Simply doing curls won’t firm up sagging arms after 60. Here are five effective exercises that can.
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To tone arms after the age of 60, a comprehensive approach to upper body training yields the best results. While dumbbell curls are great for targeting the biceps, arm shape and strength also rely on engaging the triceps, shoulders, upper back, and chest. These muscle groups need to work together for optimal arm firming.
Incorporating standing exercises brings more dynamism to your routine. By focusing on posture, lightly bracing your core, and maintaining fluid movements, you can add significant value to your workout. This approach surpasses the benefits of merely performing isolated curls at the day’s end.
As a coach for older adults, I prioritize upper body exercises that enhance strength without straining the shoulders. Activities like rows enhance pulling power, wall pushups target pressing muscles, and band exercises help in organizing shoulder stability. As these areas strengthen, direct arm exercises become more effective and seamless.
Incorporate these five standing exercises into your routine two to four times a week. It’s important to keep the resistance light enough to maintain control, move within a comfortable range, and ensure that each repetition feels consistently powerful from start to finish.
Standing Band Row
Standing band rows train the upper back, biceps, and shoulders while helping you build a stronger posture. The movement gives your arms a useful pulling pattern and helps balance all the pressing and reaching you do during the day. Keep the pull smooth and pause briefly when your elbows reach your sides.
Muscles Trained: Upper back, lats, rear delts, biceps, core.
How to Do It:
- Anchor a resistance band at chest height.
- Stand tall and hold one handle or end of the band in each hand.
- Step back until the band has light tension.
- Brace your core and keep your shoulders relaxed.
- Pull your elbows back toward your sides.
- Pause, then return your arms forward with control.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps. Rest for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Seated band rows, single-arm band rows, slow-tempo band rows.
Form Tip: Pull with your elbows and avoid shrugging your shoulders toward your ears.
Dumbbell Overhead Triceps Extension
The triceps make up a large part of the upper arm, so they deserve direct attention in any arm-firming routine. The overhead triceps extension trains the back of the arm through a long range, and the standing position asks your core to stay steady while the weight moves. Start light and keep the elbows pointing forward as much as your shoulders allow.
Muscles Trained: Triceps, shoulders, core.
How to Do It:
- Stand tall with your feet about hip-width apart.
- Hold one dumbbell with both hands.
- Press the dumbbell overhead.
- Bend your elbows and lower the weight behind your head.
- Extend your arms to lift the dumbbell back overhead.
- Repeat with steady control.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps. Rest for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Single-dumbbell triceps extensions, band overhead triceps extensions, seated triceps extensions.
Form Tip: Keep your ribs down and use a lighter weight if your lower back starts to arch.
Wall Pushup
Wall pushups are a friendly way to train the chest, shoulders, and triceps. They let you build pressing strength without needing to get down to the floor, and you can adjust the challenge by changing your foot position. The farther your feet are from the wall, the harder the exercise becomes.
Muscles Trained: Chest, shoulders, triceps, core.
How to Do It:
- Stand facing a wall with your hands at chest height.
- Place your palms slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Step your feet back until your body forms a straight line.
- Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the wall.
- Press through your palms to return to the starting position.
- Repeat with smooth control.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps. Rest for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Counter pushups, slow-tempo wall pushups, close-grip wall pushups.
Form Tip: Keep your body long and let your elbows angle slightly back as you lower.
Band Pull-Apart
Band pull-aparts strengthen the upper back and rear shoulders, which helps the arms look and feel stronger from the top down. This move also helps improve shoulder position, especially if you spend a lot of time sitting, driving, or working with your arms in front of you. Use a light band and make the movement crisp.
Muscles Trained: Rear delts, upper back, mid-back, shoulders.
How to Do It:
- Stand tall and hold a resistance band with both hands at chest height.
- Set your hands about shoulder-width apart.
- Brace your core and keep your arms mostly straight.
- Pull the band apart until your hands move out toward your sides.
- Pause briefly when the band reaches your chest.
- Return to the starting position with control.
Recommended Sets and Reps: Perform 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps. Rest for 30 to 45 seconds between sets.
