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Trump renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ amid intensifying US-Canada trade dispute

2026-08-27 1:43pm EDT / Fox News

Trump claimed the shift reflects US territorial control over the lake

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Published August 27, 2026 1:43pm EDT | Updated August 27, 2026 2:45pm EDT

We offered Canada an ‘even better deal’: US trade representative

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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move that came amid a trade war with Canada.

“The Lake of America was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, actually. As you know, we took something called the Gulf of Mexico — we changed it — and now it’s very routinely the Gulf of America,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

The president said he has directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the name change.

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America amid a trade war with Canada.(AP)

The order called Lake Ontario a “tremendous asset” to the United States.

“The United States is the greatest protector of the Great Lakes, including the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario,” the order states. “Without the security and investment provided by the United States, this freshwater system would not be open for shipping, recreation, and responsible use to the same extent as it is today.”

The order said the U.S. Coast Guard supplies nine of the 11 ice-breaking vessels on the Great Lakes, securing commercial shipping lanes free of charge. The U.S. has also invested nearly $4 billion in protecting the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem in the last decade, while Canada “has invested far less in similar initiatives over the same period.”

The move to rename the lake, which sits on the U.S.-Canada border, came amid a breakdown in trade between both nations, with Trump accusing Ottawa of unfair trade practices.

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People look out across Lake Ontario and the Toronto Skyline from the Toronto Harbour in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.(AP)

Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, hours before Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports.

The U.S. imposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian goods such as wine, furniture and dairy products, while Carney said U.S. trade demands proved Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum, FOX Business previously reported.

“Canada has been ripping us off for a long time on trade,” Trump said Thursday. “Very sadly, even the military, you know, we defend Canada for nothing. We don’t get anything. They don’t pay us to defend Canada.”

The White House released an image of “Lake America” shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the body of water, formerly Lake Ontario. (White House)

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He said that Canada wants to “be treated like a state” and “we just can’t do that anymore.” Trump angered Canadian officials last year when he advocated for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state.

Trump even jokingly floated renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

“So, if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake,” he said. “Now, all we need is an ocean. So maybe we’ll have to change the name of the Atlantic and or the Pacific. Maybe we’ll change them both.”

Trump previously used geographic names to make political statements, ordering the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

Trump keeps winning Republican primaries. His losses may be more revealing.

2026-08-27T15:07:29-04:00 / Fox News

Trump’s endorsed candidates have won all 24 GOP Senate primaries, but gubernatorial races reveal cracks in his record

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Published August 27, 2026 3:07pm EDT

Trump-endorsed candidates see success in South Carolina, Oklahoma

Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith reports on Darline Graham’s victory in the South Carolina GOP U.S. Senate runoff and criticism over President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Graham on ‘Special Report.’

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President Donald Trump took to social media ahead of the latest round of Republican primary elections to emphasize, “My Endorsements are stronger than ever….There has never been anything close!”

The numbers back up the president’s assertions that despite some setbacks, he remains the ultimate kingmaker in GOP nomination showdowns.

According to a Fox News Trump Primary Endorsement Tracker, the president is batting a thousand in Senate primaries so far this cycle, with all 24 of his endorsed candidates winning their contests.

In House races, Trump has a nearly perfect record, with 214 of the 218 candidates he endorsed winning their primaries.

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In gubernatorial showdowns, Trump-backed candidates have suffered a handful of high-profile defeats, but overall, 16 of the 21 contenders for governor the president has endorsed have captured the party’s nomination.

This week, Trump-backed candidates scored statewide victories in two very competitive contests.

Trump-endorsed Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina, who was recently appointed to fill the remaining months of her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham’s current term, edged conservative Rep. Ralph Norman in a runoff to win the GOP Senate nomination for November’s election. Graham will face the Democratic nominee in November in the race for the final months of her late brother’s Senate term.

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President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Trump traveled to South Carolina to join the Republican Senate candidate for a rally ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election against Ralph Norman.(Getty Images)

In Oklahoma, former state budget secretary and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei captured the GOP gubernatorial nomination by just 2,000 votes over rival Gentner Drummond, the state attorney general.

“I supported and ENDORSED two so-called ‘underdogs’ yesterday, one from South Carolina, and the other from Oklahoma, and they BOTH WON,” the president posted on social media Wednesday, following Tuesday’s primaries.

The president pulled out all the stops to help push Graham, whose stumble over international affairs during a debate last week grabbed national attention, over the finish line.

Trump headlined a rally for Graham on Friday in Myrtle Beach, where he pledged federal funding for a long proposed new interstate highway in South Carolina. He also held a tele rally for her on the eve of the primary. And MAGA Inc, the top Trump-aligned super PAC, dished out nearly $900,000 to support Graham’s campaign.

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President Donald Trump listens to U.S. Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) during a campaign rally on August 21, 2026 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. President Trump traveled to South Carolina to join Republican Senate candidate Darline Graham for a campaign rally ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election against Ralph Norman. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)(Win McNamee/Getty Images)

But the Trump endorsement hasn’t proven to be a sure bet this cycle in South Carolina.

