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Maybe it is a coincidence. But it is a pretty interesting coincidence. The Trump administration began dismantling USAID in early 2025. By March, roughly 83% of its programs had been cancelled. By mid-2025, the agency was effectively shut down. Then something happened across Latin America. Country after country started electing conservative candidates. Ecuador. Bolivia. Honduras. …
The Republican National Committee this week filed election-related lawsuits in Michigan and North Carolina, coming off a Supreme Court victory last week over election procedures in Arizona. An RNC initiative called Protect the Vote has filed more than 100 lawsuits across 25 states and recruited more than 150,000 lawyers and volunteer poll watchers across the country. “We are …
“Among younger voters in the 18-39 age group, Biden is up only by a single point: 43 percent to 42 percent. With all five candidates competing, the numbers still look terrible for Biden. Joe (“Old Yeller”) Biden earned only 44 percent of the black vote, 29 percent of the Hispanic vote, and 37 percent of …
The first goal — the “elimination of Hamas” — began with a declaration of war the day after the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed approximately 1,200 people. The second goal was to destroy the tunnels The command structure remains largely intact, as does its ability”It’s clear that Hamas has control over …