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November 18, 2025
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| As Time Ticks Down, Congress Faces Its Biggest Hurdle Yet |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| The shutdown may be over, but life doesn't get any easier for Republicans. While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) may be the target of his base's disgust for reopening the government, his party did manage to redirect the conversation to an issue that the GOP has struggled for years to address: health care. |
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| Trump Exempts Common Food Items from Global Tariffs |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| President Donald Trump has exempted hundreds of food items from his global tariff scheme, he announced Friday. The tariff walkback comes as the White House seeks to alleviate Americans' affordability concerns that likely played a role in the 2025 elections. |
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| WOLF: How the U.S. Can Oppose Genocide in Sudan |
| by Frank Wolf |
| With the Emirates NBA Cup underway, basketball fans may wonder why the NBA is being pressured to suspend its relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the UAE is sponsoring this in-season tournament in the United States, it is also sponsoring genocide, mass killings, rape, and starvation in Sudan. |
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| Trump Appeals to Bible in Foster Care Policy Rollout |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Leave it to President Trump to find the economic angle in what many have seen as a social or moral issue, converting a stagnant policy front into an all-around win. In partnership with his wife Melania, President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday to "harness Federal support, technology, and strategic partnerships to provide young Americans in or transitioning out of the foster care system with the tools they need to become successful adults." Yet not everyone was happy with Trump's order. |
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| As White House Lifts Sanctions on Syria, Experts Urge Caution |
| by Dan Hart |
| Following last week's historic meeting between President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, experts say the U.S. must remain highly wary of the new Syrian leader, who was previously an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist leader. |
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| Military Recruitment Is Surging: A Multifaceted Turnaround |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| "Just two years ago," read a statement from the Department of War, "the outlook for military recruitment was bleak." For the last several years, nearly every branch of the military fell short of its recruitment goals. The COVID-19 pandemic - including vaccine mandates that alienated many within the military as well as potential recruits - played a significant role. The Biden administration's push for woke policy gender ideology within the military also drove many away. |
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| Trump Admin. Pressures Calif. to Revoke Thousands of Licenses Illegally Given to Foreigners |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| The Golden State is revoking thousands of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs), many issued to illegal immigrants, following pressure from President Donald Trump's administration. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced last week that California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has illegally issued over 17,000 CDLs "to dangerous foreign drivers." Facing the threat of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds, California's DMV agreed to revoke the 17,000 CDLs. |
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| Catholic Preschools Go to SCOTUS over Colorado's Religious Discrimination |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| A coalition of Catholics in the Centennial State is bringing a religious discrimination complaint to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, a group of Catholic preschools, and a Catholic family in Colorado brought a petition to the nation's highest court last week, centered on Colorado barring Catholic schools from a state education program due to the schools' noncompliance with an LGBT nondiscrimination provision. |
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