Best Variations: Wider-grip pull-aparts, diagonal pull-aparts, slow-tempo pull-aparts.
Form Tip: Keep your shoulders down and avoid leaning backward as you pull.
Michael Kay’s Unusual Tea Ritual Leaves Joe Girardi Speechless in Yankees Broadcast Booth
Things took an unexpected twist during Tuesday night’s Yankees broadcast. Surprisingly, it wasn’t even the game that grabbed attention.
As the YES network cameras focused on Gerrit Cole as he strolled through the dugout in the fifth inning, former Yankees skipper and current analyst Joe Girardi had a sharp exchange with broadcaster Michael Kay.
The reason? Kay used the arm of his glasses to stir his tea.
Kay explained that while Jennifer, the attentive Yankees stage manager, kindly brought him a cup of tea, she forgot to include a stirrer, prompting his unconventional choice.
Girardi did not hesitate to express his disapproval of this innovative stirring method.
“Let’s talk about what you did last half inning,” Girardi said. “You ask for tea, hot tea. Not sure why, I don’t know if you’re cold. And Jennifer was nice enough to give you your tea and your Equal. You steeped, and then you added your Equal. That dissolves, that dissolves! And you stirred it with your glasses.”
Though Girardi argued that the sweetener dissolves on its own and that Kay didn’t need to use his glasses, Kay disagreed.
Girardi then jokingly asked Kay if he took science classes in school, and Kay said yes, despite Girardi saying that the laws of physics don’t exist in Kay’s house.
“That’s a first for me, I’ve never seen anyone do that,” Girardi said. “That’s why I was taken aback.”
“If we work together for another 10 years, you’re going to see it a lot,” Kay replied.
After spending four years with the team as a player, Girardi managed the Yankees from 2008-17, helping the team win its 27th World Series in 2009.
Before his final season with the club in 2017, Girardi made the playoffs five other times.
He then became the Phillies manager in 2020 but was fired early in 2022 after a slow start.
Girardi has worked with the Yankees broadcast team since 2024, and was on the call with Kay for the Yankees 3-2 win over the White Sox Tuesday night.
Italy’s Supreme Court Empowers Italian Descendants with New Citizenship Rights
ROME (AP) — In a landmark judgment, Italy’s supreme court has affirmed that a child born with dual citizenship—Italian and another nationality—retains Italian citizenship even if their parent subsequently naturalizes in another country. This significant legal decision is set to bolster the citizenship claims of descendants of Italian expatriates across the globe.
The court’s ruling resolves a persistent legal quandary known as the “Minor Issue,” which has impacted thousands of cases where ancestry-based citizenship was in question. Many of these cases involve families who emigrated from Italy between the late 1800s and early 1900s, authorities highlight.
Announced Sunday and released to the public on Wednesday, the decision was handed down by the Court of Cassation’s top panel, responsible for clarifying conflicting legal interpretations.
At the heart of this legal conundrum was a debate about whether minors automatically forfeited their Italian citizenship when their Italian parent acquired a foreign nationality.
A restrictive reading of the law, first adopted by the judiciary in 2023, led to the rejection of many applications from subsequent generations. Authorities perceived this as a break in the continuous line of citizenship inheritance.
What the court decided
In its new ruling, the court said that under Italy’s historical citizenship laws, children who were already Italian citizens by birth under the principle of “iure sanguinis,” or citizenship by bloodline, did not automatically lose their Italian citizenship when a parent became a citizen of another country.
The court clarified that children born in countries that automatically grant citizenship at birth — including the United States — retained their Italian citizenship even if their parents later naturalized there. Because they remained Italian citizens, they could pass that citizenship on to subsequent generations.
The ruling represents a reversal of recent practice
Lawyer Marco Mellone, who represented applicants in the case, explained that the ruling reversed a restrictive interpretation that had blocked citizenship claims in recent years, many by U.S. citizens.
What the decision means for people of Italian ancestry
The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy. Mellone estimated that several hundred thousand families may have been affected by the restrictive interpretation adopted in recent years.
