#Political Influence
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- 🇺🇸 Burry still bearish on Palantir despite Trump endorsement [USA] Related: #Investor Sentiment, #Market Valuation
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🇺🇸 Analysis-Trump’s abrupt Iran reversal exposes limits of his leverage
[USA]
Related: #Foreign Policy, #Geopolitics
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🇬🇧 New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say
[United Kingdom]
<p>Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s crypto projects</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-new...
Related: #Cryptocurrency Regulation -
🇺🇸 How Corey Lewandowski Wielded Power Inside D.H.S.
[USA]
While he was supposed to serve in a limited role as an adviser to Kristi Noem, Mr. Lewandowski had wide influence over contracts, personnel and operations inside the agency over the last year.
Related: #Government Ethics -
🇺🇸 DOJ denies outside influence from Trump ally in antitrust reviews
[USA]
Trump ally and lawyer Mike Davis allegedly pushed antitrust officials at the Justice Department to approve his deals, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Related: #Antitrust -
🇺🇸 One Year After Trump’s $400 Million Ultimatum, a Different Columbia
[USA]
As they sought to respond to charges of antisemitism and harassment on campus, administrators and trustees made promises. Many have been kept, but not all.
Related: #University Transformation -
🇺🇸 Trump convinces GOP primary challenger to drop bid for Colorado House seat
[USA]
President Trump announced on Friday that he met with a primary challenger of Rep. Jeff Hurd’s (R-Colo.) and was able to get her to drop her bid as Republicans look to avoid a nasty contest in a House ...
Related: #Primary Elections -
🇬🇧 Trump-backed television merger moves forward
[United Kingdom]
Critics fear the consolidation will add to strains facing local news and degrade coverage.
Related: #Media Consolidation -
🇺🇸 Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
[USA]
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
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🇺🇸 Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves Gold Coin With His Face on It
[USA]
Many of America’s founders were fiercely against taking steps that would make its government officials appear like kings, and that included featuring them on the country’s coins.
Related: #Commemorative Currency -
🇺🇸 FCC Enforcement Chief Offered to Help Brendan Carr Target Disney, Records Show
[USA]
Last year, as FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC over a Jimmy Kimmel monologue, a civil servant overseeing West Coast stations privately pledged support, according to emails obtained by WIRED.
Related: #Regulatory Oversight -
🇺🇸 What a Key AIPAC Loss in Illinois Signals for Pro-Israel Lobby in Midterms
[USA]
The historically bipartisan American Israel Public Affairs Committee faces headwinds among Democrats angered by the country’s current government and war in Gaza.
Related: #Election Dynamics -
🇺🇸 JB Pritzker flexes his political muscle: From the Politics Desk
[USA]
Gov. JB Pritzker flexed his political muscle in Illinois after helping Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton win a crowded Democratic primary for Senate.
Related: #Democratic Party -
🇺🇸 Top US spy accused of omitting Iran intel that contradicts Trump
[USA]
Top US spy was accused of altering testimony on Iran, omitting details that contradict Trump’s threat claims.
Related: #Intelligence Controversy -
🇺🇸 Trump’s takeover of DC landmarks reaches legal apex
[USA]
President Trump’s government real estate projects in the nation’s capital are reaching an apex in court. Environmental groups, a Democratic congresswoman and even golfers have sued. Judges so far ha...
Related: #Legal Apex -
🇺🇸 Illinois Primary Election Takeaways: Stratton Wins and AIPAC’s Power Is Tested
[USA]
Democratic voters put Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on a path to the Senate, while the pro-Israel lobby notched its first major victories of the year but also faced a tough defeat.
Related: #Elections -
🇺🇸 King of Illinois: Pritzker swings Senate race as he targets Trump
[USA]
Juliana Stratton’s victory in a heated Senate primary vindicates the governor’s political operation heading into 2028.
Related: #Election Strategy -
🇺🇸 AIPAC attacks fall flat as Democrat Daniel Biss wins Illinois House primary
[USA]
The suburban Chicago mayor, who has criticized Israel, will succeed retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
Related: #Primary Election, #Israel Policy -
🇺🇸 Year After Trump Takeover, