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The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal, explained

A 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is set to take effect in Lebanon at 4 am local time Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced today. The temporary pause in hostilities, negotiated by the US and France, could lead to a permanent ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel invaded its northern neighbor in late September to fight Hezbollah, […]

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Can Trump use the military for mass deportations?

President-elect Donald Trump said he will use the military to carry out mass deportations — the centerpiece of his immigration agenda in his second term. He has not gone into detail about his plans, but legal experts have suggested he may be able to rely on a combination of federal laws to implement the deportations […]

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Political violence could get worse if Trump loses the 2024 election

Political violence has reached alarming levels in the US over the last few years. The January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, the attack on former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husbandand multiple assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump are all examples of America’s increasingly polarized and perilous environment. Now, the 2024 election could cause […]

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Israel-Hamas war: Why are Gaza ceasefire talks failing?

In the year following Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel, there has only been one successful pause in hostilities: a week in November during which Hamas traded 110 Israeli captives for 240 Palestinian prisoners. Since then the Biden administration has repeatedly touted ceasefire deals that have gone nowhere — both between Israel and Hamas and, […]