Spain wins the World Cup, and U.S. service members killed in the Middle East: Weekend Rundown

Spain defeated Lionel Messi and Argentina 1-0 to claim its second World Cup title and first since 2010, with Ferran Torres scoring the decisive goal in the 106th minute.

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Spain dominated the matchup, ending with 65% possession and 20 shots. It was the continuation of a suffocating defensive effort, as the nation conceded only one goal the entire tournament. Defending champion Argentina, by comparison, had only two shots in the final match.

Argentina played the final minutes of regulation and extra time down a player after Enzo Fernández was sent off for receiving two yellow cards. Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made 11 saves, a World Cup final record.

U.S. and Iran trade strikes after two U.S. service members killed in Jordan

Two U.S. service members were killed Friday while defending against an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan, and another service member is missing, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.

A third service member was killed in a separate incident in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

CENTCOM said the two troops in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. and partner forces responded to the attack. Four other service members were medically evacuated. It did not specify where in Jordan the attack occurred or provide additional details about the circumstances.

The U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes Saturday and completed the eighth consecutive night of launching munitions against Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces believed to have targeted U.S. service members in Jordan on Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday that it was investigating reports of an overnight attack on the construction site of Iran’s planned Darkhovin nuclear power plant.

Iran’s semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Telegram overnight that its own forces had launched “massive drone attacks” on key U.S. military sites in Kuwait, and that its attacks would impact U.S. military support operations in the Middle East.

JD and Usha Vance welcome fourth child

Second lady Usha Vance gave birth Sunday to her fourth child, Vance’s office announced.

“We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning,” the Vance family said in a statement. “Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their little brother.”

Vance, 40, is the first woman since the 1870s to give birth while her husband is vice president. She and her husband, Vice President JD Vance, have three other young children, two boys and one girl, who are ages 4 to 9.

The vice president had said it was unlikely that he would take parental leave once the baby arrived.

Tate brothers arrested by U.S. authorities, face additional rape charges in the U.K.

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The brothers face additional rape charges in the U.K. under ongoing cases and are now awaiting extradition, according to British authorities.

Andrew Tate, 39, faces seven additional counts of rape and multiple charges related to trafficking and illegal child images and pornography, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Tristan Tate, 38, faces two counts of rape and three related to trafficking, it said.

The charges cover alleged offenses from July 2010 to August 2017, the service said. Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Special Crime Division at the Crown Prosecution Service, said the agency received a new file of evidence from the Bedfordshire Police force.

Attorney Joseph D. McBride, who has been representing the pair in civil litigation, called the arrests an “egregious abuse” of authority by U.S. officials.

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

After May Pollard was found dead on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt the 16-year-old?

“A lot of America,” her mother, Elyse, answered.

May had struggled and become increasingly withdrawn in the years since she came out as a transgender girl, until she ultimately died by suicide. She grew up in an era in which dozens of conservative states and the Trump administration were enacting laws targeting the trans community.

She had been aware of what was happening. May joined a lawsuit to challenge Idaho’s bathroom law. One of her favorite songs was about trans identity and oppression. And she wrote poetry about her mental health struggles.

Suicide cannot be attributed to any one factor. But May’s life and death provide a glimpse into the tremendous and tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people across America — especially kids.

There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole f-----g country. The whole f-----g administration, every single f-----g day.

Joseph Pollard’s raw fury came from the years of pain he and Elyse watched May endure. She feared going to the bathroom at school, talked of hurting herself if she couldn’t start taking estrogen and hated how state laws made her feel different when she longed to fit in.