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Israel Kills Over 100 Palestinians in a Day and Presses South Sudan to Resettle Gaza’s Population, Protests Worldwide Decry Israel’s Assassination of Journalists, New Zealand Parliament Ejects MP Who Called Out Colleagues’ “Spineless” Inaction on Gaza, “Bury the Idea of a Palestinian State”: Israeli Minister Announces Plan for New Settlements,Continue Reading

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The number of states (and respective U.S. House seats) with single-party delegations is at its highest level since the mid-1960s Following the 2024 election, Smart Politics published a series of reports that highlighted electoral trends signaling the demise of competitive, battleground states such as the 119th Congress setting a recordContinue Reading

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Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was recently sentenced to 12 years of house arrest after he was found guilty of bribing imprisoned members of paramilitary groups to coax them into retracting damaging testimony exposing Uribe’s ties to U.S.-backed, right-wing paramilitary groups. Uribe was a staunch U.S. ally who ruled ColombiaContinue Reading