Legal experts say the judgment is likely to strengthen the position of applicants whose claims were rejected solely because of the Minor Issue and provide authoritative guidance to judges handling pending cases. The ruling could also influence how Italian administrative authorities and consulates assess future citizenship applications.
Whether the Interior Ministry and Italian consulates formally adjust their practices to reflect the court’s interpretation remains unclear. However, decisions issued by the panel — known as the “Sezioni Unite” or United Sections — carry particular weight because they are intended to resolve conflicting interpretations of the law.
Mellone noted that “there’s no one above” the panel, which has only very rarely reversed decisions.
The ruling comes as Italy faces growing demand for citizenship by descent and legal disputes over the scope of ancestry-based citizenship rights.
Separately, a law championed by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani that restricts citizenship transmission through more distant generations has been referred to the European Union’s Court of Justice, with proceedings expected next year.
Ensure Your Offset Account Is Accurate Amid $55M Error
Australians have unwittingly forfeited millions due to blunders in their offset accounts, revealed a review conducted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
The corporate watchdog scrutinized the offset procedures of eight key banks, collectively controlling over 70 percent of Australia’s $2.5 trillion home loan landscape.
Findings highlighted vulnerabilities in how these financial institutions set up, oversee, and manage offset accounts.
From reports received by ASIC between September 2023 and August 2025, it emerged that banks have collectively disbursed more than $55 million in compensations to customers due to offset account discrepancies.
In particular instances, customers have been reimbursed over $17,000, with system constraints or clerical mistakes being the culprits.
What exactly is an offset account?
Offset accounts operate like everyday transaction accounts, which can be used to deposit and withdraw money. But they’re often marketed as a simple way to reduce home loan interest.
That’s because money held in an offset account also reduces the outstanding amount owed on a home loan, which is used to calculate the interest paid on that loan.
If a person has $50,000 in their offset account and a $750,000 loan, they will only be charged interest on $700,000.
Sally Tindall, director of data insights at Canstar, said offset accounts are a popular choice for many Australian mortgage holders.
“For many customers, it’s one of the most powerful tools borrowers have to reduce the amount of interest they pay on their mortgage — but only if it’s working as intended.”
However, offset accounts are often associated with higher interest rates, additional account fees or a combination of both.
Check your offset account is linked
ASIC encouraged Australians to check whether their offset account was actually set up following their initial request.
Information about offset accounts should be available via a bank’s mobile app, online banking or bank statements.
Some bank sites have mortgage offset pages which outline whether a person is eligible for an offset and how to find their account number.
ASIC’s report also warned that refinancing or switching home loan products could break the link between an offset account and a person’s mortgage.
In just over a month, a customer paid more than $3,500 in additional interest because their offset account was not linked, ASIC found.
Tindall said: “When you’ve spent years building up savings in your offset, the last thing you want is for those dollars to be sitting in an account that’s not actually reducing your interest bill.”
“But don’t stop there, do some quick maths to make sure the interest you’re being charged is on the amount you actually owe, factoring in the offset balance.”
What to do if something looks wrong
Customers with complaints or questions should contact their bank directly.
According to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), if a person formally raises a complaint with their bank, they must respond within 21 days for complaints involving financial difficulty or 30 days for other issues.
If a person is not satisfied with their result, they can escalate the matter to AFCA, which will act as an independent mediator at no charge.
Kathy Tannous, an economics professor at Western Sydney University, told SBS News customers can take small steps to improve their financial literacy and understanding about their offset account.
She said people should “constantly review” their home loan statements and loan repayment schedules.
“I know these days it is a lot harder because there are many branches that are closed. It’s also much harder to talk to an individual because we’ve got lovely chatbots and so on.
“But I would say, be persistent, because the time that you’re spending on this may actually save you quite a bit of money.”
Florida City Sparks Controversy with New School Leggings Ban
A newly implemented dress code by a Florida school district has stirred discontent among parents as it prohibits girls from donning leggings.