Trump backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette for the GOP gubernatorial nomination — in the race to succeed the term-limited McMaster — ahead of the state’s early June primary.

Evette was the top vote-getter in the primary but lost the ensuing runoff election against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson in a landslide. And Trump, ever hungry for a victory, endorsed Wilson in addition to Evette days before the runoff.

It’s undeniable that Trump has dramatically reshaped the GOP since his first White House victory a decade ago, with the populist MAGA and America First wings gaining prominence over more traditional fiscal and social conservatives.

And the president’s grip over party politics remains extremely firm.

But he has had some setbacks, with five of his gubernatorial picks in Republican primaries this year going down to defeat. Besides South Carolina’s Evette, that list includes Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa, who lost nominating contests this spring. And two weeks ago, Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder and Minnesota businessman and “My Pillow” founder and former CEO Mike Lindell fell short.

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Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, fell short in his bid this year for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the Hawkeye State.(Cody Scanlan/The Register/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Meanwhile, two House incumbents endorsed by the president also lost their bids for renomination this month: Reps. Andy Ogles of Tennessee and Cory Mills of Florida, who was facing multiple controversies.

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“The Republican Party is Trump’s party, and there’s no question that an endorsement from the president provides a tremendous boost in a Republican primary. But it doesn’t necessarily mean the candidate’s going to win,” veteran GOP strategist and communicator Ryan Williams told Fox News Digital.

Williams said that “the president still has a firm grip on the party, even in places where a candidate he backed loses a nomination.” But he noted that “if there are underlying issues with a candidacy, those can pose problems that even an endorsement can’t overcome.”

Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News

DHS fires 3 more FEMA workers after IG report finds crew skipped homes with pro-Trump signs

2026-08-27T13:35:14-04:00 / Fox News

An inspector general report found crews avoided pro-Trump households during disaster relief in Florida

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The Department of Homeland Security fired three more FEMA workers on Thursday after an inspector general report found that FEMA crews skipped servicing homes with pro-Trump signs following Hurricane Milton.

DHS says the three firings were in addition to other firings carried out after the IG report released last week. An investigation by FEMA’s Office of Professional Responsibility found that the three employees had “failed to meet FEMA’s standards of conduct.”

“Our job is to protect the American people, regardless of their political beliefs. This is especially important when it comes to disaster relief, where every second counts and lives are on the line,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “We’ve made sure that everyone responsible for this incident has been punished, and we’ll make sure that nothing like this ever happens again.”

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Residents are rescued from their second story apartment complex in Clearwater that was flooded from an overflowing creek due to Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024, in Florida. At least four people were confirmed killed as a result of two tornadoes triggered by Hurricane Milton on the east coast of the US state of Florida, local authorities said Thursday.(Bryan R. SMITH / AFP via Getty Images)

“Thanks to President Trump, FEMA has been empowered to hold accountable those who are responsible and has changed how it conducts survivor outreach to ensure Americans are treated fairly and assistance is driven by need,” said FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton.

“Under my watch, all parties involved in this situation have been held accountable. Political bias has no room in public service,” he added.

The firings come after FEMA supervisor Marn’i Washington was fired for instructing personnel to avoid homes with Trump signage in Lake Placid, Florida, in 2024.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the initial impacts of Hurricane Milton in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. More than 3 million people are without power as of Thursday morning, after Hurricane Milton made landfall and crossed the state of Florida.(Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Washington maintains she did nothing wrong, arguing in statements to the Washington Post that she was looking to protect workers in a highly politicized environment.

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“I had never seen people so passionate during that political season, and what we were experiencing was not just conspiracy theories. People were physically charging at us with aggressive postures and accusations,” Washington told the Post.

A drone view shows destroyed beach houses after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Manasota Key, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2024.(REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo)

“People calling people on the phone saying FEMA was here. They would beat us to the fence and yell: ‘Don’t come here, you are part of Biden; we know what Biden is doing. You are taking our money and giving it to immigrants.’ ‘Drain the swamp’ was a common term,” she said.

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Washington claimed that her teams only avoided homes that showed both a Trump sign and further signs of so-called hostility, such as signs referencing guns.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events.

FAA moves to fire two controllers who left work before fatal LaGuardia collision, source says

2026-08-27 6:27 PM UTC / Reuters

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WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ​to fire two air ‌traffic controllers at New York LaGuardia airport who are ​believed to have ​left early before the March ⁠22 collision of an ​Air Canada airplane with ​a fire truck that killed both pilots, a source told ​Reuters.

The National Air Traffic ​Controllers Association said it is actively ‌discussing ⁠these allegations with FAA leadership, declining to comment further. The FAA said ​it “is ​committed ⁠to holding employees accountable, and we ​will not compromise the ​safety ⁠or efficiency of the National Airspace System.”

