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Federal Court Orders Removal ofRio Grande River Barriers

A tense battle between the Federal government and Texas Governor Abbott’s administration continues to develop this week as a federal court ruled ordering the state to remove its anti-migration barriers on an international waterway. The floating barriers, placed along the Rio Grande River in Southern Texas, seek to prevent individuals from illegally crossing the border. […]

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FBI Arrest Air Guardsman Over Documents Leak

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen, was arrested this week for allegedly leaking classified documents containing national defense information described by the Department of Defense as being “highly sensitive.” Teixeira was brought into a Boston federal court, where he did not enter a plea. A federal judge ordered that he be detained until […]

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Finland Joins NATO; Sweden Still Waiting

Finland became the newest member of NATO on April 4, making it the 31st member of the treaty alliance. Finland borders Russia, and is geographically located in close proximity to Ukraine. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine early last year, Finland applied for NATO membership in May of 2022. Finland’s Prime Minister Sauli Niinistö justified […]

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Trump Indicted on 34 Felony Charges in New York

Former President Donald Trump is currently facing criminal charges in the state of New York following three separate instances where he engaged in hush-money payments during the prior presidential election cycle in 2016. Alongside these, there are 34 more first-degree counts of falsifying business records, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who told reporters, […]