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Power players or baseball players? The history behind the Congressional Baseball Game

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Washington is stocked with power players. The president. White House officials. Cabinet secretaries. U.S. Representatives. Senators. Powerful aides. Lobbyists. Journalists.

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But how about baseball players?

Democrats and Republicans convene Wednesday night at Nats Park just blocks from the Capitol for the annual Congressional game.

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Since 1909, Democrats and Republicans have traded in conference committees for mound visits.

The Congressional Record for scorecards.

And parliamentarians for umpires.

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Republicans are looking to keep their winning streak alive at this year’s Congressional Baseball Game. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, is a former Atlanta Braves farmhand. He gets his squad out on the practice diamond nearly every morning when lawmakers are in session at 5:45.

«We’ve been working out since March 1,» said Williams. «I think we’re as good as we were last year.»

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However, he noted that springtime rain limited practice time. And, an injury might beset the GOP squad.

House Republican Conference Vice Chairman Blake Moore, R-Utah, started in center field for Republicans last year. Moore is one of the best overall athletes for either team. Moore won the high school Heisman Trophy in 1997. However, Moore injured his collar bone diving to make a save as a goalie in the Congressional soccer game a few weeks ago.

Yes, there’s a Congressional soccer game, too. And flag football game. And basketball game. And hockey game.

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Anyway, Moore says his clavicle has healed. Ironically, he can golf. But can’t play baseball. And can’t reach up to put away the dishes in the cupboard after dinner.

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«That goes over really well with my wife,» said Moore.

A penalty for playing soccer?

«I fined him $500,» said Williams – we believe jokingly.

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Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, coaches his party’s baseball team. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Texas, played right field last year. He moves to center field in place of Moore Wednesday night. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., patrols right field for Republicans.

Stutzman returned to Congress this year after an eight-year hiatus. Stutzman played in six games before, hitting .083. Stutzman used to pitch for the GOP. But his services out of the bullpen probably aren’t necessary. After all, Stutzman might not match up to other Hoosier State hurlers like Tommy John and Don Larsen. On the mound, Stutzman sports an 0-2 record with a 14.44 ERA in the Congressional contest.

That said, Williams does have a potential newcomer who can throw: Freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., is a rookie and a fireballer. 

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«He’s my Ryne Duren,» said Williams of Harrigan.

To the uninitiated, Duren was a flamethrowing all-star in the 1950s and ‘60s – mostly with the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds. Duren wore Coke-bottle glasses. The line «Oh say can you see» during «The Star-Spangled Banner» took on a little more meaning for opposing hitters when Duren was on the mound with his fastball.

Williams says Harrigan can bring it. But his control needs work.

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Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., enters her third year as the Democrats’ skipper. She’s the first woman to manage the team.

Women first played in the game in 1993. Former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., along with former Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and current Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., broke the gender barrier. Both Lincoln and Cantwell played as House Members. Sanchez appeared in 11 games and is one of the best women to suit up. She hit .455, going 5-11 with two walks.

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Sanchez bleeds Dodger blue. She historically wears a Fernando Valenzuela jersey while managing. Valenzuela was one of the most iconic Dodgers of all time, capturing the 1981 Cy Young Award with his screwball as «Fernandomania» seized southern California. Valenzuela died last fall.

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Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., coaches the Democrats. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

But Sanchez used to pull for the «California» Angels – now the Los Angeles Angels. Sanchez switched her allegiance from the Halos to the Dodgers after the Angels let Nolan Ryan escape to the Houston Astros in late 1979.

One wonders how Sanchez would have felt if she were a New York Mets fan back when they traded Ryan to the Angels?

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Sanchez’s success at the plate hasn’t followed her into the Democrats’ dugout. Republicans have captured the last four contests – including the two which Sanchez managed. Republicans pounded the Democrats last year, 31-11. The GOP topped the Democrats 16-6 in 2023. There was no game in 2020 due to the pandemic. So the Democrats haven’t won since 2019. Republicans hold a 38-23 advantage in the «modern» era of the game. They began playing the Congressional game in 1909. But late House Speaker Sam Rayburn, D-Texas, halted the game because it became too violent.

