Years after learning soccer in their basement, brothers Brenden and Paxten Aaronson both play for US

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• Years after learning soccer in their basement, brothers Brenden and Paxten Aaronson both play for US</p>

<p>RONALD BLUMJune 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM</p>

<p>1 / 5Aaronson Brothers SoccerUnited States midfielder Brenden Aaronson, left, poses for a photo with his brother forward Paxten Aaronson before the start of an international friendly soccer game against Turkey, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in East Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)</p>

<p>Brenden and Paxten Aaronson play on better soccer fields these days than the New Jersey basement known as "The Dungeon" where they used to practice penalties and free kicks.</p>

<p>"We had to put in special lights so they wouldn't kick the light bulbs and break them," mom Janell Aaronson recalled. "We had to do some padding on some of the poles that are in the basement so they didn't get hurt. We made it as safe as we could."</p>

<p>On June 10, she was in the stands at GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tennessee, watching them become just the fourth pair of brothers to start the same match together for the U.S. national team, the first since George and Louis Nanchoff against the Soviet Union in 1979.</p>

<p>"I played with this guy since, I don't know, 5 — he was probably actually 2 at that time," Brenden said. "Maybe 7, I was, and he was probably 4."</p>

<p>Brenden, 24, already is a World Cup veteran, appearing as a substitute in all four U.S. matches at Qatar three years ago, Paxten, who turns 22 in August, hopes to make the World Cup roster for the first time when the U.S. co-hosts next year's tournament.</p>

<p>"Completely different players. Both in different ways can perform," U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said.</p>

<p>Both are on the roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, where the Americans play Guatemala on Wednesday night and hope to advance to a final against Mexico or Honduras on Sunday. Both are midfielders and wingers who made their way up through the Philadelphia Union academy system and moved to Europe after two seasons in Major League Soccer, Paxten at age 19 and Brenden at 20.</p>

<p>At the start of their national team camp together, they reflected on learning the sport in their backyard and the downstairs room given its nickname by their dad, Rusty.</p>

<p>"We always played in the basement, right before or after dinner," Paxten said. "We had a basement with kind of like a mini-pitch that we built off of carpet and goals that we taped on the wall and stuff like that. So we would always just play down there and then come up for dinner, then after dinner go down and play, We broke a lot of lights."</p>

<p>And learned competition.</p>

<p>"Toes have been stepped on," Paxten said.</p>

<p>Their dad, Rusty, played college soccer at Monmouth, ran a risk management firm and is sporting director of Real Futbol Academy in Medford, New Jersey. In addition to the brothers, 18-year-old sister Jaden will be a freshman on Villanova's soccer team this fall.</p>

<p>"I don't know how these guys do it without having a younger brother or someone to train with," Brenden said. "When you're in a shooting drill, sometimes you can take times off. But you know he's going to want to beat me and I'm going to want to be him, so you go that extra mile to keep even getting better at it."</p>

<p>Brenden scored in his MLS debut with Philadelphia in March 2019 and has played for Salzburg (2021-22), Leeds (2022-25) and Union Berlin (2023-24). He made his U.S. debut in 2020 and has nine goals in 51 international appearances.</p>

<p>Paxten debuted in MLS with the Union in May 2021 and has played for Eintracht Frankfurt (2023-24), Vitesse (2024) and Utrecht (2024-25). He made his first U.S. appearance in 2023 and scored against New Zealand at last year's Olympics.</p>

<p>Before the match against Switzerland, they hadn't played on the same team together since the youth academy. They faced each other briefly on Nov. 4, 2023, when Brenden entered in the 83rd minute for Eintracht Frankfurt and Paxten in the 85th for host Union Berlin.</p>

<p>"There's been some fights throughout the years," Brenden said, with Paxten sitting adjacent and laughing. "It's more in the one v. ones when I would get beat by him. Because you're the older, you feel like you have to win. But he's beat me a handful of times where I had a temper tantrum. I was kicking the ball against the wall. I literally — I can't take it sometimes."</p>