On July 20, Hillsborough County Public Schools, which serves the Tampa Bay area, unveiled the rule disallowing spandex or leggings “unless worn as an undergarment or covered by clothing that extends to at least mid-thigh.”
As a result, middle and high school girls may only wear leggings beneath a large shirt or sweater that stretches to their knees or longer.
This policy has caught parents off guard, causing frustration due to its announcement just weeks before the new school year starts on August 10.
Oleg Martens, a dad of two daughters, has spearheaded a petition in opposition to the dress code, amassing close to 2,200 signatures by Wednesday afternoon.
‘I find this rule particularly personal as it targets female students disproportionately,’ Martens wrote in the petition, adding that it appears to violate a different Hillsborough County Public Schools Policy.
According to the father, that violated policy states: ‘Dress code expectations shall be applied equally to all students and will not be enforced differently based on a student’s body type, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, or any other protected characteristic.’
Towards the end of the petition, he wrote: ‘Let us send a strong message to the Hillsborough County Schools Board that this decision must be reversed.’
Hillsborough County Public Schools father Oleg Marten started a petition to reverse a recent policy banning students from wearing leggings
Hillsborough County Public Schools covers the Tampa Bay area. Its new policy was introduced on July 20 to the surprise and outrage of parents
In addition to the petition, the Hillsborough County school board received ‘an onslaught of emails’ from outraged parents, board member Jessica Vaughn told the Tampa Bay Times.
As a result, the board voted to try to amend the dress code at its next meeting. She said she agreed with the emails that said the new policy seems discriminatory towards women.
‘I think it’s important to be responsive to the public when we get these things,’ Vaughn said.
Chief of Schools Rick Grayes said the policy change resulted from conversations with middle and high school students, who he said ‘brought up their concerns’ about leggings when it came to the topic of dress codes.
But many parents questioned if that was the case and where the concerns came from.
Martens, the father who organized the petition, told the Tampa Bay Times that he and other parents want to know ‘what data was used, what peer review studies, what empirical data was used’ when establishing the new policy.
Morgan Thomas, the mother of a seventh and tenth grader, told the outlet that students already contend with restrictive dress codes and have adopted wearing leggings in response to existing restrictions around wearing shorts.
‘We want to make these kids dress in something that’s totally impractical for the weather, and so they’ve gone to wearing leggings as an alternative, which covers all of the skin,’ Thomas said.
Parents have said they are concerned that the new policy is discriminatory against girls and unreasonably restrictive. A stock image of a female student is pictured
The petition demanding the new policy be reversed has garnered nearly 2,200 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon. The petition’s landing page is pictured
‘Now they’re saying, “Oh, well, that’s not good enough, now you basically have to wear your father’s oversized T-shirt over your leggings, too,”‘ the mother added.
Whitney Brewer, a mother with three daughters in the school system, told the Tampa Bay Times that to her, the new policy even comes across as ‘weird, icky almost.’
She said she has seen people say that they would not want to have male teachers or students in classrooms where girls are wearing leggings or other skin-tight clothing.
‘Why are we even thinking about that?’ Brewer asked. ‘Maybe they shouldn’t be teaching if this is a problem… Maybe we teach our sons to focus on school and not worry so much about a girl wearing workout pants and a T-shirt.’
The school board will vote on whether to amend the new policy next Tuesday, just six days before the beginning of the school year.
Are You Ready for Takeoff? Check Your ID Compliance Now to Avoid Costly Travel Disruptions
As summer draws to a close, many families are planning that final getaway before the school bell rings and autumn’s chill arrives. Yet, navigating airport security without the proper identification could turn your vacation into an expensive ordeal.
In May 2025, REAL ID requirements were officially implemented. Although travelers received grace period warnings initially, many still find themselves unprepared for the regulations.
The Transportation Security Administration announced last year that passengers lacking a REAL ID-compliant identification would face a $45 fee just to board their flight, marking a significant shift in travel protocols.
This past February, the TSA introduced TSA ConfirmID, formalizing the requirement and offering a clearer resolution for those caught without the necessary credentials.
