Por Federico Leiva, CNN en Español

El seleccionado argentino llega a Norteamérica con el mote de vigente campeón del mundo y siendo serio aspirante a repetir la corona, algo no logra ninguna selección desde Brasil en 1958 y 1962. En su camino al sueño dorado del bicampeonato, la Albiceleste deberá sortear ocho obstáculos, uno más de los que la llevaron a la gloria en Qatar 2022.

El combinado nacional que dirige Lionel Scaloni comenzará su camino en el Grupo J, el mismo que integran Argelia, Austria y Jordania, conformando una zona que a priori es accesible para meterse en los dieciseisavos de final (pasan los primeros y segundos de cada grupo y los ocho mejores terceros).

La primera parada será el martes 16 de junio, cuando enfrente a Argelia en el Estadio Kansas City, en el estado de Missouri. El recinto, que abrió sus puertas en 1972 y es considerado el más ruidoso al aire libre en todo el mundo, es la casa de los Chiefs de la NFL, el Sporting SC de la MLS y el KC Current de la NWSL (fútbol femenino). Argentina jugará en el tercer turno del día, que también tendrá los partidos Francia vs. Senegal, Iraq vs. Noruega y, más tarde, Austria vs. Jordania.

• 9 p.m. de Miami
• 6 p.m. de Los Ángeles
• 7 p.m. de Ciudad de México
• 8 p.m. de Bogotá
• 10 p.m. de Buenos Aires
• 3 a.m. de Madrid

Seis días después, el lunes 22 de junio, Argentina tendrá su segunda prueba ante Austria, una de las doce selecciones europeas que ganaron su grupo en las eliminatorias de la UEFA. El duelo se disputará en el Estadio Dallas en la ciudad de Arlington, en Texas. Es un recinto mucho más nuevo, inaugurado en 2009, y que tiene una capacidad de 94.000 aficionados. Allí juegan los Cowboys de la NFL y se han desarrollado eventos que van desde conciertos musicales hasta veladas de boxeo por el título mundial. Será el primer partido del día, antes de Francia vs. Iraq, Noruega vs. Senegal y Jordania vs. Argelia.

• 1 p.m. de Miami
• 10 a.m. de Los Ángeles
• 11 a.m. de Ciudad de México
• 12 p.m. de Bogotá
• 2 p.m. de Buenos Aires
• 7 p.m. de Madrid

La última presentación de la albiceleste en la fase de grupos llegará el sábado 27 de junio, cuando se mida ante la debutante Jordania, una selección que dio la sorpresa al dejar atrás a Iraq en las eliminatorias. El encuentro volverá a disputarse en el Estadio Dallas, y será parte de una jornada de súper acción, en especial para el fútbol latinoamericano, ya que a la misma hora jugarán Argelia vs. Austria, y antes lo harán Panamá vs. Inglaterra y Croacia vs. Ghana (Grupo L); Colombia vs. Portugal y República Democrática del Congo vs.
Uzbekistán.

• 10 p.m. de Miami
• 7 p.m. de Los Ángeles
• 8 p.m. de Ciudad de México
• 9 p.m. de Bogotá
• 11 p.m. de Buenos Aires
• 4 a.m. de Madrid

En caso de avanzar a la siguiente ronda, el escenario se abre en un par de posibilidades.
Si lo hace como primera de grupo, jugará el viernes 3 de julio en el Estadio Miami ante el segundo del Grupo H (España, Uruguay, Arabia Saudita y Cabo Verde), mientras que si avanza como escolta, lo hará un día antes, el jueves 2 de julio, ante el ganador de la misma zona, la H, en el Estadio Los Ángeles.

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Morning clouds are expected across most beach areas this weekend.

Warming is likely Thursday thanks to high pressure returning into our region but temperatures will be dependent on the strength of the coastal cloud coverage.

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By Sarah Ferris, CNN

(CNN) — GOP Rep. Tom Kean is running unopposed in his primary on Tuesday, seeking a third term in one of the nation’s most competitive seats.

But voters haven’t seen or heard directly from Kean in months — and it’s still unclear when he might return to work on Capitol Hill. Kean has yet to offer a date for his return to House Speaker Mike Johnson and his team, who have been navigating their reed-thin margins without him since early March, according to three GOP leadership sources.