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Trump administration designates three far-left groups as violent terrorist networks under new sanctions

August 27, 2026 1:50pm EDT / Fox News

OFAC designated the three groups across Italy, the UK and Spain as part of a crackdown on far-left extremism

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Terror expert warns activist groups are ‘driving pro-terror agendas’ under cover of nonprofit legitimacy

George Washington University terrorism expert Lara Burns warned that extremist networks are using the cover of activism, advocacy and charity to normalize political violence and build support for rogue groups.

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The Treasury Department announced sanctions against three far-left international networks as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on politically motivated violence.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took action against Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based nonprofit; Palestine Action, a U.K.-based organization which it designated a terrorist group; and Masar Badil, a Spain-based group that allegedly operates as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, already sanctioned by the U.S.

“Far-left extremists, their fronts and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”

Pro-Palestinian activists gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice on the occasion of a hearing granted to Huda Ammori, the co-founder of Palestine Action, to consider whether there should be a temporary block of the decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 on July 4, 2025, in London.(Mark Kerrison/Getty Images)

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Over the past year, Treasury Department officials have leveraged the powerful Office of Foreign Assets Control to investigate far-left nonprofits and activists, including Marxist influencer Hasan Piker and CodePink co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions against Cuba. Piker, Benjamin and Evans have denied any wrongdoing, and they haven’t been charged with any crimes.

The latest move comes amid wider coordinated interagency efforts against far-left groups. Yesterday, the State Department issued a report saying that Autistici Inventati provided services to overseas terrorist groups and violent far-left agitators, causing chaos in American cities, according to a memo obtained by Fox News Digital.

The memo also revealed Portland-based Rose City Antifa, known for participating in riots and property destruction, is one of the U.S. groups that relied on Autistici Inventati tools and services.

Multiple groups, including Rose City Antifa and the Proud Boys, protest in downtown Portland, Ore., June 29, 2019.(Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Earlier this summer, Spanish authorities arrested wealthy far-left financier Fergie Cox, the estranged heir of the Cox cable TV empire, for extradition to the U.S. as part of a Justice Department investigation into his alleged funding of organizations, including Palestine Action. Cox has denied any wrongdoing and is fighting extradition.

The Treasury Department also sanctioned two officials of Masar Badil.

The sanctions block the groups’ access to any property or property interests located in the U.S. or controlled by U.S. citizens.

The sanctions also freeze any bank accounts these organizations might have in the U.S. and prevent American citizens from conducting financial transactions with the groups.

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Last year, the U.K. government sanctioned Palestine Action, criminalizing any U.K. involvement or support for the group.

Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is known for aggressive campaigns against defense companies it believes is supporting Israel. Palestine Action has reportedly broken into facilities, occupied factories and destroyed equipment. U.K. government officials said the group caused more than $1.3 million in damages to an Elbit Systems facility.

Police detain Palestine Action activists at the entrance of APCO Worldwide offices in London, on Sept. 3, 2024.(Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu)

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action co-founder, denounced the sanctions in a message on the X social media platform.

“As a Palestinian and Iraqi, the fact the country which destroyed both my homelands is calling me a terrorist, is beyond hypocritical,” she said. “Trump is the antithesis to everything Palestine Action stands for.”

As for Masar Badil, the Treasury Department said the organization serves as a front for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which the U.S. and Canada sanctioned in 2024 after Treasury said it serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was designated a foreign terrorist organization after decades of international terrorist attacks, including airline hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s that killed more than 20 Americans.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine received its foreign terrorist organization designation alongside Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in 1997.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine received its foreign terrorist organization designation in 1997.(Majdi Fathi/TPS)

“Organizations like Samidoun masquerade as charitable actors that claim to provide humanitarian support to those in need, yet in reality divert funds for much-needed assistance to support terrorist groups,” Bradley Smith, then-Treasury acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in an October 2024 statement. “The United States, together with Canada and our like-minded partners, will continue to disrupt those who seek to finance the PFLP, Hamas and other terrorist organizations.”

Samidoun’s internal coordinator, Charlotte Kates, rushed to X to defend Palestine Action and Masar Badil shortly after Treasury announced the sanctions.

“The U.S.’ latest sanctions and designations are targeting Palestine Action and the @MasarBadil, attempting once again to bring the upsurge for Palestine to an end through criminalization and state terror,” Kates posted. “The fact is: designations can’t stop a resistance or a revolution.”

Masar Badil executive committee member Khaled Barakat told Fox News Digital in a statement that U.S. sanctions are part of Washington’s broader campaign against Palestinians, accusing the U.S. of working with Israel to suppress pro-Palestinian activism and criminalize those who organize or speak out in support of the Palestinian cause.

“The Trump administration is the primary perpetrator of terror in the world, along with its closest friend and co-conspirator, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Zionist regime,” Barakat said. “Rest assured, these sanctions will not quiet the voice of the Palestinian people, and our work and our movement will not be suppressed by state terror. The world knows it to be true: no sanctions will succeed in shoring up a declining empire. Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea.”

