trump's Carroll appeal or its birthright citizenship ruling, both of which were decided along with the other cases in a period of heightened Supreme Court activity.
The earthquakes, described as the strongest to hit Venezuela in over a century, injured more than 12,000 people, according to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez. The rescued survivor, identified as 43-year-old security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, was pulled from the basement of a collapsed building more than a week after the quakes struck. Search and rescue operations were ongoing at the time of reporting, and the WSJ raised questions about whether Venezuela turned away some rescue teams, though the details of that dispute remain unresolved across sources.
Balogun received the red card during the United States' 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, which would normally result in an automatic one-game ban without appeal. FIFA announced on Sunday that it would suspend the ban for a probationary period of one year, but did not provide a reason for the decision in its brief statement. The Guardian reported that the White House lobbied FIFA to lift the suspension, and President Trump publicly thanked FIFA on social media after the reversal was announced.