The New Jersey congressman said in late April on social media that he’s dealing with a “personal medical issue,” without specifying what it is, and said he would be back “very soon.” Late last month, he told The New Jersey Globe that he’d be back in the “next couple of weeks.”

His absence, though, is now increasingly rattling House Republicans. Kean’s colleagues say they are worried about his health — and how the unexplained absence could complicate the GOP’s ability to hold onto a critical swing seat in an already difficult midterm cycle, according to multiple sources.

Some Republicans, too, are frustrated by what they see as a massive public relations failure, sources say, with the congressman’s team unable to answer specific questions about his return — and then drawing national scrutiny for the lack of responses.

Multiple aides in Kean’s office did not respond to requests for comment from CNN.

Kean has spoken privately to Johnson since his last vote on March 5. But if the speaker or others in leadership are aware of Kean’s medical condition, they have not disclosed it to their colleagues or their own staff, sources said.

Kean’s absence has mystified many of his House Republican colleagues. Some have been privately raising questions about what happens if Kean is forced to drop out of the race after the primary. Under New Jersey law, a post-primary vacancy would be filled by the state’s GOP county committee leaders. (Kean told the Globe last month that he is planning to run for reelection.)

He has maintained leadership support, however, with Johnson publicly backing him to reporters on Capitol Hill. And he earned a formal Trump endorsement ahead of his primary.

So far, his Democratic opponents in the primary have mostly refrained from using Kean’s absence as a political cudgel on the trail. But Republicans believe it will become a more salient attack line after voters choose their Democratic nominee on Tuesday, choosing between four candidates who’ve each raised more than $1 million. (Former Navy helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett is considered the frontrunner, raising nearly $3 million.)

Since early March, Kean has continued to post regularly on his social media accounts. But it’s his staff who are attending high school graduations and ribbon cutting ceremonies for new businesses. His last public events appear to have been in early March, when he spent the weekend attending events such as a documentary screening at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey.

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(CNN) — The Trump administration has signaled to Republican congressional leaders that it plans to drop the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though it was unclear how firm or permanent that plan is, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to taking any action on the controversial pot of money, and a third source familiar with the discussions indicated the administration was merely pausing efforts to pursue the fund — not dropping those plans altogether.

That characterization more closely matches a public statement from the Department of Justice Monday, which said that it would “abide by” a federal court ruling that paused the fund until at least June 12. A fourth source familiar with the matter said Trump himself still believes in the fund, even as he acknowledges vehement pushback to the concept.

The plan to back off the fund for now came after Trump held a lengthy meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, where the “anti-weaponization” fund was among the topics the two discussed. But it’s unclear if the Trump administration’s message will satisfy GOP lawmakers as fury over the fund has stalled the GOP’s broader agenda.

Republican leaders have been struggling to pass additional funding for immigration enforcement. And on Monday, even Senate Majority Leader John Thune called for the administration to “shut it down themselves,” in regards to the fund. Continued efforts to get that spending legislation over the finish line will almost certainly involve more attempts to kill the “anti-weaponization” fund permanently.

The federal judge set a hearing for June 12 to hear arguments over whether she should issue a longer pause. Until then, she barred the Justice Department from allocating money to create the fund, considering any claims or distributing any money to applicants.

It’s unclear if the Trump administration will continue fighting for the fund in that hearing.

The controversial fund was created to settle an unprecedented lawsuit Trump brought against the IRS over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns years ago. But since its announcement, the fund has faced weeks of unrelenting push back from the president’s own party both in public and in private, with some saying it’s essentially a slush fund to pay out Trump’s allies.

At first, senior Justice Department officials insisted that they wouldn’t change the details of the fund despite pushback from within the GOP, sources told CNN. But congressional Republicans have remained furious, with some allies encouraging the president to scrap it entirely.

And the pause by the Virginia judge wasn’t the only court setback for the fund. A second judge in Florida who oversaw Trump’s initial suit against the IRS ordered the president and others to respond to allegations that he worked in a collusive manner with Justice Department lawyers representing the IRS to reach an out-of-court settlement — in other words, that he defrauded the court.

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