Now, those without a REAL ID-compliant form of identification are encouraged to complete the optional TSA ConfirmID process before arriving at the airport. Your “biographic and/or biometric information” is used to confirm your identity and confirm that you are not on a Secure Flight watch list, the agency previously explained.
You’ll also have to pay a $45 fee, which is meant “to cover verification of an insufficient ID,” Adam Stahl, the senior official performing the duties of deputy administrator for TSA, explained.
After completing the ConfirmID process and paying the fee, you receive a receipt to show at the TSA checkpoint. Once there, you’ll undergo “additional ID verification, screening measures and potential delays,” TSA warned.
While the ConfirmID process is optional, if you decline to use it and do not have a REAL ID-compliant ID, “you may not be allowed through security and may miss your flight,” according to TSA.
Do I have a REAL ID?
Chances are, yes.
REAL IDs have been rolling out for several years, meaning you likely already have one in your wallet or purse.
If there is a star on your driver’s license or state ID card, you have a REAL ID-compliant card. The star may be black or gold, completely filled in or only an outline. Either way, you’re compliant.
Some states — Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Vermont — issue REAL ID-compliant IDs and enhanced driver’s licenses (Washington only issues the latter). State-enhanced driver’s licenses are marked with a flag rather than a star and include a chip that can make it easier to enter the U.S. by land or sea from Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. REAL IDs cannot be used for crossing the borders.
If you are without a REAL ID, TSA accepts multiple other forms of identification, including a passport, a Department of Defense ID (including those issued to dependents), and photo IDs issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe, including Enhanced Tribal Cards.
You can find more details about TSA’s screening process and other accepted forms of ID here.
If you’re planning to fly domestically this year and have one of the aforementioned forms of ID, you don’t necessarily need a REAL ID. Ultimately, they are optional and the need for one varies based on your situation.
At select airports, Clear ID, Apple Digital ID, and Google ID passes will also be accepted, according to TSA. Expired IDs are accepted for up to two years past date.
Trump Seeks New 9th Circuit Judge Over Dismissed US Attorney Lawsuit Alleging Bias
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the General Motors Proving Ground on Monday, July 27, 2026, in Milford, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya).
The Trump administration is turning to a federal appeals court for intervention in a legal battle concerning a recently dismissed federal prosecutor. The administration is seeking to displace the judge currently presiding over the case.
Within a matter of days, the case docket has expanded rapidly after Roger Rogoff, who briefly led the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, filed a lawsuit.
Earlier this month, a panel of judges from the district courts in Washington unanimously selected Rogoff, an experienced Seattle prosecutor, to fill a leadership gap that neither the 45th nor the 47th president had addressed. Yet, within an hour of the decision, Trump dismissed the appointment via email.
Currently, the Trump administration is pushing for another change in the judiciary – specifically, a different district judge to handle the ongoing dispute.
At present, the case is assigned to District Judge Stanley A. Bastian, a Barack Obama appointee who serves as both the chief judge of the Eastern District of Washington and the Western District’s only current “visiting judge” — a judge who helps with increased caseloads and the exchange of ideas. In the parlance of the federal system, such judges sit and hear cases “by designation and assignment.”
But the case was not originally in Bastian’s court.
Rather, the assignment mechanism used by the Western District of Washington — the clerk randomly assigns each case a district judge and magistrate judge — initially put the case on the shoulders of District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez, a George W. Bush appointee.
The day after Rogoff filed his original petition, however, Martinez took himself off the case and directly assigned it to Bastian.
Trump says that process should be a nonstarter.
“Defendants respectfully suggest that Judge Martinez erred in participating in the case’s reassignment,” a Tuesday filing reads.
Under 9th Circuit case law, a judicial recusal “must be from a whole proceeding,” the president’s motion argues, citing precedent.
In other words, Trump says Martinez should not have played any role in how the Rogoff case’s successor judge was chosen because it might arouse “suspicion” that the disqualified judge chose “a successor whose views are consonant with his,” again citing precedent – but this time from various circuits.
“The Court’s reassignment of this case is counter to the rule against a recused judge’s participation in the choice of a replacement judge,” the Trump administration’s motion reads.
