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Policy & Unrest
A lawyer for Ahmed Soliman, a 31-year-old Phoenix man who has been arbitrarily detained in Equatorial Guinea since April, when US immigration agents forced him onto a plane under the Trump administration's third-country deportation policy, expressed cautious optimism and relief on Wednesday after…
Cost of living, energy and fuel prices, and markets when they reach households
Despite grim forecasts, the World Bank projects regional economies could rebound by 7.8% in 2027 if the conflict ends this year, though the Hormuz blockade and inflation remain major threats.
Conflict involving the US, and wars abroad when they reach home
"The diplomatic process is still continuing," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Agency failures, inspector general and GAO findings, disaster response gaps and infrastructure breakdowns
The FAA recently announced a policy targeting volunteer pilots who help patients in need — so two nonprofits that facilitate charitable medical flights are taking the agency to court.
ICE and detention, court rulings on policy and civil liberties, protests, and policy changes that divide us
A bipartisan group of states are backing New Jersey’s request for the Supreme Court to declare that states can regulate prediction markets, warning that lower judges are “hopelessly confused and divided.” Last month, New Jersey petitioned the justices to decide the issue that has been bubbling up…