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Congressional War Powers AuthorityRepublican Primary InterferenceWeaponization Fund and January 6th CompensationImmigration Enforcement LegislationExecutive-Legislative Branch Power DynamicsMidterm Election Strategy and VulnerabilityIran Military Operations and War Powers ResolutionTrump Administration Spending PrioritiesCongressional Leverage and NegotiationSwing District Republican Politics

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Jun 8, 2026

Congressional Republicans Try a New Approach: Telling Trump No

Congressional War Powers AuthorityRepublican Primary InterferenceWeaponization Fund and January 6th Compensation
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Jun 9, 2026

Maine Votes as Graham Platner’s Past Poses New Conundrums

Democratic Primary Strategy and Candidate VettingOutsider Candidates vs. Establishment PoliticsPersonal Conduct and Political Disqualification Standards
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Jun 10, 2026

The Iran War's Devastating Butterfly Effect

Iran War supply chain disruptionsStrait of Hormuz shipping delaysGlobal fertilizer shortage and food security
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Jun 11, 2026

The Young Economic Populists Reshaping the Left

Student Debt Crisis and Economic PolicyCollege Degree Value Dilution and For-Profit Universities2008 Financial Crisis and Wealth Inequality Perception
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Jun 15, 2026

Inside Trump’s New Deal With Iran

Iran Nuclear Program NegotiationsUS-Iran Military Conflict ResolutionStrait of Hormuz Blockade and Tolls
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Jun 16, 2026

A Gen Z Revolution at the Movies

Gen Z movie theater attendance and audience behaviorLow-budget horror film production and distributionYouTube as film school and creator platform
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May 26, 2026

A Flood of New, Deadlier Drugs

Synthetic Drug EpidemicNitazenes and Novel OpioidsDrug War Enforcement Failures
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Jun 1, 2026

Inside Trump’s Mad Dash to Renovate Washington

Government contracting and procurement reformNo-bid contract practices and competitive bidding exemptionsFederal infrastructure project oversight and accountability
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Jun 2, 2026

How Elon Musk Engineered the World’s Biggest I.P.O.

SpaceX IPO Valuation and Financial HealthElon Musk's Voting Control and Shareholder AccountabilityStarlink Profitability and Satellite Internet Market
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Jun 3, 2026

Why the Ebola Outbreak Has Been Nearly Impossible to Stop

Ebola outbreak response in Democratic Republic of CongoBundy Budyo virus strain characteristics and rarityDisease detection and testing infrastructure gaps
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Jun 12, 2026

1979: How the U.S. and Iran Went From Allies to Enemies

1953 Iranian coup and CIA interventionMohammad Reza Pahlavi (the Shah) and authoritarian modernizationAyatollah Khomeini and Islamic Revolution
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Jun 13, 2026

Seth Rogen Knows the Secret to Marriage — and Being Rich in Hollywood

Creative Control and Production Company StrategyLong-term Creative Partnerships and CollaborationMarriage and Relationship Dynamics in Long-term Couples
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Jun 14, 2026

Do Aliens Exist? Steven Spielberg Believes They Do

UFO/UAP Government Secrecy and DisclosureExtraterrestrial Life Evidence and CredibilityCinema as Community-Building Mechanism
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May 20, 2026

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Revenge Plan

Presidential Abuse of Executive PowerIRS Audit and Tax Policy ManipulationJanuary 6th Capitol Riot Compensation
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May 21, 2026

Why the U.S. Just Indicted Cuba’s Former President

U.S.-Cuba Relations and Diplomatic PressureCriminal Indictment of Raul Castro1996 Brothers to the Rescue Incident
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May 14, 2026

A New Leader — and a New Showdown — at the Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Succession and Institutional IndependenceJerome Powell's Decision to Remain on Fed Board of GovernorsKevin Warsh's Ideological Critique of Powell's Interventionist Fed
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May 18, 2026

The Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

OpenAI Corporate Structure and GovernanceNonprofit to For-Profit Conversion in TechAI Safety and Existential Risk Concerns
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May 15, 2026

Lessons From the Hantavirus Outbreak

Hantavirus transmission and epidemiologyAndes virus outbreak on cruise shipsCDC response delays and institutional capacity
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May 16, 2026

Graham Platner’s Plan to Dethrone Susan Collins — and the Democratic Establishment

Anti-establishment Democratic primary challengesGrassroots organizing vs. establishment political infrastructureDemocratic Party theory of power and governance strategy
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May 17, 2026

Can We Reverse Aging?

Cellular Rejuvenation TechnologyYamanaka Factors and Gene TherapyLongevity Science Research
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