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A sudden act of violence outside the halls of power turns into a national reckoning over who belongs, who protects, and whether America’s promises still hold. On the afternoon of 26 November 2025, a normal patrol near the nation’s capital, part of a controversial deployment of National Guard
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A mechanical pen, long used quietly inside the White House, is now under fierce public scrutiny as a tool of legitimacy and partisan attack. The autopen is, at its core, a mechanical device that is designed to reproduce a handwritten signature. A pen sits in a robotic arm that traces
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A sweeping re-examination of permanent residents, sparked by a violent crime, pits national security priorities against immigrant communities and democratic values The catalyst was a tragic and shocking shooting involving a former asylum-seeker now accused of murdering a member of the US National Guard in Washington, DC. Within hours, the
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The president’s lashing out at a female journalist for reporting on his health, lines tend to diminish between media criticism, misogyny and political strategy. On 26 November 2025, The New York Times published a report suggesting that President Donald Trump, now in his late 70s, is showing signs of
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A conversation between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping builds on a fragile trade truce, but deeper strategic fault-lines remain, especially on Taiwan, technology, and global influence. On 24 November 2025, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held what both sides described as a very good telephone call,
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With the executive order unleashing a massive federal-private AI platform, Washington is betting big on artificial intelligence to reboot America’s scientific edge, but questions about funding and strategic coherence loom large. On 24 November 2025, President Trump signed an executive order launching the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative described
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With a decorated veteran-turned-senator requesting troops to question orders, the Defence Department’s response ignited a high-stakes battle over military discipline, congressional speech, and executive power. On 24 November 2025, the Department of Defense announced that it was launching what it called a thorough review into Senator Mark Kelly for
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As Vance leans into Big Tech backing via Palantir’s Peter Thiel network, populist Republicans accuse him of betrayal. The dispute demonstrates the rising tension between data-tech elites and America-First populists. J.D. Vance rose from an Appalachia success story to US Senator, and now occupies a prominent role within
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With Congress mandating disclosure and survivors demanding answers, the DOJ’s push to unveil sealed testimony shows a high-stakes moment in one of America’s most notorious sex-trafficking cases. On November 22, 2025, the United States Department of Justice filed a motion in the Southern District of Florida asking a
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The Department of Government Efficiency, launched with fanfare and led by Elon Musk, quietly ceased to exist eight months before its charter ended, raising questions about what was achieved and why it was dismantled. The Trump administration’s launch of the Department of Government Efficiency in January 2025 came with
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A federal crackdown on gender-identity language is changing education, healthcare and civil rights in ways the country has not seen in decades. In Washington, a single phrase has now become the gravitational centre of a national storm. The administration’s campaign against what it calls gender ideology has shifted the
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A meeting between two political adversaries at the White House suggests strategic realignment around affordability, power, and image ahead of major US contests. On November 21, 2025, inside the Oval Office, Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani sat side by side in a scene few anticipated. Just months ago, Trump had