Backlash At FIFA Plan To Sell Stake In World CupFIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday sparked fury by saying his body wants to sell a stake in a new company that will run its main events — including the World Cup.Infantino, who faced backlash for a series of changes he introduced to the tournament this summer, plans to form a commercial subsidiary to run competitions, which also includes the Club World Cup.Investors would be allowed to take a 21% stake in the entity, called FIFA Forward Enterprises, which would raise $4.2 billion to help fund development programs.FIFA is a not-for-profit association of its 211 national member federations worldwide. A majority of the national bodies and FIFA’s 37-member council would need to approve the idea.The proposal was first reported by The Times of London.“The World Cup is not a product,” wrote Andy Burnham, the U.K.’s new prime minister and a keen soccer fan. “It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone’s to sell. Dress the deal up however you like. Once you have sold a piece of it, you have sold out.”The Union of European Football Associations, the European soccer body, was equally scathing.“It is not FIFA’s to sell,” it said in a statement. “None of us are the owners of football.”FIFA said J.P. Morgan is its chief adviser, and Thrive Eternal — an investment vehicle set up by Joshua Kushner, whose brother Jared Kushner is a son-in-law of President Donald Trump — was named as one of the lead investors.Latest Live UpdatesSenate Advances Russia Sanctions Bill Championed By GrahamThe Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol, moving forward on the legislation to penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports after more than a year of negotiations.The bipartisan 86-12 procedural vote came hours after a funeral for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the bill’s chief negotiator. Zelenskyy, who was in Washington to attend the service for Graham, met with senators beforehand and told them Ukraine is making gains in its war with Russia, but still needs more help from the U.S.Read more from The AP: Deadline Passes For Trump To Ask SCOTUS To Reconsider Birthright Citizenship RulingThe deadline passed Tuesday for the Trump administration to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of the president’s birthright citizenship restrictions, with no new filing on the docket.President Donald Trump vowed to seek a rehearing shortly after the opinion handed him a loss on a signature issue, but by Tuesday the 25-day window had elapsed with no new activity.Read more from The Associated Press:Elon Musk Company Sues Minnesota Over Law Banning Use Of AI To Create DeepfakesBillionaire CEO Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, alleging that its new law banning the use of AI to create nonconsensual deepfakes violates the First Amendment.xAI argued in the lawsuit that the Minnesota law “imposes an overbroad, content-based ban on free speech and the tools of visual expression in a clumsy attempt to prohibit ‘nudification.’” The law, which goes into effect on Saturday, allows survivors to sue the owners of nudification apps for damages. It would also empower the state attorney general to collect fines of $500,000 per violation.“Using AI to generate nude images of people against their will is appalling. There are plenty of worthy debates to have about AI. This is not one of them. AI nudification robs the target of their dignity and could cause them immense harm on many levels,” Attorney General Keith Ellison said in a statement in response to the lawsuit. “I’ll see X in court.” Trump Asks SCOTUS To Overturn E. Jean Carroll's $83 Million Defamation Award: ReportsPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that would require him to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defamation, multiple outlets reported. Trump’s latest request pertains to a 2024 jury verdict, which awarded Carroll $65 million in punitive damages and $18.3 million in compensatory damages after finding that he had acted maliciously in defaming her on social media, during the trial and in news conferences. Trump’s lawyers reportedly argued that he cannot be held liable for the defamatory comments he made about Carroll in 2019 because he was president at the time, which gave him immunity. “This is the first case in our nation’s history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a president for his conduct in office,” the filing stated, according to The New York Times, CNBC and CNN.Justice Department lawyers also asked the Supreme Court to appeal the case. In June, the Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to overturn a 2023 verdict that required him to pay Carroll $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming her. U.S. Says It Thwarted An Iranian Missile Attack That Ended A Brief Pause In FightingThe U.S. military said it knocked down an Iranian ballistic missile attack against American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in the fighting as mediators tried to get both sides back to negotiations. In addition, American and Saudi forces struck sites used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq to carry out attacks in recent days.All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted, the U.S. Central Command said, adding that U.S. forces “remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness.”Read more from The Associated Press here: ICE Ramps Up Arrests At Airports: NYTImmigration and Customs Enforcement is targeting people with expired visas at airports, according to a New York Times report, which cited Homeland Security documents and interviews with immigration attorneys. The move marks the latest expansion of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, and underscores how it has broadened its focus to include people who haven’t historically been prioritized for deportation.Reports of a surge in arrests have prompted immigration attorneys to warn clients about the risks of domestic travel. “Before, I was saying, ‘As long as you have an ID, you can travel domestically,’” Shannon Shepherd, the vice chair for the Chicago chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told The Times. “Now I am turning around and saying, ‘If you are in the process of changing status, avoid any travel.’”Per The Times, the program appears to build on a partnership between ICE and the Transportation Security Administration, though a DHS spokesperson did not confirm that.Read more from The New York Times: American Airlines Flights Delayed Nationwide Due To Technology OutageAll American Airlines flights on the ground were being held Tuesday evening due to an IT outage, according to an advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration. Although the nationwide ground stop was issued for American flights, no additional details were provided. Earlier this month, United Airlines faced a similar issue when its flights were also delayed due to a technology outage. DNC Reportedly Fell For Nearly $29,000 Email Scam Last YearThe Democratic National Committee lost nearly $29,000 last year after succumbing to a scam email in which an unknown party pretended to be chairman Ken Martin, NOTUS reported Tuesday, citing federal records and interviews with committee officials.The committee, which has notably been facing financial issues lately, recovered $7,000 after reporting the scam to Wells Fargo within minutes of it occurring.“The DNC takes seriously our duty to protect the funds provided to us by millions of patriotic Americans chipping in to fund our mission,” spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg said in a statement to NOTUS. “This was a one-off mistake that was promptly caught and addressed, and no similar issues have occurred since.Read more at NOTUS:Air Force To Rename South Carolina Base After Late Sen. Lindsey Graham: ReportThe U.S. Air Force plans to rename its Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to a memo obtained by The Post and Courier.In the memo dated Monday, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink reportedly directed staff to begin taking action to rename the base, noting Graham’s “decades of distinguished service to the United States Congress and the United States Air Force,” per The Post and Courier.Graham, who served 33 years in the Air Force, was a strong advocate for the military base, recently helping secure $212 million in funding to enhance the Coast Guard's readiness on the base. Read more: New Reporters Joining '60 Minutes' Weeks After Bari Weiss Fired Several Correspondents“60 Minutes” is bringing on four new reporters, its executive producer announced Tuesday, just weeks after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss fired a number of the show’s veteran correspondents and producers.Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni and Trevor Phillips will join the show ahead of its 59th season, executive producer Nick Bilton said. Douthat, a veteran New York Times opinion columnist, joins the show as a correspondent, while Junger, Toboni and Phillips will serve as contributors. “60 Minutes” contributor Norah O’Donnell will receive even more air time as she becomes a correspondent. Bilton’s announcement came two months after Weiss fired “60 Minutes” executive producers Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailovich as well as correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega. Veteran correspondent Scott Pelley was also fired after challenging CBS News management over the decision to fire several of the show’s staff members, alleging Weiss was “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’”See All Updates