In a new report, “Building a Transnational Movement Around Armed Resistance Advocacy,” published Wednesday by researchers at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, the authors said Masar Badil was directly involved in unrest on some campuses following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, and has repeatedly made efforts to physically mobilize to protest Israel and U.S. involvement.

Police intervene and arrest more than 100 students at New York University who were demonstrating on campus in solidarity with the students at Columbia University and to oppose Israel’s attacks on Gaza, in New York, on April 22, 2024. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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In addition to Palestine Action and Masar Badil, the Treasury Department sanctioned Autistici Inventati, saying the group provides services such as website hosting on foreign servers, encrypted email accounts and digital infrastructure to violent left-wing extremist groups, including sanctioned terrorist organizations such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which was also designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997.

Lara Burns, a former FBI special agent who is now the head of terrorism research at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, detailed why the organizations sanctioned by the Treasury Department pose a dangerous threat.

“These networks are driving concepts that terror activities — that murder — are acts of legitimate resistance that are somehow justified, and that is a scary concept,” Burns told Fox News Digital. “The broader this message is and the farther this message reaches, the more normalized it becomes. And so, as these groups have been allowed to operate both here in the United States and abroad, the message has become louder.”

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Organizations will operate under the cover of charity or activism to mask their true and potentially violent intentions, Burns said.

She noted that if nonprofit organizations “are driving pro-terror agendas under that cover, then the federal government needs to take action against them.” The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Burns said, has stealthily shifted from full-blown terrorist attacks to influence operations under the guise of activism, prisoner campaigns and transnational support networks.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Palestine Action and Autistici Inventati, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Kates and Ammori, but didn’t receive responses.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

August 27, 2026 5:31 PM UTC / Reuters

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already ​spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border ‌trade.

The change would take effect immediately, said Trump, who also ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the Gulf of America after assuming office last year.

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“We’re going to be changing the ​name of Lake Ontario effective immediately to Lake America,” Trump ​told reporters in the Oval Office.

“The lake change, the Lake ⁠of America, was something I’ve been thinking about for a long ​time, actually,” Trump said.

Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed ​last week with each side blaming the other for derailing three days of intensive negotiations.

[1/4]U.S. President Donald Trump sits next to a map with “Lake America” written on it as he attends an event to sign an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 27, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

One of the five Great Lakes of North America, Lake Ontario borders both ​the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New ​York.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for ‌comment.

⁠After Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed in January 2025, it took about two weeks for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, as part of the Department of the Interior, to update the ​official federal nomenclature ​in the Geographic ⁠Names Information System to reflect the changes, effective immediately for federal use.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll in May ​showed 72% of Americans had a favorable view of ​Canada – a ⁠higher share than any other country in the survey had, including Germany and Mexico – and about twice Trump’s own approval rating.

About 52% of ⁠the ​surface area of Lake Ontario is in ​Canada, with the remainder in New York under a 1909 treaty.

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12 races scramble Senate battlefield as Democrats eye comeback

2026-08-27T13:11:54-04:00 / Fox News

With the clock quickly ticking toward Election Day 2026, Democrats are increasingly optimistic about recapturing the Senate majority in this year’s midterms.

“We are going to take back the Senate. Republicans thought they had the Senate locked down, but now Democrats, we are on the path to victory. We’ve blown the map wide open,” longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York touted last week.

Schumer made his prediction to reporters after The Cook Political Report, a leading nonpartisan election handicapper, shifted crucial Senate races in Texas and Iowa from leaning towards the GOP to toss up.

Republicans — as the party currently in power — were already up against traditional political headwinds that have historically led to a loss of congressional seats during midterm election years. Add to that the challenging climate fueled by persistent inflation, high gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and President Donald Trump’s underwater approval ratings.

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But Democrats have problems of their own as they try to win back control of the Senate in the midterms, including a party brand that public opinion polling indicates is extremely unpopular. And high-profile victories this spring and summer by left-wing and socialist candidates over establishment rivals in Democratic primaries are giving Republicans extra ammunition to portray all Democrats as extremists.

The Democrats’ path to the majority starts with holding the open seat in battleground Michigan, where far-left contender Abdul El-Sayed edged out more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in this month’s primary. El-Sayed’s victory, and recent polling that suggests he’s yet to unify his party’s base while former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers cruised to the GOP nomination unopposed, pushed the race from leaning towards the Democrats to toss up in the latest Fox News Power Rankings.

The Power Rankings currently include six states where neither Democrats nor Republicans have an edge: Michigan, along with GOP-controlled seats in Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, and Alaska.

Sen. Tim Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told Fox News Digital earlier this year that he was “incredibly optimistic” the GOP can not only hold but expand its current 53–47 majority in the upper chamber.

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Scott still feels optimistic, saying in an interview Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” “I am very confident that we will be in the majority at the end of November this year.”

Here’s a look at the most competitive Senate seats in play that could potentially flip the balance of power in the chamber, starting with the races in the Fox News Power Rankings that are up for grabs.

