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The Death of the TACO Trade
David Hain — January 20, 2026 After overtaking Venezuela, President Trump hosted a press conference, featuring Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, General Dan Caine and himself. When pressed about the operation’s executive overreach—with the president circumventing congressional approval—Trump deemed that such action was necessary, as he didn’t want anyone to…
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Pentagon Prepares to Deploy Federal Troops to Minneapolis
James Savin — January 20, 2026 Following the murder of Minneapolis woman Renee Good by an ICE officer, tensions have risen between immigration enforcement and protestors across Minnesota. In response, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would allow the national government to place troops on U.S. streets. 1,500 U.S. troops were put…
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Fatal ICE Shooting: Alex Jeffery Pretti
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Behind the Curtain: Josh Shapiro’s Mixed Popularity
Ty Tan — January 27, 2026 A leader with high approval is a rare sight in this political climate. For Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a 60% approval rating is something to be proud of. With a $30 million campaign war chest, fervent support from both sides of the aisle propelled him to the governorship in 2023. However, his…
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Trump Signs EO Limiting Large Investors from Buying Single-Family Homes
Lindsey Zhao — January 27, 2026 Last Tuesday, January 20th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers, a move aimed at limiting the expansion of large institutional investors in homeownership. Generally speaking, the order will direct federal agencies to restrict government support from large institutional investors (LIIs)…
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MAGA and the GOP: Party Division Ahead of the Midterms
Cody Brown — January 27, 2026 Despite Donald Trump winning the 2024 election in rather convincing fashion, scoring an additional 86 electoral votes over Kamala Harris, many political pundits theorized the second Trump administration’s largest hurdle would be maintaining that coalition of voters. Under the Make America Great Again (MAGA) umbrella, voting polls indicated a complete realignment of American…
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Iran at the Brink: The Potential for US Invasion
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Trump Ends Somalian TPS
set query loop filters with category (general briefs) then with the tag (us politics)
so you will have to keep the tag
if you want to do this with weekly briefs, do category general breifs, tag = week (ex 1/20/26), then set 8 as the number of items











