# **Senate Votes & Shutdowns: Why the World Can’t Look Away** In the grand theater of global politics, few spectacles are as captivating as a government shutdown. It’s like watching a high-stakes game of chicken, where the players are senators, the road is the national budget, and the prize is… well, not crashing the economy….
# **The Insurrection Act: When the U.S. Government Says “Hold My Coffee” to the National Guard** Ah, the Insurrection Act. It sounds like the title of a bad action movie from the ’90s, but it’s actually a real thing—and it’s trending globally for reasons that are equal parts fascinating and slightly terrifying. If you’ve been…
Susan Monarez, the newly confirmed Deputy Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been hailed in Washington as a “steady technocrat” and “quietly effective leader.” Translation for the rest of the planet: she’s the person who will decide whether your country receives surplus American vaccines before they expire in a Nebraska…