<p>But afterward, they resumed playing the FIFA video game.</p>

<p>Having the common "E" in the names of the siblings was mom's idea.</p>

<p>"We spelled Brenden E-N. I just liked the spelling of that vs. 'A-N. Just visually. It looked better to me,'" Janell said. "When we ended up having our other kids, I just made sure that they all ended in E-N.' I don't know why. I just did that."</p>

<p>After the Gold Cup and brief time off, Brenden will return to England to prepare for the Premier League season with newly promoted Leeds. Paxten will report to Eintracht Frankfurt unless he's loaned again.</p>

<p>Trying to watch all their matches is daunting for their parents, who also will be at Villanova for Jaden.</p>

<p>"Sometimes when the games are on, I don't like to get the updates because I do like to go back and watch," Rusty said. "Sometimes I've looked at my phone, something good has happened and then the cat's out of the bag and there's no need to watch the game."</p>

<p>Streamed replays are not for mom.</p>

<p>"I don't even know how to work any of that," she said.</p>

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Who would win and who would lose in Republicans' 'big, beautiful bill'

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• Who would win and who would lose in Republicans' 'big, beautiful bill'</p>

<p>Shannon Pettypiece June 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM</p>

<p>Legislation making its way through the Senate stands to have wide-ranging effects across the economy — bolstering tax benefits for businesses and higher-income households while threatening health insurance for millions of Americans and putting thousands of clean energy and health care jobs at risk.</p>

<p>The bill, which is more than 900 pages long and Republicans have dubbed the "big, beautiful bill," passed a key procedural vote over the weekend in the Senate largely along party lines, with all but two Republicans voting to advance it.</p>

<p>Follow live coverage here</p>

<p>The Senate is debating the measure before taking a final vote. If the bill passes the Senate, it will then go back to the House for another vote and ultimately must be signed by President Donald Trump before becoming law. While changes could still be made and its passage isn't certain, here are some of the key winners and losers under the latest version of the bill.</p>

<p>Winners: Corporations</p>

<p>The legislation would make permanent trillions of dollars in corporate tax cuts enacted in 2017 during Trump's first term and expand other tax breaks for businesses. That includes permanently lowering the corporate tax rate to 21% from the 35% level before the 2017 tax cuts. The bill would also extend or increase other tax breaks for business investments, like those on new machinery, equipment and research and development, which business groups have said would encourage business investments in the U.S. The bill would also extend through 2033 tax incentives enacted in 2017 for businesses that invest in disadvantaged areas, called Opportunity Zones.</p>

<p>Losers: Younger generations</p>

<p>The tax cuts would add around $3 trillion over the next decade to the national debt, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. That means the U.S. would have to borrow more money to cover its expenses, requiring it to pay an estimated $600 billion to $700 billion in additional interest payments, according to an analysis by the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget.</p>

<p>Corporations are set to benefit in the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)</p>

<p>The amount of money Americans pay toward interest on the country's debt is expected to increase sharply in the coming years, totaling $78 trillion over the next 30 years and accounting for 34% of federal revenues, according to the Congressional Budget Office.</p>

<p>Paying for that added interest will fall to future generations, likely in the form of higher taxes and less spending on other programs younger generations could benefit from, like early childhood education, more affordable housing or improved infrastructure. It will also give the U.S. less flexibility to borrow if there is a future crisis, such as a pandemic or war.</p>

<p>As U.S. debt has ballooned — with the current ratio of debt to gross domestic product at similar levels to those seen during World War II — it has also increased concern among investors about the country's ability to make its debt and interest payments on time. That means investors are starting to seek a higher interest payments, or yield, in exchange for buying U.S. debt, which could also drive up interest rates for other private loans — with higher mortgage rates or interest on a small business loan.</p>

<p>Winners: Higher-income households</p>

<p>The bill would greatly expand the amount of state and local taxes households are able to deduct from their federal taxes from the current cap of $10,000 to up to $40,000.</p>

<p>The biggest beneficiaries from the change would be households making $200,000 to $500,000 a year and those that own property, because they are likelier to pay higher property and income taxes, according to an analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. It would also disproportionately benefit households in higher-tax states, like New York, New Jersey and California.</p>