The Toss-Up States

1. Michigan

The race in the Great Lakes battleground state, where Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring, is a top flip opportunity for Republicans.

Rogers, who is the GOP Senate nominee for a second straight cycle, came within 20,000 votes of victory two years ago, out of roughly 5.5 million cast.

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Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, left, is making a direct pitch to Michigan Democrats following Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic primary victory.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images ; JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images))

As El-Sayed works to unify his party’s base after a combustible primary battle with Stevens, Rogers is increasing his efforts to court disaffected Democrats who may not be thrilled with their nominee’s far-left positions on key issues.

2. Texas

The national environment is also boosting state Rep. James Talarico, who is hoping to become the first Democrat since 1988 to win a U.S. Senate election in right-leaning Texas.

Talarico, who has hauled roughly $60 million in fundraising so far this year, an eye-popping figure, defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the March primary to secure the Democratic nomination.

He’s facing off in the general election against Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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Left: Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Right: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waves at the conclusion of a campaign event at Matt’s Rancho Martinez restaurant on August 04, 2026 in Allen, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

The MAGA firebrand, carrying plenty of political baggage, ousted longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas in an expensive and combustible GOP nomination battle that went into overtime.

The Fox News Power Rankings recently shifted the race in Texas from lean Republican to toss up.

3. Maine

Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins is running for re-election for a sixth six-year term in blue-leaning Maine.

Collins is the only Republican senator running for re-election this year in a state that then-Vice President Kamala Harris carried in her 2024 presidential election bid against Trump.

But the longtime senator, who has been a top Democrat target for multiple election cycles, has proven tough to beat.

Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate president, left, is challenging longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the 2026 midterm elections.(Getty Images)

Collins is being challenged by former Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee.

Jackson was overwhelmingly backed for the nomination last month at a state party convention. He replaced oysterman and combat veteran Graham Platner, who won the June Democratic Senate primary but quit the race amid a slew of controversies, including an allegation of rape from a woman he previously dated, which he denied.

The race is rated a toss up in the Fox News Power Rankings.

4. Ohio

Democrats scored a major recruiting victory last year when former Sen. Sherrod Brown announced he would challenge Republican Sen. Jon Husted.

A former lieutenant governor, Husted was appointed to the Senate a year ago after then-Sen. JD Vance stepped down to serve as vice president to Trump.

Republican Sen. Jon Husted, left, and former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown will face off in a highly anticipated Senate race in Ohio in November.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images ; Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Ohio, once a premier general election battleground, has turned solidly red over the past decade, and Democrats view Brown as their only competitive candidate in the race to serve the remaining two years of Vance’s term.

Brown lost re-election in 2024 by roughly four points while Trump carried Ohio by 11 points.

Ohio is listed as a toss up in the Fox News Power Rankings.

5. Iowa

Republicans are defending an open seat in Iowa, a onetime swing state that’s shifted to the right over the past decade.

Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Ashley Hinson speaks during a campaign event on June 01, 2026 in Dubuque, Iowa.(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

But the GOP rallied around Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is backed by Trump, in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.

Hinson, a former local TV news anchor who flipped a Democratic-held seat in 2020, is seen as a rising star in the party.

Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate nominee state Rep. Josh Turek speaks during a primary night rally at The Loft on June 2, 2026 in Des Moines, Iowa.(Charlie Neibergall/Getty Images)

State Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian, won a contested and expensive Democratic primary over more progressive state Sen. Zach Wahls. Turek is boosted by high inflation, soaring costs for farmer, and lagging economic growth, in one of the nation’s top agricultural states.

Trump carried the state by double digits in 2024, but the Senate race is rated a toss-up in the Fox News Power Rankings.

6. Alaska

Democrats were given a big boost in the red-leaning state when former Rep. Mary Peltola announced in February that she would challenge GOP incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.

Peltola lost re-election in 2024 in the at-large district that covers the entire state by three points, while Trump carried Alaska by 11 points.

Former Rep. Mary Peltola is the Democratic Senate nominee in Alaska in the 2026 midterm elections.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)

Benefiting Peltola, the first Alaska native to represent the state in Congress, is the appearance on the general election ballot of a second Dan Sullivan, a former teacher who announced his campaign in May.

Republicans have criticized the other Sullivan’s candidacy as a likely ploy to confuse voters in a crucial Senate race, which the candidate has denied.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is running for re-election in the 2026 midterm elections.(Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The race in Alaska is rated a toss up in the Fox News Power Rankings.

GOP-held seat Democrats aim to flip

North Carolina

Republicans are defending an open seat in the southeast battleground state, with GOP Sen. Thom Tillis retiring at the end of this year.

The GOP quickly rallied around former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley, who has Trump’s backing after steering the national party committee in the 2024 election.

GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina Michael Whatley, left, a former Republican National Committee chair, and Democratic nominee former Gov. Roy Cooper, will face off in the midterm elections.(Angela Weiss/AFP/Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu/Getty Images)

Democrats, meanwhile, landed their top recruit when former two-term Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race a year ago. Cooper enjoys tons of name recognition in North Carolina and is 6-0 when it comes to running statewide races.

