Latest Breaking News

Arrests Made After Attacks Targeting Sam Altman — Adhiyanth Ram, April 14

US Enforces Strait of Hormuz Blockade After Talks Collapse — Bianca Trujillo, April 14

US Government Automatically Registers Eligible Men for Draft — Adhiyanth Ram, April 14

Magyar Wins Hungarian Election, Orban Concedes — Ibrahim Khan, April 13

Historic US-Iran Peace Talks End — Rebecca Gehlmann, April 12

Harris Weighs Possibility of Running in 2028 — Aryan Kondekar, April 12

Djibouti’s President Wins Sixth Term — Jai Shenoy, April 11

Artemis II Lands Successfully, Marking Leap Forward in NASA’s Moon Journey — Jack Zhou, April 11

Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office — Brogan Jones, April 11

Trump Criticizes Strait of Hormuz Reopening — Santiago Jimenez, April 10

China Holds Talks With Taiwanese Opposition Party — Tanvi Ramkumar, April 9

Meta Releases New AI Model, Intensifying Race — Vivaan Gupta, April 9

Pakistan Plans to Repay $3.5 Billion UAE Loan — Zaid Asad, April 8

Israeli Airstrikes Kill and Injure Lebanese Citizens — Janelle Lee, April 8

US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire — Christina Yang, April 8

Somalia Kickstarts First Offshore Oil Drilling Operation — Steven Zhang, April 7

Pope Leo Condemns Trump’s Recent Threats Against Iran — Rosa Qin, April 7

Trump Targets Kharg Island in Retaliation — Audrey Han, April 7

Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal, Issues Demands of Their Own — Daniel Song, April 6

Russia Claims to Have Fully Annexed Luhansk Region — Ibrahim Khan, April 6

Iranian Strikes on Data Centers Signal New Phase of AI Warfare — Vivaan Gupta, April 5

Job Market Report Posts Strong Results — Arnav Goyal, April 5


Latest Weekly Briefs

In domestic news, read about who is now most likely to win the coveted position of California governor after a major shakeup to the race, why Health Secretary RFK Jr. supports peptides, and the way the US’ foreign policy approach on Iran has continously vacillated between aggression and diplomatic negotiation. In international news, read about Greece’s new ban on social media for teenagers under 15, yet another set of cyberattacks from North Korea-affiliated hacking group Lazarus, how dramatically rising fuel prices have forced Ireland’s government to make key climate policy concessions amidst massive protests, and the devastating cost of war in Burkina Faso.

Read a PF analysis about the implications of President Trump’s continued escalation in Iran on America’s ability to maintain the current global order. In CX, read about ways the Trump administration has changed America’s Arctic approach in the past year.

In domestic news, learn about President Trump’s reasoning behind his recent decision to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi, understand why Trump’s war rhetoric regarding Iran has been so controversial, how the Iran war has caused Treasury yields to soar to an 8-month high, and why Graham Platner—running for Senate Republican Susan Collins’ Alaska seat—might be the Democratic Party’s next star candidate. In international news, read about the implications of Israel’s new default death penalty policy for Palestinian defendants, whether Cuba’s decision to release over 2,000 prisoners included political activists as well, President Trump’s renewed threats to destroy Iranian nuclear sites, and Hungarian President Viktor Orban’s party seeing increasingly poor polling ahead of a tight parliamentary election.

In domestic news, read about the landmark 10-2 decision finding Meta and Youtube liable for addictive social media platforms and what Democrat Emily Gregory’s win in Trump’s home Congressional district means for the midterms. In international news, read about the US’s controversial decision to relax oil sanctions on Iran following skyrocketing energy prices, suspected espionage operations within Taiwan, Israel’s latest military push against Hezbollah in war-torn Lebanon, and how the EU and Australia have finally signed a record FTA together.

In domestic news, read about the partial government shutdown that began in February of this year, an analysis on mixed messages from Trump, the Commander in Chief, regarding the recent Iran conflict, and a federal judge’s ruling over RFK Jr.’s transgender care policies. In international news, see briefs on Cuba’s energy crisis and total electrical grid collapse, why NATO is pulling out troops while allies resist an escalation to the war in Iran, an overview of the most serious envrionmental consequences of the Iranian conflict, and a look into the deadly strikes in Sudan and why the conflict continues to devastate the country.


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