There was a legendary collision at home plate in the 1956 game. Late Rep. Charles Curtis, R-Mo., was catching for the GOP. Rep. Olin «Tiger» Teague, D-Texas, steamrolled Curtis at the plate. Teague is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. But Teague buried Curtis at home in that game. Orderlies hauled Curtis off the old Griffith Stadium field on a stretcher.

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Lawmakers resumed the game in 1962.

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With her party hemorrhaging talent on the mound in recent years, Sanchez may be buoyed by an influx of freshmen – like Rep. John Mannion, D-N.Y. – in this year’s showdown. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Sanchez is buoyed by at least four new freshmen – or rookies – on her club. Reps. Dave Min, D-Calif., Derek Tran, D-Calif., John Mannion, D-N.Y., and Johnny Olszewski, D-Md.

«Our principal weakness has been not a lot of depth to our bullpen. And this year we’ve got a couple of freshmen that can throw. So we’re hoping that with those additions, we can do a lot better this year,» said Sanchez.

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Expect Mannion to work in relief.

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Like most Major League clubs, the Democrats need pitching.

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«We had a great run for a little while when Cedric Richmond was on the mound,» said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., who pitches, catches and plays infield for the Democrats.

Former Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., is one of the greatest players in Congressional Baseball Game history. He pitched in college. He threw 80-mph-plus to stymie fellow lawmakers. Richmond boasted an 8-0 record and a miniscule 2.64 ERA.

But Richmond left Congress to work for former President Biden in 2021. The Democrats haven’t been formidable since.

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Former Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., was one of the best baseball players to have ever seen the halls of Congress. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Heading into Wednesday’s contest, Sanchez teased that her goal with the Republicans in the game is «making them cry.»

«But we come together and do something good for the area,» added Sanchez, noting the $2 million the game raises for children’s charities in the DC area.

But she concedes, «there’s always trash talk.»

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So Democrats try to escape from their slump. The Democrats haven’t won under Sanchez. But they’re oh-fer since House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., took over in 2023.

«It’s my expectation that the Democratic comeback is going to begin in 2025 at the Congressional Baseball Game,» said Jeffries last week.

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But the Brooklyn Democrat said the same thing two years ago.

«I think this is the year for the big, Democratic comeback,» said Jeffries in June 2023.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has been hinging on a Democratic comeback for years. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

So, I questioned Jeffries in the Capitol corridors late last week.

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«You realize since you’ve been the Minority Leader that the Republicans have defeated the Democrats by a combined score of 47 to 1?» asked yours truly.

«I also realize that my record as an active member of the Congressional Baseball Game team, I believe, was 9-1,» replied Jeffries.

But is that because of Jeffries? Or Cedric Richmond?

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Statistics are paramount in baseball. Whether you’re scoring at home. Or using the Congressional Budget Office. Jeffries is 1-6 hitting in his nine games on the Democratic squad. That’s good for a .167 average. Well below the Mendoza Line. But he did swipe seven bases.

And this year, Democrats will again try to steal a win against a talented Republican club.

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Gametime at 7pm ET on FS1 Wednesday. Yours truly will be on the call alongside colleague Kevin Corke.

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El enigma de Frances Garnett Orme: la muerte en el Hotel Savoy que habría inspirado la primera novela de Agatha Christie

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La novela de Christie presenta similitudes con el caso real: envenenamiento, habitación cerrada y móvil económico (Reuters)

En septiembre de 1911, la muerte de Frances Garnett Orme, hallada sin vida en una habitación cerrada del hotel Savoy en Mussoorie, India, conmocionó a la opinión pública y trascendió fronteras. La autopsia determinó que había sido envenenada con ácido prúsico, un compuesto de cianuro, y las sospechas recayeron sobre su amiga y compañera de estadía, Eva Mount Stephens, en un caso que combinó misterio, acusaciones de interés económico y prácticas espiritistas.

Décadas más tarde, el episodio fue señalado como una posible inspiración para El misterioso caso de Styles, la primera novela de Agatha Christie, en la que la autora recreó una trama de envenenamiento en una habitación cerrada con paralelismos notorios con aquel hecho real.