North Carolina voted for Trump in the 2024 election, but the Fox News Power Rankings currently rate the race as lean Democrat.

Democrat-held seats the GOP aims to flip

New Hampshire

Republicans see another flip opportunity in New Hampshire, where a long-held Democratic Senate seat in New England’s only swing state is opening thanks to the retirement of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who is the first woman in U.S. history to be elected governor and senator.

Sen. Janine Shaheen, D-N.H., the first woman elected governor and U.S. senator in the nation’s history, is not seeking re-election in 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Four-term Rep. Chris Pappas is expected to capture the Democratic Senate nomination in the state’s early September primary.

Meanwhile, former Sen. John E. Sununu, who has Trump’s endorsement, is favored to win the GOP primary over former Sen. Scott Brown, who served as Trump’s first-term ambassador to New Zealand.

Sununu is the older brother to former Gov. Chris Sununu.

The Fox News Power Rankings currently rate the race as lean Democrat.

Georgia

Republicans view first-term Sen. Jon Ossoff as the most vulnerable Democrat seeking re-election in 2026.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, speaks during a campaign event at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Ga., on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Georgia’s Senate race is seen as a must-win for Democrats if they are to have any path toward retaking the Senate in November.(Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Ossoff, first elected in that 2020 race, built a massive war chest for his re-election in the southeastern battleground while the GOP faced a nasty three-way primary battle for its nomination in the crucial sunbelt battleground state.

In November’s midterms, Ossoff will face Republican Rep. Mike Collins, who was backed by Trump days ahead of the state’s June GOP primary runoff election.

Republican Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event, on June 14, 2026 in Woodstock, Georgia(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

Georgia narrowly voted for Trump in the 2024 election, but the Fox News Power Rankings currently rate the race as lean Democrat.

Long-shot expansion opportunities

Nebraska

Republican incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, a former governor, is seeking a full six-year term in the Senate representing the red-leaning state.

He’ll face off in the midterms with former union leader Dan Osborn, an independent candidate backed by Democratic-affiliated groups and donors, who is making his second straight run for the Senate.

Sen. Pete Ricketts makes a speech in Washington, D.C, on May 3, 2023.(Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Democratic nominee and former pharmacy technician Cindy Burbank dropped out of the race, in a move to boost Osborn.

The race is rated likely Republican in the Fox News Power Rankings.

Kansas

GOP Sen. Roger Marshall is seeking a second term. He’s being challenged by Democratic nominee Adam Hamilton, a pastor.

The Fox News Power Rankings recently moved the race from solid to likely Republican.

Minnesota

The retirement of Democratic Sen. Tina Smith is giving the GOP hopes they can flip the seat in the blue-leaning state.

Former NBC sports reporter turned conservative pundit and activist Michele Tafoya won the GOP nomination. She’ll face off with progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who defeated more moderate Rep. Angie Craig in the Democratic primary.

The race is rated likely Democrat in the Fox News Power Rankings.

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Deadly Nepal flood highlights glacier risks in warming Himalayas: “The new normal”

August 27, 2026 / 2:00 PM EDT / CBS/AP

The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested.

Scientists are still piecing together information from satellite and ground-level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood, which killed hundreds of people and left over a thousand more missing, including foreigners and pilgrims.

The U.S. Geological Survey on Wednesday reported a magnitude 5.2 glacier collapse that sent debris flowing downstream with catastrophic impact on communities. It said its determination was based on data from nearby seismic stations, long-period seismic waves and satellite imagery.

“A lower part of a glacier has really come off,” said Jakob Steiner, a geoscientist at the University of Graz in Austria who is currently based in Bangladesh. “If you look at the imagery it’s like someone cut with a huge knife through the whole lower part and it fell off.”

Satellite images show a valley of the Langtang Lirung mountain peak in Nepal on June 25, 2026, and Aug. 26, 2026, when devastating flooding struck the country. Sabrina Blanchard and Luca Matteucci/AFP via Getty Images

Steiner said a mass of glacial ice dropping from a great height could have felt like a bomb exploding, resulting in the chaos that followed.

Scientists said it is too early to draw a direct connection between global warming and Wednesday’s catastrophe. However, they said that as Earth’s temperature rises because of human activities such as burning oil, gas and coal, the chances of such disasters increase, especially in the Himalayan mountains, which are warming considerably faster than many other parts of the world.

“We have to be cautious and not draw a connection yet. However, rising temperatures are changing the Hindu Kush Himalaya region and melting glaciers,” said Saswat Sanyal, a disaster risk reduction specialist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, a climate research group based in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu.

The Hindu Kush Himalaya region spans roughly 2,175 miles, from Afghanistan to Myanmar, and is home to the highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest. It contains the largest volume of ice on Earth outside the two polar regions and is the source of water for 12 rivers that flow through 16 Asian nations.

