In domestic news, read about the partial government shutdown that began in February of this year, an analysis on mixed messages from Trump, the Commander in Chief, regarding the recent Iran conflict, and a federal judge’s ruling over RFK Jr.’s transgender care policies. In international news, see briefs on Cuba’s energy crisis and total electrical grid collapse, why NATO is pulling out troops while allies resist an escalation to the war in Iran, an overview of the most serious envrionmental consequences of the Iranian conflict, and a look into the deadly strikes in Sudan and why the conflict continues to devastate the country.

Read a brief on the latest Public Forum topic and how unilateral executive deployments would create “forever wars” despite congressional checks and balances. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, see an analysis on the implications of the March/April non-intervention topic for the United States military.

In domestic news, read about the ROAD to Housing Act, meant to encourage housing development; the FCC’s controversial actions against outlets critical of President Trump’s war in Iran; the deadly refueling plane crash in Iraq, killing six US servicemen; and a new lawsuit regarding xAI’s role in children’s sexual abuse. In international news, read about President Trump’s proposed coalition of allies to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the details behind the deadly strike on an Iranian girls’ school during the onset of the war, Cuba’s near total energy collapse, and the arrest of a suspect tied to the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

In domestic news, read about Kristi Noem and her role in the Department of Homeland Security’s future, an FDA vaccine regulator vacating a role due to an “anti-Trump” recording’s release, and Texas’s new Democratic candidate in the Senate. In international news, read about Nepal’s Gen Z population and their election, U.S. troops and their military intervention into Ecuador, and Sadyr Japarov’s autocratic influence on Krygyzstan.