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En septiembre de 1911, Frances Garnett Orme, de 49 años, fue encontrada muerta en su habitación del hotel Savoy. Un informe post mortem, compartido por la BBC, indicó que había sido envenenada con ácido prúsico, un veneno a base de cianuro. Su amiga, Eva Mount Stephens, de 36 años, era la principal sospechosa.

Según la BBC, el caso llegó a medios de todo el mundo debido a la “peculiaridad de las circunstancias que lo rodearon”, tal como mencionó un periódico australiano en 1912. Medios británicos publicaron relatos del juicio con titulares como “Juicio por asesinato de Mussoorie” y “Misterio en el Hotel Savoy”.

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Agatha Christie, aquí con su esposo, el coronel Archibald Christie (izquierda), y amigos en 1922. Muchos de sus relatos se inspiraron en viajes (Wikimedia)

Orme vivió en India más de una década, donde entabló amistad con Stephens, una espiritista de la ciudad de Lucknow. Según el informe, fue descrita como una “mujer solitaria” y aprendió de Stephens la cristalomancia, una forma de adivinación en la que el médium entra en trance mientras observa una bola de cristal.

Ambas permanecieron en el Savoy por un tiempo. Stephens afirmó que Orme estaba enferma en ese momento, pero la fiscalía la acusó de administrar veneno para beneficiarse del testamento, ya que le había dejado una suma considerable de dinero, tres collares y otras joyas.

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Por su parte, la defensa sostuvo que Orme se quitó la vida debido al dolor que sentía por la muerte del hombre con el que había viajado para casarse en India y por su mala salud.

El caso generó confusión en la justicia. La investigación reveló que Stephens se había marchado antes de que Orme muriera. La habitación donde se halló el cuerpo estaba cerrada por dentro. La policía no encontró medicamentos en las habitaciones, salvo un frasco de somníferos y dos etiquetas con las leyendas “arsénico” y “ácido prúsico”.

A comienzos del siglo XX, quienes compraban en una farmacia debían firmar un registro. La fiscalía indicó que la firma asociada al ácido prúsico no coincidía con la de las cartas de Orme.

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Los fiscales también señalaron que, en una conversación con un amigo, Stephens predijo la muerte de Orme seis meses antes. Añadieron que expresó temor de que la mujer se casara con un médico con quien estaba comprometida y le dejara su riqueza.

La defensa insistió en que Stephens era una “devota compañera” de Orme y que no había pruebas de que hubiera adquirido y administrado veneno a su amiga.

Finalmente, el tribunal la absolvió y el juez comentó que “las verdaderas circunstancias de la muerte de la señora Orme probablemente nunca saldrán a la luz”.

El libro de Christie presenta similitudes con el caso. El personaje principal, Emily, muere por envenenamiento y, al igual que Orme, su cuerpo aparece en una habitación cerrada por dentro.

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En la trama se revela que su compañera, Evelyn, la envenenó. Adquirió el veneno disfrazada y utilizó una firma falsa. El motivo del crimen fue la herencia.

Según The Conversation, la publicación de la novela introdujo una metodología criminal poco frecuente hasta entonces, ya que la estricnina, elegida como veneno en la historia, apenas había figurado en la literatura como recurso homicida. Además, los lectores conocieron por primera vez al detective Hércules Poirot, quien debutó en esa obra.

La defensa argumentó que Orme
La defensa argumentó que Orme se suicidó por dolor emocional y problemas de salud, mientras la fiscalía apuntó a Stephens como beneficiaria del testamento (Reuters)

Durante el Festival Internacional Agatha Christie de 2022, la escritora india especializada en crímenes Manjiri Prabhu destacó la “interesante conexión” entre el asesinato y la novela debut de Christie. Varias décadas después, el paralelismo entre ambos casos aún atrae la atención de los seguidores.



