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SEPTEMBER 7: Pentagon Rebranded as "Department of War"
SEPTEMBER 7: ICE Raids Hyundai's Georgia Battery Plant
SEPTEMBER 7: Japan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Political Fallout
SEPTEMBER 6: Afghanistan Experiences Aftershocks
SEPTEMBER 6: House Speaker Claims Trump Informed FBI in Epstein Case
SEPTEMBER 3: Florida to End All Vaccine Requirements
SEPTEMBER 3: D.C. Sues the Trump Administration
SEPTEMBER 2: Xi, Modi, and Putin Meet in Beijing
SEPTEMBER 1: South Korea Halts Anti-North Radio Broadcasts
SEPTEMBER 1: Powerful Earthquake Shakes Afghanistan
SEPTEMBER 1: Labor Day Rallies Occur Amid Chicago Violence
SEPTEMBER 1: Trump Withholds Foreign Aid Without Congressional Approval
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Pentagon Rebranded as "Department of War"
September 7th, Andrew Lu
...and instructed Secretary Pete Hegseth to pursue legislative and executive steps...
Japan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Political Fallout
September 7th, Andrew Lu
The move raises questions about who the next leader will be, and how...
House Speaker Claims Trump Informed FBI in Epstein Case
September 7th, Brogan Jones
The latest shock in this saga came when Mike Johnson, after being asked...
Weekly Briefs
Weekly Briefs
In domestic news, read about the fight to remove Lisa Cook, chaos at the CDC, a rare maneuver used to cancel aid, and redrawing the lines of labor.
In international news, see briefs on the Thai prime minister being outed from office over a leaked phone call, deadly protests spreading through Indonesia, the ICC's power problem, and thousands injured in an Afghani earthquake.
In domestic news, read about the continued federal takeover of D.C., stock market madness, Ghislaine Maxwell's interview release and the continuing Epstein scandal, and Trump's big bet on tiny chips.
In international news, read about the Monsoon catastrophe in Pakistan, opposition ending 20 years of leftist rule in Bolivia, Myanmar holding an election despite civil war, and the UK's reparations for the 2021 Kenyan fires.
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