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Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, the 65‑year‑old pastor of Friendship‑West Baptist Church in Dallas, announced that he is running for the U.S. House in Texas’s 30th Congressional Distri...
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When the Oregon Secretary of State’s office turned down a hunting‑ban proposal on July 24, 2026, it not only closed a door for one million hunters, trappers, and fishers but also left th...
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The U.S. Senate mourns the sudden loss of Senator Lindsey Graham, a 71‑year‑old South Carolina Republican, who died on July 11, 2026, after a sudden aortic tear, just a day after returni...
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In Houston’s bustling neighborhoods, a quiet revolution is reshaping how Asian Americans learn about politics. Assistant Professor Tanika Raychaudhuri’s latest book, The Social Roots of ...
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On July 28, 2026, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear sent a terse letter to senior U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, demanding a public explanation of the senator’s health. Beshear’s note, dated...
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On Thursday, July 23 2026, President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers for a White House reception that celebrated the team’s second consecutive World Series title. The ceremon...
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On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court delivered a 6‑3 ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14160, the first executive attempt to alter the constitutional founda...
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For more than a decade, Tunisia stood as the Arab Spring’s lone success story, a nation that had moved from revolution to a functioning democracy. After the 2011 uprising, a new constituti...
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On 18 July 2026, Hungary’s National Assembly passed a constitutional amendment that ended the presidency of Tamás Sulyok, a move that followed the Tisza Party’s overwhelming victory in ...
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On July 14, 2026, a quiet but unsettling transfer unfolded in the heart of Iran’s prison system. Sam Nasiri‑Moghaddam, a known political prisoner, was moved from a Ministry of Intelligen...
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Four years after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the nation’s attitude toward abortion has changed in ways that reach beyond the courtr...
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Argentina defeated England 2‑1 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semifinal held at Mercedes‑Benz Stadium in Atlanta on July 15. After the final whistle, Argentine players and supporters unfurle...
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On July 20, 2026, the Islamist militant group Hamas announced the election of Khalil al‑Hayya as chairman of its Political Bureau, succeeding the late Yahya Sinwar who was killed by Israel...
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On July 22, 2026, Ranking Members Marcy Kaptur (OH‑09) of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Zoe Lofgren (CA‑18) of the Science, Space, and Technology Co...
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On July 22, 2026, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov stepped onto the stage at a press conference in Moscow after a series of meetings with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) halted nearly $200 million in federal Medicaid payments to Minnesota...
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The 4th congressional district of Arizona will hold its Democratic primary on Tuesday, and 45‑year‑old activist Kai Newkirk is positioning himself as a direct challenger to four‑term i...
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A new measure from Republican Rep. Morgan Griffith (R‑VA) would end automatic U.S. citizenship for anyone born in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Puerto Rico...
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On June 9, 2026, a small crowd of about 70 people gathered in Herat’s city center to protest the Taliban’s recent arrests of women and girls accused of violating the regime’s strict dr...
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In a recent interview on the Tom Barnard Podcast, Jonathan Cain—keyboardist and guitarist for the iconic rock band Journey—did not hold back when asked about fellow musician Bruce Spring...
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Johns Hopkins University announced in October 2023 that it will open a School of Government and Policy in Washington, D.C., with a target launch in 2027 or 2028. The new school will recruit ...
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On July 14 2026, California’s Attorney General, Rob Bonta, swapped the courthouse for a YouTube studio, turning No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen into a front‑line courtroom for a high‑sta...
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On June 22‑23, New York’s United Nations General Assembly hosted its High‑Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS, and the world watched as the United States and Russia broke with the global con...
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On Monday, June 8 2026, White House Border Czar Tom Homan announced that the Department of Homeland Security has approved an operational plan to increase U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce...
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