<p>Wealthy households and business owners would also benefit from a permanent reduction in the estate tax. Under the legislation, heirs of estates valued at less than $15 million would not have to pay a tax on their inheritance. That cap is set to drop to $7 million in 2026.</p>

<p>Losers: Lower-income households</p>

<p>Provisions in the latest version of the bill would cause nearly 12 million low-income people to lose their health insurance over the next decade by cutting around $1 trillion from Medicaid, the health insurance program for poor and disabled people, according to the CBO. The Senate bill includes steeper cuts to Medicaid than an earlier version passed by the House.</p>

<p>Provisions in the latest version of the bill would cause nearly 12 million low-income people to lose their health insurance. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images for People's Action file)</p>

<p>The cuts would take a particular toll on people in rural areas who are more likely to receive their health insurance through Medicaid than those in urban or suburban areas. Researchers at Georgetown University found that 40% of children in small and rural towns receive their health insurance from Medicaid. The bill could also reduce the number of people who receive their insurance through the Affordable Care Act.</p>

<p>The version of the Senate bill released over the weekend also includes cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, by requiring adults ages 18 to 64 without disabilities to work at least 80 hours a month unless they are caring for children under 10. The added requirements could lead to $300 billion in cuts to food stamp spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office.</p>

<p>Winners: Workers with income from tips and overtime</p>

<p>The legislation would carry through on a campaign promise by Trump to exempt income from tips and overtime from federal income taxes. Tipped workers make up about 2.5% of the workforce, and about 12% of hourly workers clock some overtime each year, according to an analysis by the Yale Budget Lab.</p>

<p>Both tax exemptions are structured as deductions that workers would claim when they filed their taxes the following year. The tax exemption would apply only to federal income tax, so workers would still have to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on their income, along with any state or local taxes.</p>

<p>As many as 40% of tipped workers already don't make enough money to have to pay federal income tax on any of their earnings, so the benefit would be relatively limited, the Yale Budget Lab found.</p>

<p>Loser: Health care workers</p>

<p>Less funding for Medicaid and fewer people with health insurance would mean a drop-off in doctor's office visits, prescription refills and medical procedures — and, as a result, fewer workers needed to support those types of services. That could lead to the loss of nearly 500,000 health care jobs over the next decade, according to an analysis by George Washington University and the Commonwealth Fund.</p>

<p>The Senate bill would also prohibit Medicaid funding for entities that provide abortions, including Planned Parenthood, which could cause cuts backs or the closure of those health care centers.</p>

<p>The Senate legislation seeks to mitigate some of that pain for rural health care providers, who care for a disproportionately high number of Medicaid patients, with a $25 billion fund for rural hospitals.</p>

<p>Winners: Fossil fuel companies</p>

<p>The bill would strip away numerous provisions put in place during the Biden administration to shift energy consumption away from fossil fuels. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images)</p>

<p>Both the House and the Senate bill include wins for the fossil fuel industry, stripping away numerous provisions put in place during President Joe Biden's administration to shift energy consumption away from fossil fuels. Both bills would delay a fee on excess methane pollution by oil and gas companies, roll back Biden-era rules to curb vehicle emissions and include provisions intended to speed the development of new fossil fuel projects.</p>

<p>The Senate bill also includes a new tax workaround for oil drillers that would enable many of them to avoid having to pay a corporate alternative minimum tax of 15%.</p>

<p>Losers: Clean energy companies and workers</p>

<p>Clean energy companies say the bill could cripple their businesses by stripping away tax subsidies and funding made available during the Biden administration. The Senate bill would go further than the earlier version passed in the House by imposing new tax penalties on wind and solar farm projects started after 2027, unless they met certain requirements. That could jeopardize billions of dollars in investments in clean energy projects — along with the thousands of jobs that would come along with those projects, including in Republican-led states like Georgia and South Carolina.</p>

<p>Other provisions would reduce benefits for consumers buying electric vehicles, solar panels and appliances to make their homes more energy efficient.</p>

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<p>Matt StaffJune 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM</p>

<p>Split image: Left side shows a man in white dancing with a woman outdoors, smiling. Right side shows a woman in a low-cut dress laughing beside a bearded man in an open shirt at an indoor event.</p>

