Politics

In the past few days, President Donald Trump has made moves to begin renovations of the East Wing of the White House. The current President has made his intentions clear to demolish parts of the East Wing to create a new ballroom for the White House. This act has caused...

In a recent election in Japan, Sanae Takaichi was elected the 104th prime minister of Japan. This is a historic event as Sanae Takaichi is the first female prime minister in the history of Japan. She was elected this last Tuesday, October 21st, after winning the votes of both the...

Recently, citizens have begun organizing and protesting the current government shutdown and the impact it has had on the citizens and the healthcare industry. A group of lobbyists, with both Republican and Democratic members, has begun lobbying the government to continue to fund medical research amidst the shutdown and to...

This last weekend, protests started across the nation to protest the current president, Donald Trump. This round of protests comes as a second wave of initial protests that were conducted back in June. The No King’s protests were organized by No King’s, a network of organization who are in direct...

Yesterday, on Thursday, October 16th, the first general election mayoral debate for New York City was held. The debate was between three candidates: Zohran Mamdani, the democratic nominee; Andrew Cuomo, the independent candidate; and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee. Zohran Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Party and the...

Recently, a new press policy was introduced within the Pentagon by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. This new policy would require reporters to swear a pledge not to spread unauthorized information, even if the information is not classified, or risk losing their access. In response to this new policy, almost all...

Recently, in the African nation of Madagascar, the President Andry Rajoelina was impeached from his position after weeks of anti-government protests in the nation. Former President Andry Rajoelina had fled the country after military personnel had joined the protests and left his position. After removing the president from office, the...

Yesterday, October 13th, a peace deal for the war over Gaza between Israel and Hamas was signed. This peace comes after several nations have come together to help negotiations progress between the warring forces. The United States has been instrumental in achieving the ceasefire, with President Donald Trump leading the...

As of Monday, October 13, the United States Government has been shut down for 13 days. For two weeks, lawmakers and Congress have been unable to reach a resolution on government funding and have kept the government in a shutdown period. As the shutdown extends further and further, the impact...

For those unaware, over the past few weeks, negotiations have been ongoing for peace talks for the war over Gaza. Hamas and Israel have come to the negotiation table, and both sides have begun looking for a peaceful solution to the situation. Many other countries, including the United States of...

As of today, the United States Government has been shut down for nine days. So far, the Senate has failed to pass a vote to reopen the government six times and is preparing for its seventh attempt. With both sides still in disagreement, the bill is expected to fail like...

This morning, Current President Donald Trump released a social media post on TRUTH that says, “Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!”.  This post came in response to the open resistance Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Governor Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker have...

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