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SEPTEMBER 20: Journalist Access to Unauthorized Information Revoked
SEPTEMBER 20: Estonia Alleges Russian Jets Invaded Airspace
SEPTEMBER 20: Gold Card and 100k Fee Introduced for Skilled Worker Visas
SEPTEMBER 19: Trump "Makes Progress" in Advancing Tiktok Sale
SEPTEMBER 19: Senate Rejects Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
SEPTEMBER 17: EU Proposes Economic Response to Israeli Attacks on Gaza
SEPTEMBER 17: The Fed Cuts Interest Rates by 0.25%
SEPTEMBER 17: Trump Sues the New York Times
SEPTEMBER 16: China Alleges that Nvidia Violates Antitrust Laws
SEPTEMBER 15: Missouri Republicans Approve Contentious Redistricting Plan
SEPTEMBER 15: Marco Rubio Visits Israel
SEPTEMBER 15: Keir Starmer Addresses Firing of the UK's Ambassador to the US
SEPTEMBER 15: Sentry Operation Launched in Relataliation Against Russia
Highlights — One Big Beautiful Bill: The Complete Receipt
What’s really in the One Big Beautiful Bill, a piece of legislation with impacts spanning from green energy cuts to urban affairs? In 18,278 words, our writers broke the full text down: title by title, and section by section. We explained what the legal jargon actually says in plain English, how it affects you, and the impacts hidden between the lines. Read the most comprehensive analysis and warranted implications of the bill that you'll ever discover.
Pentagon Rebranded as "Department of War"
September 7th, Andrew Lu
...and instructed Secretary Pete Hegseth to pursue legislative and executive steps...
Japan's Prime Minister Resigns Amid Political Fallout
September 7th, Andrew Lu
The move raises questions about who the next leader will be, and how...
House Speaker Claims Trump Informed FBI in Epstein Case
September 7th, Brogan Jones
The latest shock in this saga came when Mike Johnson, after being asked...
Weekly Briefs
Weekly Briefs
In domestic news, read about Trump's national guard deployments, the Supreme Court's taking up of the tariff battle, and the Hyundai-LG manufacturing plant's immigration raid.
In international news, see briefs on Japan's Prime Minister resigning, Russia sending drones into the NATO airspace, Israel's paralyzed diplomacy, and US-China trade tensions.
In domestic news, read about the highly heated showdown in the RFK hearing, sanctions in the shadow of the Russo-Ukraine war, changes to voter ID requirements, and the DOJ suing Boston over a sanctuary policy.
In international news, see briefs on India getting cozy with Russia and China, laws on L.A.W.S., Venezuela's conflicts as the country "swims along," and politics on French's prime minister.
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