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Trump caps off 29th week in office with peace deal, celebrating 200th day of second presidency

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President Donald Trump has capped off his 29th week back in the Oval Office, which included celebrating his 200th day as the 47th president, completing revamps to the White House’s Rose Garden and an overall focus on the U.S. economy and international diplomacy that unfolded at a break-neck pace this week. 

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«In just 200 days, President Trump has turned America into the hottest country in the world,» White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital, reflecting on Trump’s 200th day in office on Thursday. «Under Joe Biden’s failed leadership, families and businesses were struggling, and America was dead — but President Trump has quickly restored American greatness. The historic trade deals and peace deals he secured on behalf of the American people made President Trump’s second 100 days just as successful as the first.» 

The first 100 days of a new administration have commonly been viewed as a symbolic benchmark to measure a president’s early successes. A White House official told Fox Digital that Trump’s measure of success was seen not only in the first 100 days, but also in the timeframe between the 100th day and Aug. 7 — the 200th day. 

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Economy and tariffs 

Trump’s 29th week in office included an overall and ongoing focus on new business investments in the U.S. and new tariffs on foreign nations as the administration looks to bring parity to the U.S.’ historic trade deficit with other nations. The White House teased that Trump would make a major announcement on Wednesday, which ultimately revealed Apple had increased its U.S. investment commitment by $100 billion to $600 billion.

«Today Apple is announcing that it will invest $600 billion — that’s with a B — in the United States over the next four years. That’s $100 billion more than they were originally going to invest. And this is the largest investment Apple has ever made in America and anywhere else,» Trump said on Wednesday from the Oval Office, where he was joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Trump’s announcement on the deal was one facet of this week’s focus on the U.S. economy. The president signed a pair of executive orders on Thursday allowing Americans to invest their 401(k) retirement plans in cryptocurrency, private equity and real estate, as well as another EO that works to ensure that banks do not «deny or restrict services based on political beliefs, religious beliefs, or lawful business activities,» according the EO. 

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Trump kicked off the week by announcing he would increase tariffs on India over the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil, with goods from India now facing a 50% tariff. The tariff hikes followed months of the U.S. and India holding trade negotiations that appeared to be all but solidified in July, but fell to pieces by August. 

«Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country,» Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday. 

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«Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!» he continued. 

Trump’s tariff plans aim to increase the amount of American-built products and U.S.-based companies, and the president said he would also impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips. Companies «building in the United States,» however, will be exempt from the tariffs, he said. 

«100 percent tariff on all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States, but if you’ve made a commitment to build, or if you’re in the process of building, as many are, there is no tariff,» he said on Wednesday. 

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President Trump announced he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Aug, 15.  (Reuters)

International Diplomacy

Trump wrapped up the working week by holding a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement after the two nations have battled one another since the 1980s over a territorial conflict. 

The White House said Friday that the two nations agreed to build a road connecting Azerbaijan and an autonomous enclave currently separated by Armenian territory. The road will be called the «Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,» according to the White House. 

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«The roadmap they are agreeing to will build a cooperative future that benefits both countries, their region of the South Caucasus and beyond,» White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Friday of the peace deal. 

The peace deal comes as Trump continues working to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine as the war that broke out in 2022 continues raging between the nations. Armenia and Azerbaijan are both former constituent republics of the Soviet Union. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo/Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Trump said earlier this week that he is open to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which would mark the pair’s first meeting since Trump was sworn back into office this year. 

«As President Trump said yesterday, the Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the President is open to this meeting. President Trump would like to meet with both President Putin and President Zelensky, because he wants this brutal war to end. The White House is working through the details of these potential meetings, and details will be provided at the appropriate time,» White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Thursday. 

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Trump confirmed on Friday that he would meet with Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska. 

«The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska. Further details to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter!» he posted to Truth Social on Friday. 

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Trump gestures from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rose Garden updates and Trump’s surprise roof appearance 

Trump announced in March that he planned to renovate the historic garden with pavers, explaining that the grass «doesn’t work» and citing how the soft terrain was difficult for some visitors to navigate.  

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«We’re getting great reviews of the Rose Garden, and we had to do it,» Trump told reporters on Sunday of the update. 

