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Donald Trump will return to Washington in less than two months. For Big Tech, the upcoming transition holds enormous stakes for their hopes to escape recent scrutiny. Under the leadership…
With all of the rightful analyses by Democrats in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory, there’s been an area of confusion among liberal commentators about why Trump, in each of…
A little over ten years ago, a Kremlin-backed Ukrainian president ended the country’s hopes of joining the E.U., and Kyiv became a battleground: on one side, a protest against authoritarianism…
In Chicago, Republican Mayor Bill Thompson lost his 1931 reelection campaign to Democratic challenger Anton Cermak — and since then, only Democrats have held the office. Cermak was able to…
Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has spoken on the Gaza crisis in sharp, polarizing terms. The Israel-Hamas war is a “fight against terrorism” in Trump’s view, and his…
Despite its seemingly noble name, if the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act becomes law, it will enable the incoming Trump administration to lead a government crackdown…
Presidential elections are, by no means, a one-night event. Nor are the final results — the only time votes are counted. Pre-election polls start releasing predicted voting results months in…
The Biden administration proposed an expansion to the Affordable Care Act that primarily focused on women’s reproductive rights on Oct. 21, 2024. Essentially, the expansion would require private insurance companies…
Two 19-year-old women, İkbal Uzuner and Ayşenur Halil, were brutally murdered on Oct. 4, 2024 by 19-year-old Semih Çelik in Istanbul, who then proceeded to commit suicide. Prior to the…
It happened. Donald Trump and his Republican Party have gained a governing trifecta in Washington. On top of this, they have a Supreme Court supermajority keen on bending the law…