The Current
By The Brookings Institution
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The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts on breaking news and changing policies. In under ten minutes, learn not only what happened, but why, and how to make sense of it.
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Behind the negotiating table to end the Russia-Ukraine war
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Are students and workers ready for AI?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Inside the next Democracy Playbook: Strategies for global democratic U-turns
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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The catastrophe in Sudan
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Chicago's Latino business community is adapting in the face of policy volatility
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Why are expiring ACA subsidies raising health insurance premiums?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Can the COP30 climate conference achieve its goals?
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Syria at a crossroads
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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APEC 2025: What's at stake?
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Is DC's economy stalling? Insights from the DMV Monitor
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Is this government shutdown different?
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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The United Nations at 80: Does multilateralism still matter?
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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What's the FCC's role in regulating broadcast content in an era of media consolidation?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Is the credibility of US government data at risk? Why it matters to everyone.
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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What's the president's legal basis for sending National Guard troops to DC streets?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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How resilient is New Orleans today?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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How do we know if US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were successful?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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The moral dimension of AI for work and workers
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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What Medicaid and other safety net cuts could mean for US poverty
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May 08, 2025 |
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Closing the racial gap in economic and social power
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The US government data purge is a loss for policymaking and research
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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A playbook to counter democratic backsliding in the US and abroad
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Can the Trump administration freeze federal spending?
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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What might US rural policy look like in the Trump administration?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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What's next for Syria and the region after Assad's fall?
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Election 2024 and the health of American democracy
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Government spending, debt, and taxes in the 2024 election
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Making housing more affordable
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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As the UN General Assembly gets underway, how are we doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Competing energy and climate visions in the 2024 presidential election
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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As Joe Biden exits the presidential race, what's next for Kamala Harris?
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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The state of NATO at 75 and beyond
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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After the first presidential debate, what's next for Biden and Trump?
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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What role is AI playing in election disinformation?
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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What can be done about Sudan's deepening humanitarian catastrophe?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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What the Trump hush money trial verdict means for politics and the rule of law
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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The dynamics of the Russia-China partnership
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May 22, 2024 |
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Cities need more housing. ADUs can help.
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May 13, 2024 |
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Do US voters care about America's role in the world?
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May 03, 2024 |
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How a divided House passed critical foreign aid bills
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Economic impact of the Baltimore bridge collapse
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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What a strong economy can and can't fix
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Fighting corruption's threat to democracy
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Is Russia winning in Ukraine?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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What to know about Pakistan's turbulent national elections
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Meet Cecilia Rouse, new Brookings president
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Taking stock of the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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How anti-corruption efforts strengthen global democracy and security
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Will positive momentum from the Biden-Xi meeting last?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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The US-Mexico border challenge
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Unpacking President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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What does a new rule on financial advice mean for retirement security?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Who is new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Parsing disinformation in the Israel-Hamas conflict
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Biden in Israel and US diplomacy on the Israel-Gaza crisis
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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War in Israel and Gaza
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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What Kevin McCarthy's ouster as Speaker of the House means for governance
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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UN reform and the Global South at the 2023 General Assembly
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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India in the world after the G-20 summit
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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What happened in the first GOP presidential debate and why it matters
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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What underlies the coup in Niger?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Israel's Supreme Court reform crisis
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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How will the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling affect college admissions?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Putin imperiled? What to know about the Wagner Group's Russian revolt
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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What do the SEC's lawsuits signal for the future of cryptocurrency?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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How is Congress handling the TikTok conundrum?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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How will we remember Jimmy Carter's presidential legacy?
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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What's at stake in Turkey's elections?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Who is Ajay Banga, US nominee for World Bank president?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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How is the US weighing in with Israel's new hardline government?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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What's happening with the debt ceiling (again)?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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60 years later, can France and Germany fulfill the ambitions of the Treaty of Élysée?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Moore v. Harper: Who has the power to set state election rules?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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What does Xi Jinping's power move mean for China?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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What's on the agenda at the UN General Assembly?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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What's happening in Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal?
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Why is Sri Lanka in crisis, and what comes next?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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What does Shinzo Abe's assassination mean for Japan?
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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What does the Supreme Court's EPA ruling mean for climate regulation?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Why is Kaliningrad at the center of a new Russia-NATO faceoff?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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What can we expect from the January 6 committee hearings?
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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How will France's changing political dynamics shape Macron's next term?
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Where does France's presidential election stand after round one?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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What's new in the January 6 investigation?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Why is Pakistani PM Imran Khan facing a no-confidence vote?
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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How is Russia conducting cyber and information warfare in Ukraine?
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Did Biden's State of the Union speech meet the moment?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Russia invades Ukraine: What happens next?
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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How far will Putin go against Ukraine?
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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How is US, NATO diplomacy addressing Russian troop buildup?
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Will Biden's call for Senate filibuster reform carve out a path for voting rights?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Will Russia launch a full military invasion of Ukraine?
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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What does Congress need to get done before the holidays?
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Do COP26 pledges make enough progress on climate change?
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Will the Facebook whistleblower's testimony spur new US digital regulation?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Will new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bring change to Japan?
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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After 16 years of Angela Merkel, what's next for Germany?
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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What does back-to-school look like during COVID?
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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What did Kamala Harris' trip do for US engagement in Southeast Asia?
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Aug 27, 2021 |