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Moore v. Harper: Who has the power to set state election rules?
What does Xi Jinping's power move mean for China?
What's on the agenda at the UN General Assembly?
What's happening in Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal?
What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families?
Why is Sri Lanka in crisis, and what comes next?
What does Shinzo Abe's assassination mean for Japan?
What does the Supreme Court's EPA ruling mean for climate regulation?
Why is Kaliningrad at the center of a new Russia-NATO faceoff?
What can we expect from the January 6 committee hearings?
How will France's changing political dynamics shape Macron's next term?
Where does France's presidential election stand after round one?
What's new in the January 6 investigation?
Why is Pakistani PM Imran Khan facing a no-confidence vote?
How is Russia conducting cyber and information warfare in Ukraine?
Did Biden's State of the Union speech meet the moment?
Russia invades Ukraine: What happens next?
How far will Putin go against Ukraine?
How is US, NATO diplomacy addressing Russian troop buildup?
Will Biden's call for Senate filibuster reform carve out a path for voting rights?
Will Russia launch a full military invasion of Ukraine?
What does Congress need to get done before the holidays?
Do COP26 pledges make enough progress on climate change?
Will the Facebook whistleblower's testimony spur new US digital regulation?
Will new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bring change to Japan?
After 16 years of Angela Merkel, what's next for Germany?
What does back-to-school look like during COVID?
What did Kamala Harris' trip do for US engagement in Southeast Asia?
How does the Senate infrastructure bill invest in future resilience and growth?
The eviction ban has been extended — for now. What comes next?
What will US combat forces withdrawal mean for Iraq?
How could expanded tax credits reduce child poverty?
How serious are the Trump Organization tax fraud charges?
What did the Biden-Putin summit do for US-Russian relations?
What does the end of the Keystone pipeline mean for US energy?
An unprecedented new governing coalition has formed in Israel. What comes next?
Why does Congress need an independent 1/6 commission?
What hope is there for de-escalation between Israel and Hamas?
Why did US jobs growth slow in April?
How do Biden's first 100 days reflect his vision for America?
What does President Idriss Déby's death mean for Chad?
After Chauvin's conviction, will policing finally change in America?
Will Natanz attack, uranium enrichment derail nuclear diplomacy with Iran?
What does the Amazon union effort signify for labor in America?
What does another election deadlock mean for Israel?
What does Quad summit signal for U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific?
Congress extended unemployment benefits. What should come next?
What's in the latest COVID-19 relief bill?
How should the US respond to Mohammed bin Salman's role in Khashoggi killing?
What's the significance of Biden's first military strikes in Syria?
Biden is ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran. How will they respond?
Will pro-Navalny protests threaten Putin's power?
What steps is the Biden administration taking on racial equity?
Will Trump be removed from power after Capitol attack?
What does Saudi-Qatar reconciliation signal for the Biden administration?
Does the latest COVID relief bill do enough?
How did the US government get hacked?
How is Biden's presidential transition going?
What will Trump's final foreign policies mean for the Biden administration?
Why did Trump fire Secretary of Defense Esper?
What will Trump's executive order mean for the future of the civil service?
What trends are we seeing in early voting?
What's the significance of the US-Israel-Sudan normalization deal?
What's behind the US Justice Department's antitrust case against Google?
What's the state of global girls' education during COVID?
What does the plot against Gov. Whitmer tell us about right-wing domestic terrorism?
The president has COVID-19. Now what?
What do leaked financial documents reveal about dirty money in banking?
What have "maximum pressure" sanctions against Iran accomplished?
What prompted the UAE and Bahrain's normalization of relations with Israel?
Who is Yoshihide Suga, Japan's next prime minister?
What's driving mass protests in Belarus?
What does the DC Circuit ruling mean for House subpoena power?
What's next for Japan after Abe's resignation?
What does VP pick Kamala Harris bring to the Democratic ticket?
What's behind Trump's decision to cut U.S. troops in Germany?
What's in Biden's $2 trillion climate plan?
How is China's new national security law affecting Hong Kong?
What should states learn from Tuesday's primaries for the November elections?
Why has North Korea escalated tensions in the run-up to the Korean War anniversary?
How will new immigration restrictions affect the US economy?
What's fueling the India-China border skirmish?
How did a conservative Supreme Court rule for LGBTQ employment rights?
What's needed for police accountability after the killing of George Floyd?
How does COVID-19 unemployment compare to the Great Depression?
How is Pakistan balancing religion and politics in its response to the coronavirus?
What does the Gantz-Netanyahu coalition government mean for Israel?
Why are Black Americans more likely to die from COVID-19?
With Sanders out, what's next for the Democratic presidential race?
What's happening with Hungary's pandemic power grab?
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting global energy markets?
What does the coronavirus crisis mean for unemployment in America?
What's in the Senate's $2 trillion economic package?
Do Germany's border closures signal a new stage in Europe's COVID-19 response?
What does the coronavirus crisis mean for European unity?
How is Italy handling the coronavirus crisis?
What drove Biden's big wins on Super Tuesday?
What did Trump's India trip accomplish?
What will Pompeo's trip mean for US policy toward Africa?
Why is Duterte canceling the US-Philippines military cooperation agreement?