Those rivers provide fresh water to some 240 million people living in the region, and about 1.65 billion people further downstream, the climate research group said in a 2023 report. The group warned the melting of the glaciers would be a disaster for all of those people.

In this week’s catastrophe, hundreds have lost their homes across the Himalayan region, and officials reported large-scale damage to critical infrastructure, including hydropower dams, roads, buildings and bridges in the region.

Sudden rise in water levels gave no chance to escape

Water levels in rivers across the flood-affected region rose by as much as 9 meters (29.5 feet) in 30 minutes as a result of the surge from the glacial detachment upstream, researchers at the climate research group said.

“It was a huge rise, a huge surge of water that happened suddenly,” said Sanyal.

Mud covers a property following flash flooding in Trishuli in Nepal’s Nuwakot district Aug. 26, 2026. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

Preliminary evidence suggests a large volume of ice and rock may have plunged into the Lhende Khola, a tributary of the Bhote Koshi River. Researchers said the collapse could have displaced water and picked up loose sediment and boulders, producing a powerful surge downstream. Researchers are also examining whether debris temporarily dammed the river before the impounded water burst through, magnifying the flood.

Steiner said the area has a history of destructive mountain hazards. Floods originating from a glacial lake struck the same valley in 2025, while an ice and rock avalanche occurred elsewhere in the area in 2024. The broader Langtang region was also hit by devastating avalanches during Nepal’s 2015 earthquake.

Climate change increasing risks in the Himalayas

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is warming rapidly, driving major changes in glaciers, snow cover, permafrost and mountain slopes, according to climate scientists.

Around 78% of the glacier area, located between about 14,760 and 19,685 feet above sea level, is highly exposed to warming.

“What happened yesterday is unfortunately the new normal. It’s going to get worse from here onwards,” Steiner said.

A map shows where the flash flood happened in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026. Elif Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

The last decade was the hottest multi-year period globally since records began, and 2024 was the warmest year ever recorded. U.N. reports have found that between 2000 and 2019, glaciers lost 267 gigatons of ice per year, roughly equivalent to the mass of 46,500 Great Pyramids of Giza.

In a warming world, the reports project the loss of up to 50% of all glaciers — excluding those in Greenland and Antarctica — by 2100, even if global warming can be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).

Current global policies put Earth on a trajectory to warm by about 2.8 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels by the end of the century.

Research by the Kathmandu-based group has found that glaciers across these mountains are melting at an accelerating rate, with ice-loss rates doubling since 2000.

Melting glaciers can feed and enlarge glacial lakes, increasing the potential for sudden floods.

As glaciers retreat, mountain rock that was previously insulated and supported by ice becomes exposed to warmer temperatures, rain and repeated freezing and thawing. Permafrost — ground that has remained frozen for years — can also thaw, weakening rock faces and slopes.

“The chances that material starts to move down from mountains increase,” Steiner said.

Sanyal said that may be the kind of cascading hazard behind what happened Wednesday in Nepal: an avalanche or glacier collapse that turns into a debris flow, river blockage and devastating flash flood.

The impacts of the rapid glacial melt in the Himalayas will be felt around the world, Izabella Koziell, deputy director general of the Kathmandu-based group, told CBS News in 2023.

“Even if this feels remote to us sitting far away, it is going to affect us — whether that is through mass people movement or sea-level rise. When the glaciers in the Himalayas melt, the ice sheets in Greenland, Arctic and Antarctic are also melting. This means there will be sea level rise, there will be quite dramatic changes in ocean circulation as a result of increase in fresh water into oceans, and this will have huge impacts on us,” Koziell said.

“The people who are losing their livelihoods, of which there are 2 billion people — that’s a quarter of the world’s population — where will they go? They will have to go and find safer places and we will have to offer those safer places for them to live,” Koziell said.

Fast growth and lack of warnings compound disaster

Steiner said about 10% of Nepal’s power production was located in the valley affected by the latest disaster. He said the repeated losses raise questions about whether enough has been done to install warning systems for residents and visitors alike after previous floods and avalanches.

The country’s landscape has long been a draw for tourists, with more than a million people visiting the country annually in recent years.

Scientists say stronger early warning systems, better monitoring and faster cross-border information sharing will be increasingly important as temperatures rise and mountain landscapes become less stable.

But monitoring thousands of glaciers, steep slopes and river valleys across the Himalayan arc is extremely difficult.

And when cascading disasters begin, there may be only minutes to act.

“We don’t have hours,” Sanyal said. “We have sometimes a few minutes to actually prepare.”

A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash flooding and a landslide disaster in Devighat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Aug. 26, 2026. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images

Steiner said a “red line” has already been reached where some regions of Nepal are just too risky to live in now.

“We expected previous similar disasters to be a wake-up call for governments in the Himalayan region, but it’s a bit frustrating that the damages never seem to be horrible enough,” Steiner said.

“I’m not super optimistic that from tomorrow onwards there will be clear solutions,” he added. “We know what can be done, but various stakeholders need to coordinate and make things happen.”