Martinez, for his part, chose Bastian because he wanted the case to be heard by “a judge from outside this district,” saying as much in his own recusal announcement.
The government says that excuse is incongruous with how Bastian was actually assigned to the case.
“[I]nstead of referring the case to the Ninth Circuit’s Chief Judge for a reassignment decision independent of the recused judges, Judge Martinez chose to cite a 2025 order authorizing a specific judge to hear cases within this judicial district,” the motion goes on. “Through that citation, Judge Martinez chose the judge who would hear the case.”
Put another way, Trump is complaining that Martinez cited an order about transferring a case to a judge within the district while insisting he was trying to get the case to a judge from outside the district.
Moreover, Trump says the judge’s behavior does not align with how similar case reassignments have been handled in the 9th Circuit.
“Judge Martinez’s personal handling of the reassignment distinguishes this case from the process used to assign each of the other cases within this Circuit challenging the leadership of a U.S. Attorney’s office,” the motion continues.
Trump’s preferred process — explained by way of an example — is for the 9th Circuit’s chief judge to choose the replacement judge.
“By contrast, in this case, the Ninth Circuit’s chief judge never entered an order on this case’s docket,” the Tuesday motion goes on.
As a tertiary argument, Trump singles out Martinez for potentially bad behavior due to his role in appointing Rogoff as U.S. attorney.
“Judge Martinez acted appropriately in recusing from the case,” the motion continues. “‘[H]is impartiality might reasonably be questioned’ because of his service on the District Court that appointed the plaintiff. So too with his apparent participation in the plaintiff’s selection.”
The motion argues that “an objective observer might reasonably doubt Judge Martinez’s impartiality in deciding the merits of the lawsuit brought by the District Court’s appointee” as well as his “ability to fairly handle” the reassignment process.
To that end, Trump says Bastian should recuse himself from the case — even if Martinez did nothing wrong.
“Defendants respectfully suggest that the Court refer the case to the Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit for reassignment,” the motion summarizes. “The need to protect the appearance of impartiality is especially important given the significant separation of powers questions raised by the plaintiff’s complaint.”
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Massive ICE Operation Cracks Down on Over 900 Human Traffickers and Rescues 180 Victims Amid FIFA World Cup
In a significant crackdown on human trafficking coinciding with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, federal agents arrested over 900 suspects and rescued 180 victims, including 30 children. This was announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.
The impressive tally of 905 arrests was the result of operations spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. This effort was in collaboration with the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking and various law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local levels.
“While attendees of the FIFA World Cup delighted in the event’s festivities, ICE’s dedicated officers were busy dismantling human trafficking schemes in the tournament’s host cities nationwide,” stated DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis in an official release.
She further emphasized, “Federal law enforcement successfully apprehended over 900 individuals linked to these crimes and freed nearly 200 victims. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, our commitment to eradicating human trafficking networks remains steadfast.”
Excited fans gathered for the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2026 final showdown between Spain and Argentina at New Jersey Stadium, commonly known as MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J., on July 19, 2026. (Anadolu via Getty Images)
One of the biggest cases unfolded Friday in Dallas, where HSI agents arrested eight people accused of running an adult bookstore that investigators said had secretly operated as a brothel for more than 20 years.
The investigation began in 2023 and found that thousands of adults and children were allegedly sold for sex through the business, according to DHS. Investigators identified dozens of victims. One victim was murdered in 2024, and a defendant in that case was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stands before a large American flag. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images, File)
The eight suspects face charges that include conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and money laundering conspiracy. The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
In another case, HSI agents in San Francisco, working with the FBI and local police, rescued two girls believed to be victims of human trafficking. One of them had been missing from Bakersfield, California, since November 2025, according to DHS.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at work. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, File)
The trafficking cases were part of a broader security effort during the World Cup.
DHS also said its agencies seized more than 700 unauthorized drones, inspected more than 19,000 vehicles headed to stadiums and fan festivals and confiscated hundreds of thousands of counterfeit World Cup merchandise items worth more than $33 million.