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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,…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The 2024 election of Donald Trump shocked many across the United States. To a portion of the population, such an overtly right-wing and proto-fascist candidate gaining…
On Nov. 1, 2024, a coalition of European Green parties called for Green Party candidate Jill Stein to drop out of the U.S. presidential race and…