Kendra Secrett

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  |  April 10, 2026

New White House budget puts defense front and center

Late last week, President Trump unveiled a proposed federal budget for 2027 that pairs a major increase in military spending with cuts to domestic programs, laying out how the White House looks to spend federal dollars in the coming years.

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  |  April 8, 2026

Trump announces ceasefire after escalating threats on Iran

President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran last night, roughly 90 minutes before his 8 pm ET deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz amid threats of destroying Iran’s entire “civilization.”

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  |  April 3, 2026

Trump suggests the US could leave NATO as tensions rise

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later today in a case that will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship in America.

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  |  April 1, 2026

SCOTUS is weighing limits on birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later today in a case that will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship in America.

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  |  March 27, 2026

US economists are upping their risk of a potential recession

The mood on Wall Street is starting to shift toward fears of an upcoming recession.

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  |  March 25, 2026

ICE agents step in at airports as DHS shutdown continues

This week, the Trump admin began sending ICE agents to assist at major airports, as TSA staffing shortages continue to slow security lines nationwide amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

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  |  March 23, 2026

SCOTUS to decide legality of late-arriving mail ballots

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments later today in a case that could significantly change how mail-in voting is carried out in states across the country.

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  |  March 20, 2026

Red and blue states are growing further apart on income tax

As America has grown more polarized along political lines, so too have the tax codes in both red- and blue-leaning states, especially when it comes to high earners.

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  |  March 18, 2026

AI is making work more intense, research shows

Artificial intelligence was supposed to take tedious tasks off workers’ plates to free up more time for meaningful work.

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  |  March 16, 2026

War in the Middle East enters its third week

Israeli and US forces continued bombarding targets across Iran over the weekend, while Tehran kept up its strikes against Israeli and American targets across the Middle East, as the war in the region entered its third week.

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  |  March 13, 2026

TSA faces calls for privatization as its baggage grows

Government shutdowns can feel abstract until you’re dragging a suitcase through a TSA line that barely moves.

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  |  February 25, 2026

Pentagon gives Anthropic ultimatum in AI use standoff

The Pentagon has given artificial intelligence giant Anthropic a deadline of Friday to comply with its demands on using its AI models, or face cancellation of its US military contract.

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  |  February 23, 2026

Landmark SCOTUS ruling finds Trump tariffs are unlawful

The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision against President Trump’s global tariff strategy on Friday, ruling 6-3 that his plan to use an emergency powers law to impose sweeping tariffs is unconstitutional.

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  |  February 20, 2026

Russia-Ukraine peace talks falter over key territorial dispute

The third round of Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland, this week, with the talks starting days ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion in 2022.

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  |  February 18, 2026

Are rent-control measures a good idea?

A fight is brewing in Massachusetts over a proposal to establish one of the nation’s strictest rent-control measures.

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  |  February 13, 2026

Trump admin unwinds landmark 2009 climate ruling

One of the legal pillars of modern US climate regulation is about to face the biggest test in its 16+ years of existence.

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  |  February 11, 2026

Are American lawmakers getting too old?

Age-limit proposals are making the rounds again in Washington, where working well past the traditional retirement age has become the norm for many of America’s top elected officials in the federal government.

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  |  February 9, 2026

Trump admin’s Board of Peace sets its first meeting

The Trump admin is reportedly planning to hold the first meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, D.C. later this month, following the group’s official launch at the recent World Economic Forum.

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  |  February 4, 2026

Major election upset in Texas could spell trouble for GOP

A Democratic candidate flipped a state Senate seat located in deep-red Texas over the weekend, marking a 31-point swing in party support compared to 2024—and raising some eyebrows in Washington ahead of the November midterms.

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  |  February 2, 2026

President Trump nominates a new Fed Chair

On Friday, President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, ending a months-long search to replace Jerome Powell, whose term ends May 15.

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