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The Texas state legislature has moved forward with a plan to redraw districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, hoping to pick up more seats in the House of Representatives and secure the Republican majority there. This plan was pushed for by Trump, the success of whose legislative agenda will be affected by the outcome of the 2026 election. In addition to the current Republican majority in the House being quite slim, midterm elections historically favor the minority party

In recent news, there has been much discourse between Democrats and Republicans on the release of the Epstein files. These files pertain to Jeffery Epstein, who notoriously ran numerous sex trafficking rings on his private island in the US Virgin Islands. He is famously well-connected to numerous political figures, including current US President Donald Trump and former US President Bill Clinton, which is drawing cries from both political parties for the release of the Epstein

After twenty four years of power, Bashir Al-Assad was removed from power in 2024. Demonstrations against Al-Assad in 2011 would lead to the death of over two hundred thousand civilians. After thirteen years of conflict, Al-Assad was finally overthrown by ex-Al-Queda member Ahmed Al-Sharaa. This has raised the question to whether he is a valuable, or vulnerable asset to western powers such as the United States.

School leaders have been debating the role of handheld electronics in classrooms since before smartphones even existed. In the 80s, pagers were the most desired communication of the century among teenagers. By the 2000s, smartphones became the new desired object.