POLITICS

Feb 04 2025POLITICS

University Students Protesting

Jaws dropped at universities across the country this spring when student protests flared and escalated. The protests were against Israel and occured after a violent and intense showdown in Gaza and their numbers and locations were extensive. This went from Maine all the way to Alaska. Some schools

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Tariffs Trigger Disagreement Against Republicans

Mitch McConnell was quick to out a bold statement regarding the most recent Trump-approved tariffs but many republican party members are leading the way in supporting that decision which came with the declaration that Trump believes tariffs are going to produce some indescribable effects. With tarif

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

The US Department Lacks Leadership.

We can start by looking at some background info. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a key player in global aid for a very long time. This agency was created by a federal law, and even its funding comes from the government. It doesn't matter who is in charge because this

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Panama Pulls Away from China’s Global Network

Panama is taking a big step back from China's global investment plan. The country decided not to renew a 2017 deal with China's "Belt and Road Initiative. " This decision came after Panama President José Raúl Mulino met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In 2013, China began this initiative to

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

USAID Shut Down: Workers Told To Stay Home After Elon Musk Controversy

Elon Musk's recent move to shut down USAID at the behest of President Trump has caused a lot of chaos. His reasoning for the shutdown was not discussed much. This sudden decision has left a lot of people in the dark and a lot of people unemployed. The United States Agency for International Dev

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

A New Era of Conservative Power: Project 2025

Project 2025 is a detailed plan. It is a collection of conservative ideas. Many of the ideas were written by people who worked in the Trump administration. This plan is meant to cause big changes in the government. It is meant to happen before the 2026 midterm elections. The plan is seen as a direct

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

TikTok's Tough Road with the US Government

TikTok has a huge challenge on its hands. The app has been popular for a long time, but it's from the tech giant ByteDance, based in China. The US government thinks that's a problem. It is worried about national security and wants to change the way TikTok is owned. One big idea that came up was havi

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

The tug of war over US global aid

US has a special body for helping others worldwide. In 1961, John F. Kennedy came up with the idea "USAID during the Cold War. That’s right—the USSR was fighting the U. S. for world influence. The thought was: Which can do a better job helping out the rest of the world. The State Department seemed t

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

New Push Against Campus Antisemitism

Five well-known universities are under the spotlight following new inquiries into allegations of antisemism. This move comes from a wider call to harshly penalize schools that haven't taken enough steps to tackle anti-Jewish hatred on their premises. Notably those universities subj

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Venezuela's Waiting Game: Venezuelan Refugees in the Crosshairs

Up to 350, 000 Venezuelans living in the U. S. are suddenly facing a big change. They are losing their protection from deportation and their right to work in America. The change means that almost half of the 600, 000 Venezuelans who had special protection in the U. S. will have to leave in

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