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2025Opinion
Diego Estevez

What is the Strategic Significance of Greenland to the Trump Administration, and is its Rhetoric Justified?

The president said this in the Oval Office, “If you look at Greenland right now, if you look at the waterways, you have Chinese and Russian ships all over the place, and we’re not going to be able to do that.” With such a hardline position on the seizure of Greenland, the Trump administration has not ruled out the possibility of taking the territory by force. However, any action to take the island through forceful or peaceful means would likely backfire on the administration and the country as a whole. 

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2025Opinion
Avery Kachmarsky

F-18s, 1415, Target, Tomahawks, MQ-9s: U.S. Leadership in the Spotlight

On March 21, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated, “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” Days later, a private group chat filled with sensitive military information between Secretary Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and numerous aides and assistants surfaced. Waltz mistakenly sent a request to Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, to join the chat.

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2025International News
Benjamin Barry

Leaked Messages Show Trump Officials Discussing War Plans Amid Escalating Yemen Strikes

On March 24, 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, published  an article in The Atlantic titled, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War  Plans.” In the article, Goldberg revealed how several of the highest-ranking officials in the  Trump administration accidentally included him in a group chat to discuss missile strikes on Yemen.

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2025Focus
Madeline Rowe

Catholic Relief Services Grapples with Losing Half Its Funding

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), a non-profit organization that was founded over 80 years ago in the aftermath of World War II to help starving and suffering survivors, is among the many organizations to take a major hit from USAID cuts. CRS is USAID’s largest faith-based international partner and their top NGO recipient, receiving $4.6 billion dollars in funding between 2012 and 2022, reports Forbes.

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Sports Business and Culture2025Business
Abigale Giordano

The Devastating Impact of U.S. Budget Cuts to the UN

Since entering office, United States President Donald Trump has implemented bold budget cuts, impacting domestic and international policies and livelihoods. On January 25, Trump signed an executive order demanding the U.S. begin its budget cuts and withdraw from numerous United Nations (UN) human rights initiatives. These actions will impact global crises, as the pause in billions of dollars of funding by the U.S. will affect “…nearly all US foreign aid programs”, according to the United Nations.

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Katherine Dorrer

Trade Wars and the Drug War: How U.S. Tariffs Are Shaping Mexico’s Fentanyl Crisis

The United States’ battle against fentanyl has taken on a new dimension as economic policies, particularly tariffs, intersect with security efforts to curb drug trafficking. Despite billions in U.S. security aid, cartel influence persists, with most fentanyl entering the U.S. through the southern border. In 2024 alone, over 21,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at U.S. entry points, reports The Associated Press. 

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2025Opinion
Benjamin Barry

The Case for a Stronger Canadian-European Alliance

Since Donald Trump was elected to be the 47th president of the United States, American foreign policy has taken a sharp turn. Traditionally, the U.S. has maintained strong relationships with its allies in Europe, the Americas, and the rest of the world. Recently, the new administration has largely abandoned this precedent, opting for isolationist practices such as levying numerous tariffs against their own allies, as reported by France 24.

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