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October 16, 2025
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| Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill a UN Carbon Tax on Global Shipping |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will vote this week whether to approve new regulations authorizing them to charge maritime shipping companies for their carbon emissions. The measure would be the first ever carbon tax on maritime commerce and the first ever tax collected directly by a U.N. agency, which is unaccountable to the consumers who must pay higher prices as a result. Before the extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened on Tuesday, the Trump administration issued an ultimatum warning countries against voting for the measure. |
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| Which Way Will SCOTUS Decide on Louisiana Redistricting Case? |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding a pair of cases that could have a significant impact on the 2026 midterms, at a time when President Donald Trump is pressing Republican state legislatures to redesign their congressional district maps to give the GOP an edge in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
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| Trump Likely to Ratchet Up Pressure on Russia following Israeli Hostage Success, Experts Say |
| by Dan Hart |
| In the wake of the Israel-Hamas hostage exchange deal orchestrated by the Trump administration that has brought the war in Gaza to a tenuous end, President Donald Trump is looking to capitalize on the momentum by engineering a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine to end Vladimir Putin's brutal war on the eastern European nation. |
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| America Bails out Argentina |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The U.S. government is betting big on Argentina's free market President Javier Milei. On Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. had "directly purchased Argentine pesos" and "finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina's central bank" to stabilize markets in an "acute illiquidity" crunch. The deal, which experts describe as a $20 billion loan, marks the fourth time since 1996 that the U.S. has bought another country's currency. |
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| First Lady Helps to Reunite 8 Children with Their Families amid Ukraine War |
| by Kathy Athearn |
| Last Friday, First Lady Melania Trump shared some very good news: eight children who had been displaced from their homes during the Russian war with Ukraine had been returned to their parents within the previous 24 hours. |
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| 'We Need to Pray': Expert Warns of China's Escalating Crackdown on Christians |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Hostility toward Christians in China is escalating, which experts say is a "coordinated wave of persecution" driven largely by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). |
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| Foreign Nationals Face Visa Loss for Mocking, Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The U.S. State Department is taking the "America first" principle seriously and barring foreigners who celebrated the murder of an American patriot from entering the country. |
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