The area was officially paved over with a bright white patio boasting the White House’s emblem on its perimeter. 

«When we had a press conference, you’d sink into the mud. It was grass, and it was very wet, always wet and damp and wet, and if it rained, it would take three, four, five days to dry out, and we couldn’t use it really for the intended purpose,» he added. 

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TRUMP APPEARS ON WHITE HOUSE ROOF AMID TALKS OF HISTORIC RENOVATIONS

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Tables and chairs in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Trump ordered updates to the Rose Garden in March.  (Getty Images)

«It’s a beautiful white stone, and it’s a stone that’s the same color as the White House itself,» Trump said. «And because it’s very white, it’s going to reflect the heat, and it’s not going to be very hot. Yeah, we’ve got great reviews of the Rose Garden.»

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On Tuesday, the president made a surprise appearance on the White House roof, surveying the area from roof of the West Wing and the press briefing room. Reporters on the ground gathered near the president while shouting questions at him. 

The appearance comes just days after Trump announced that he and private donors will fund an estimated $200 million cost of a new ballroom at the White House. 

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy, Caitlin McFall and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report. 

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Nagasaki mayor issues chilling warning on 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

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As Japan marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings, the mayor of Nagasaki is warning that the world could see the same kind of devastating attack again.

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Approximately 2,600 people, including representatives from 90 countries, attended the memorial event on Saturday at Nagasaki Peace Park, according to the Associated Press. At 11:02 a.m., the exact time the bomb exploded over the city, the attendees held a moment of silence. Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki, whose parents survived the 1945 attack, addressed the crowd and called for global action against nuclear weapons.

«Conflicts around the world are intensifying in a vicious cycle of confrontation and fragmentation,» Suzuki told a crowd on Saturday, according to a translation by The Mainichi. «If we continue on this trajectory, we will end up thrusting ourselves into a nuclear war. This existential crisis of humanity has become imminent to each and every one of us living on Earth.»

Doves are released over the Peace Statue during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (Kotaro Ueda/Kyodo News via AP)

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Mayors for Peace, which brings together mayors and city leaders from across the globe, is holding its 11th General Conference in Nagasaki this weekend as the city mourns the tragic day. The organization’s aim is to abolish nuclear weapons, a point Suzuki emphasized in his remarks.

«In order to make Nagasaki the last atomic bombing site, it is essential to show a specific course of action for achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons. Procrastination can no longer be tolerated,» Suzuki said, according to The Mainichi. 

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The mayor also noted that the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) «will represent a crucial moment capable of swaying the fate of humanity.»

Every five years, world leaders meet to review the provisions of the NPT, which was opened for signature in 1968 and entered into force in 1970, 25 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Woman prays at ceremony honoring victims of Nagasaki bombing

A woman prays during a private ceremony to honor the victims of the atomic bombing and to pray for peace on the 80th anniversary of the bombing at Nagasaki’s Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, western Japan on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan three days apart. The first was dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and the second was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, on Aug. 9. The bombs decimated both cities, leading to Japan’s surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, and later the end of World War II.

A bomb nicknamed «Little Boy,» weighing approximately 9,000 pounds and producing an explosive force equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT, detonated 1,800 feet over Hiroshima, causing massive devastation. «Fat Man,» the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, weighed 10,000 pounds and detonated at approximately the same altitude as «Little Boy.»

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Catholics hold torches as they walk from Urakami Cathedral for a peace march to Hypocenter Park, on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city, in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, Aug. 9, 2025. (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

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«I would like to express my deepest condolences for the lives claimed by the atomic bombings, and to all of the victims of war,» Suzuki said, according to The Mainichi. «In marking 80 years from the atomic bombing, Nagasaki has resolved to continue our duty to relay, both inside Japan and overseas, the memories of the bombing, which are a common heritage to all humanity and should be passed down for generations throughout the world.»

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He concluded with a declaration, which was also translated by The Mainichi: «I hereby declare that in order to make Nagasaki the last atomic bombing site now and forever, we will go hand-in-hand with global citizens and devote our utmost efforts towards the abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of everlasting world peace.»

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