Prime Minister François Bayrou loses confidence vote For the second time this year, the French government has collapsed. Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote with 364 people out of 577 in the house voting against him. In a last desperate measure to save €44 million in the 2026 budget, to help the drowning-in-debt […]
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Russia’s Incursion into Poland
How NATO should respond to defend itself In the late hours of September 9th, nearly two dozen Russian military drones passed through Ukraine and illegally crossed into Polish airspace. Just ten days later, on September 19th, three advanced Russian MIG-31 fighter jets violated Estonian airspace. These actions mark the Russian Federation’s largest incursion of North […]
No Deal Until There’s a Deal
Trump and Putin’s Alaska Summit was more than just unsuccessful On August 15th, 2025, United States President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a warm welcome at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as they met for a high-stakes summit to discuss the war in Ukraine. During the meeting, Putin was greeted with a photo-op on […]
Chaos in the Caribbean
Trump orders drone strikes on “narco-terrorists” During his combined five years in office, Donald Trump has usually tried to end wars. He has led controversial negotiations to attempt to end the conflicts in Ukraine, brokered a ceasefire in Gaza, and claimed to have personally ended five additional wars. Yet Trump’s recent strikes on alleged drug […]
Is the National Guard Really a Threat?
Pointless and illegal military operations fail to intimidate On June 7th, President Donald Trump deployed 4,100 members of the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell demonstrators protesting raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The troops, usually commanded by California Governor Gavin Newsom, reacted with hostility to peaceful demonstrations and violated major […]
Redrawing Democracy
Texas and California endorse gerrymandering before the 2026 midterm elections seeking a House majority As President Donald Trump finishes his first nine months in office, the statistics tell a drastically different story compared to the platform on which the Republican Party campaigned. His hopes of reforming the job market and creating a “manufacturing renaissance” are […]
U.S. Deports over 300 South Koreans
South Korean-American relations further sour amidst tariff contentions On September 4th, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a Hyundai battery plant in the state of Georgia, arresting 475 people, the largest raid ever performed by ICE. During the raid, over 300 South Korean workers were arrested, almost all of whom would be deported […]
The Demise of American Science
What will happen when the United States eliminates biomedical research? In 1887, a research facility known as the Hygienic Laboratory was established at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island by the United States federal government. This lab started one of the largest biomedical research organizations in the world and was the beginning of United States […]
The Hidden Cost of ICE Raids on America’s Economy
Immigration enforcement weakens labor markets, local economies, and growth Within the first 50 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made 32,809 arrests. While most of these arrests were targeted towards illegal immigrants with criminal records, ICE has also turned its attention to arresting immigrants (some illegal, some not) […]
Trump Threatens to Militarize Chicago
Trump’s Dangerous Overstep has Alarming Ramifications The last time a president sent federal troops to Chicago against local officials’ wishes was 1894, during labor riots that paralyzed the nation’s railways. What “emergency” does President Trump see in 2025 that justifies repeating that dark precedent? Trump’s threat to deploy federal troops to Chicago represents a dangerous […]