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The Partial Government Shutdown
The Republicans are fighting for fewer restrictions on deportation and full funding. In contrast, Democrats seek stronger limitations on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to protect immigrant communities.

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Cuban Blockade Remains: Entire Nation on Verge of Collapse
After President Trump’s EO establishing a naval blockade on all imports of oil to Cuba, the economy is almost completely starved of power. Gasoline is now rationed, and hundreds of products have been left to spoil without working refrigerators.

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U.S. Urges Allies to Move to Secure Strait of Hormuz
Iranian attacks on ships and maritime infrastructure have disrupted ships passing through the strait, sending global oil prices above $100 per barrel and raising fears of a major energy shock.

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American Refueling Plane Crashes in Iraq
On Friday, amid rising tensions with Iran, six United States service members were killed when their KC-135 refueling plane crashed in Western Iraq. The American death toll in the Iran war has now risen to 13.

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xAI Sued by Teens over Sexual Image Generation
The girls, two of whom are minors, claim that the company is responsible for generating naked images of them. This marks the first lawsuit made by underage people regarding xAI’s role in children’s sexual abuse.

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Texas’s New Democrat: The Seminarian Who Could Flip a Red State
2026 has been a year of electoral surprises, and Texas may be setting up the biggest one yet. James Talarico, a 36-year-old state representative, Presbyterian seminarian, and former middle school teacher, has emerged as the Democratic nominee for U.S.

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U.S. Troops One Foot into Ecuador
On Tuesday, Ecuadorian and United States military forces began a joint operation domestically to combat international terrorist organizations. This is part of a building movement to reduce the trade of drugs internationally, particularly in Latin America.

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The Death of “America First” Through Trump’s Waging War on Iran
Though it has been speculated that if a recession ensues, the Trump Administration could utilize resources from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the current inventory of the reserve is only roughly 415 million barrels of oil, which would likely be outstripped by these…

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From Operation Absolute Resolve to Absolute Uncertainty: The Battle Between Anthropic and the U.S. Military
Just hours after Trump ordered the government to stop using Anthropic, OpenAI announced it struck a deal with the Defense Department to employ its technology for classified networks. The ban sets a precedent for how the government treats AI companies that push…

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Pushing the Boundaries: Trump’s Challenges to Judicial Authority
Even the conservative judges on the Supreme Court did not agree on everything, although they mostly voted together to block the tariffs. The overall consensus is to give the president less power and give Congress more.

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Trump’s Moment of Reckoning With Iran
Even as aides continually warn him to focus on domestic economic policy, President Donald Trump has pushed the U.S. further and further to the brink of war with Iran, despite ever-depreciating woes of GOP midterm failure.

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Social Media Powerhouses Face Juries in Landmark Trial: “It’s Not Addiction”
On February 18, Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg began testifying in the now-infamous landmark social media trial rooted in protecting American youth against dangerously addictive algorithms that may be specifically targeting adolescents.

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Has AIPAC Influence Gone Too Far?
AIPAC has fallen under intense scrutiny by the Democrats due to accusations of covert campaigning, who report that they’ve seen a rapid increase in ads focusing on critical political issues like immigration and healthcare.

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Department of Homeland Security is Facing A Partial Shut Down
Democrats have made a multitude of demands in order to limit the powers of ICE and end the shutdown. Such demands include banning face masks on immigration agents and mandating body cameras.

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Supreme Court Rules Trump’s Tariffs Unconstitutional
In a 6-3 ruling, the court said that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act’s language did not give President Trump the power to impose tariffs.

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US-Iran Nuclear Talks Progress
President Trump has suggested that his top priority is for Iran to scale back its nuclear program and that it would be “traumatic for Iran” if they refused to comply.

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The American Responsibility to Cut the UAE’s Involvement in Sudan
The civil war in Sudan is often framed as an internal power struggle. In reality, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has played a large role in aiding the RSF militarily and financially.











