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The White House is weighing a one-time $2,000 “tariff rebate” funded by customs duties, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying […]

The BBC’s flagship Panorama episode “Trump: A Second Chance?” (aired in late October 2024, days before the U.S. election) used

Nancy Pelosi, the 85-year-old former House Speaker and long-time California congresswoman, announced her retirement from Congress at the end of

The 2025 federal shutdown began at midnight on October 1 after Democrats refused to pass stopgap funding without locking in

Election Night: Democrats Won Liberals had a strong showing Wednesday—mostly holding seats Democrats already controlled, but in several races, replacing

A weeks-long federal shutdown has collided with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), putting November 2025 benefits for roughly 41–42

The United States began a major force build-up in the southern Caribbean in late August 2025, first surging Navy destroyers

Argentina entered 2025 with inflation above 200%, depleted reserves, and bond markets largely shut after years of crisis; Milei’s December-2023

A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland indicted former National Security Adviser John Bolton on 18 counts tied

On October 13, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that ended the two-year Israel–Hamas war—his eighth major peace