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Marine One helicopter crew failed to reach air traffic control before safety incident, report says

2026-08-27T18:10:20.103Z / Reuters

By David Shepardson

August 27, 2026 6:10 PM UTC Updated 42 mins ago

A Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King helicopter, operated by U.S. Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1), flies past U.S. flags at the base of the Washington Monument, as it arrives to transport U.S. President Donald Trump as Marine One, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too ​close to a passenger jet on August 4 failed to reach ‌air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington National Airport raised questions about why the passenger airplane was ​allowed to depart while Marine One was nearby, a time when ​commercial traffic is typically halted.

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The NTSB said the Marine One crew ⁠at least twice attempted to give controllers a required three-minute notice of ​departure but were hampered by communications issues. The NTSB said the crew also ​sought to contact controllers through the helicopter facility at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, which was also unsuccessful.

On Tuesday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Bryan Bedford, said the agency relocated an antenna and changed a procedure ​after the incident. The NTSB said checks made after the relocation have shown ​no communications issues.

The NTSB also disclosed there had been other communication issues. On July 30, Marine One ‌and ⁠air traffic control staff met and controllers sought “to discuss concern with recent reports of their not receiving the required 3 minute to liftoff call,” the NTSB said.

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The Marine One crew said communications “had been spotty,” the NTSB said.

FAA rules require ​aircraft to remain ​separated by at ⁠least 1.5 miles (2.4 km) horizontally and 500 feet (152 m) vertically around airports. The NTSB said Marine One and the plane ​were at one point separated by 0.82 nautical mile laterally and ​700 feet ⁠vertically.

Envoy Air 3742, an Embraer EMBJ3.SA E170 regional jet, was bound for Pensacola, Florida. Another regional flight, Republic 4700, was 3 miles from Reagan during the incident and ⁠was ​rerouted out of caution.

The FAA imposed permanent restrictions ​on helicopter operations around Washington’s Reagan Airport after the January 2025 midair collision between an American Airlines ​regional jet and an Army helicopter.

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UEFA preparing criminal complaint against FIFA’s Infantino, asks U.S. courts for FIFA documents

2026-08-27 12:55:29 EDT / CBS/AP

Europe’s soccer governing body is asking a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida that it could use in a planned criminal complaint against embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

In a court filing on Thursday, UEFA said it is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against Infantino over possible financial mismanagement related to his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors, including a company founded by Joshua Kushner.

The now-abandoned plan sought to transfer commercial rights linked to men’s and women’s World Cups and the Club World Cup into a new subsidiary called FIFA Forward Enterprise.

UEFA said it filed a request in the southern Florida district court for authorization of discovery “in a foreign proceeding” against FIFA, which has offices in Miami’s Coral Gables neighborhood.

The organization also said it filed documents in a Manhattan court requesting discovery of potential evidence from the New York investment fund Thrive Capital Management, founded by Kushner.

Kushner is the younger brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. Earlier this month, CBS News reported that Joshua Kushner and former Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger have agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. The fee is $12.5 billion, sources familiar with the deal told CBS Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Infantino’s closerelationship with Mr. Trump drew scrutinythroughout this summer’sWorld Cup, which was hosted jointly by the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Thrive and Kushner were to be the anchor investors intending to pay FIFA $4.2 billion for a 20% stake in a subsidiary that would run the soccer body’s commercial events, including the World Cup.

“UEFA and its counsel are contemplating a Swiss criminal proceeding against Infantino and possibly other FIFA officials for criminal mismanagement under Article 158 of the Swiss Criminal Code,” UEFA’s lawyers state in a 56-page document seen by The Associated Press.

The document suggests the $4.2 billion figure could be a “fraudulently off-market price promoted by Infantino for his own benefit.”

UEFA was the first to react to Infantino’s plan, threatening to boycott any FIFA-sponsored competitions, which would have included the next men’s World Cup, which will be hosted in Europe and Africa. Spain, which is a UEFA member team, is the current holder of the World Cup title.

Infantino was forced toscrap the plan on Aug. 1after his senior adviser, who sat on a White House panel, resigned and Asia’s soccer body joined Europe and North America in opposing it.

UEFA, which issued a blistering statement saying it had lost confidence in Infantino’s leadership at FIFA, first threatened to take legal action on Aug. 3 when it warned FIFA against destroying or hiding any “relevant materials” related to the plan.

“Infantino claimed that the plan would ‘unleash the commercial potential and opportunity that FIFA has,’” UEFA lawyers told the courts. “In truth, it was a vehicle for Infantino and that small circle to acquire a permanent stake in and otherwise profit from FIFA’s most valuable assets to the detriment of FIFA, its members, and other parties within the football family.

“Under the terms Infantino announced, those investors stood to acquire a permanent financial interest in FIFA’s commercial arm for $4.2 billion, implying an absurdly low enterprise value of only approximately $20 billion, a figure that was neither the product of an open, competitive auction, nor tested by any independent valuer.”

Spokespeople for FIFA and Thrive have not responded to requests for comment.