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<p>The "Swinging Sixties" were a whirlwind of miniskirts and boundary-shattering art that effectively rewired the cultural circuits of an entire generation. This collection of 35 vintage photos can bottle up all that crackling energy and then whisk you right away into a time when everyone seemed caught up in riding the wave of electric, good vibes. Enjoy the nostalgic trip.</p>

<p>1. Throwing it back to the early sixties</p>

<p>mounterrigai/via reddit.com2. Jiving back in the sixties was a total vibe</p>

<p>wemtastic/via reddit.com3. Someone's mom rocking her sixties look</p>

<p>blisteronfeets/via reddit.com4. Someone's grandfather on an unknown year back in the sixties</p>

<p>deleted/via reddit.com5. These sixties girls knew how to have a good time</p>

<p>dewi526/via reddit.com6. What's so funny there?</p>

<p>annamapia/via reddit.com7. This guy was trying his hand at landing a big movie role in the sixties</p>

<p>thinkums/via reddit.com8. Cellphones in the sixties were a far different ballgame</p>

<p>deleted91893/via reddit.com9. Pogo sticks truly were all the rage during the sixties</p>

<p>anonymous192/via reddit.com10. George Harrison showing off an impressive little shiner</p>

<p>deleted1923/via reddit.com11. These ladies out in Turkey were rocking their go-to haircuts</p>

<p>anonymous1892/via reddit.com12. A Rolls-Royce silver shadow in London</p>

<p>anonymous8921/via reddit.com13. Someone's grandpa shining with joy in his sixties coffeshop</p>

<p>deleted/via reddit.com14. Carl Wilson at the Fender guitar factory in the sixties</p>

<p>pwithnob/via reddit.com15. Mom's got the iconic sixties stroller in action here</p>

<p>anonymous1821/via reddit.com16. John Cale and Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground in the sixties</p>

<p>velveterrunderground/via reddit.com17. Mod girls in the sixties</p>

<p>v391/via reddit.com18. A rest stop on the way to their vacation during the sixties</p>

<p>oscarisparentals/via reddit.com19. All the fits here really capture that capture the aesthetics for the kids during that time</p>

<p>jennica/via reddit.com20. Someone's aunt and uncle headed to the lake in the early sixties</p>

<p>jennysiwngs/via reddit.com21. People really knew how to get down and have a good time during the sixties</p>

<p>deleted1892/via reddit.com22. Someone's mom on a Lumbretta in the sixties</p>

<p>spatty01451/via reddit.com23. Nothing like packing up your stuff and hitting the road on your bike, circa 1960s</p>

<p>vintagesixties/via reddit.com24. Someone's grandfather next to his cool car in the Netherlands in the sixties</p>

<p>ferrypicklane/via reddit.com25. Syd Barrett during the sixties</p>

<p>pwithnob/via reddit.com26. Viggo was always destined to play Aragorn, circa 1960s</p>

<p>professionalpie1105/via reddit.com27. Grace Slick walking around in the 1960s</p>

<p>archite4ct91/via reddit.com28. Flying first class in the sixties was quite the experience</p>

<p>citroeneuropean/via reddit.com29. This girl's got quite the impressive skateboard, circa 1960s</p>

<p>skipperbob/via reddit.comd30. Someone's crazy dad during the sixties</p>

<p>rschan/via reddit.com31. Someone's father and friends hanging out in Versailles during the sixties</p>

<p>spikeze/via reddit.com32. Someone's grandparents strolling around in New Zealand during the sixties</p>

<p>dobblar/via reddit.com33. Someone's grandfather getting down to business in the mid 1960s</p>

<p>dleeted/via reddit.com34. Riding the train around with dad in the 1960s</p>

<p>iamnotzebandrews/via reddit.com35. Nassau, Bahamas back in the mid 1960s</p>

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<p>The Sixties didn't just swing—they ricocheted, leaving a kaleidoscope of style, sound, and social change that still inspires today. If these images sparked a craving for even more color, groove to our 19 Colorized Photos of the Mid-1960s for a technicolor encore. To see how that free-wheeling spirit evolved, jump ahead to denim, disco balls, and bell bottoms in 35 Vintage Photos of the Early 1970s.</p>

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