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Days before the 2016 presidential election, Melania Trump gave a speech on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania. Speaking about how technology has evolved and shaped the…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary is notable — and not just because he’s a conspiracy theorist. America has seen health…
If any European leaders harbored phobias of roller coasters, their worst fear may have been realized. The last few months have been nothing short of a…
On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he revoked former President Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order intended to ensure the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development…
Transatlantic alliances have been the backbone of American and Western security. President Donald J. Trump, however, has put American safety in jeopardy with his move to…
“We have a very corrupt country, a very corrupt country,” President Trump stated at Mar-a-Lago last week, “and it’s a sad thing to say, but we're…
The Democratic Party is at a crossroads, and it needs to get its priorities in check, fast. As the Trump administration continues its agenda with executive…
Despite spending $882 billion on national security annually, the United States is still grappling with a raging national security crisis. Our system, outdated from the Cold…
Head-spinning, mind-boggling, dizzying — these phrases have been repeated time and time again in articles covering Trump’s past week in office. Not only has he broken…
This article was originally going to be a warning about complying in advance in the face of rising authoritarianism, with Eric Adams as the poster child…