California's midterm elections have caused an uproar over Proposition 50, which decides if California redraws district lines out of rotation in favor of blue. Background information on why this Proposition came about: Texas, Missouri, Indiana, Kansas, Utah, Ohio, and Florida have been redistricting out of cycle in favor of red. This is so they can have more Republican seats for the upcoming midterm election.  

Voting yes on Prop 50 would result in California's redistricting in favor of blue. There would be more Democratic seats to counteract the redistricting in several red states.

The result of voting no on Prop 50 will be California keeping its current district lines and not redistricting out of cycle.

The following organizations have donated to Supporting Prop 50: National Education Association, California Teachers Association, and California Nurses Association. An estimated 9 million dollars combined have been donated. The largest amount donated has been by the lobbyist group Fund the Policy Reform, founded by billionaire George Soros, at 10 million. The same political campaign that funded Newsome's 2022 re-election has transferred 2.6 million. 

The following organizations have donated to opposing Prop 50: Nepo baby Charles T Munger Jr. donated over 32 million. The Congressional Leadership Fund (one donor includes Elon Musk) has donated 5 million. Congressman Vince Fong and Speaker Kevin McCarthy combined have donated 2 million.

As tensions between the United States and Venezuela rise in the Caribbean Sea as a result of drug cartels, the question of a potential war between both countries is one out of many to be asked right now.

On Aug 18 2025, The United States deployed warships in the Caribbean Sea, near Venezuela, with the aim being to combat drug trafficking. This sparked a huge reaction in Venezuela, with the president of Venezuela saying he’s ready for a war between both countries. On Sept 2 2025, the US military struck a boat with 11 people in the South Caribbean and another instance on Sept 15, where the US struck another boat from Venezuela, killing 3 people. All of this continues to be surprising to those who didn’t think anything would come out of the situation.

The United States and Venezuela have had tense relations since the election of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 1999, due to his opposition to American economic interests in Venezuela and US foreign policy, this opposition continued under his successor, Nicholas Maduro, who was elected in 2013 after the death of Chavez.

Nicholas Maduro has been criticized a lot over the years by foreign leaders, some critics have called him a dictator for being an authoritarian leader, and allegations of him rigging elections have granted him an even worse reputation, even among Latin American leaders. 

Maduro’s relations with the US worsened after they made claims that he was directly involved in drug trafficking, with the US offering a bounty for his arrest. He has denied these claims repeatedly but this has done nothing to hinder the US effort to get him arrested.

Now there’s a ton of questions. Will the US invade Venezuela? What are the intentions of such a plan? How will this affect both countries? This story will keep getting bigger as the weeks go by.

There have been many speculations and rumors about President Donald Trump's health over Labor Day weekend. Many were even wondering if he was dead. When Trump was asked about such speculation, he stated that it was “fake news” and that he was “very active over the weekend.” President Trump laughed at such rumors, stating that “I didn't do anything for two days and they said 'there must be something wrong with him.' Biden wouldn't do them for months, you wouldn't see him, and nobody ever said there was anything wrong with him.” Contrary to this statement, Donald Trump wasn't seen for a total of six days, the longest Biden wasn't seen for was two months due to Covid-19. However, towards the end of Biden's term, numerous rumors circulated about his health, prompting him to drop out of the Presidential race. 

Many students at the Applied Technology Center (ATC) High School were asked if they had heard of such news. A senior in the Architectural Construction and Engineer (ACE) Pathway, John Fernandez, stated, “I thought he had something due to his lifestyle.” Another senior in the Culinary Hospitality Educational Fundamentals (CHEF) Pathway, Hailey Mayoral, was asked the same question. She replied, “I don't think he's seriously ill, but I do think there's something wrong with him.”   When asked the question: How do you think it would affect us as a country if Donald Trump were seriously ill? John Fernandez replied that the president would act more irrationally and erratically, almost like a dictator, and make sure he had an iron fist on this country by eradicating human rights and possibly going to war. Although many people believed President Trump was dead, it is now fully confirmed that he is alive and thriving through his presidency.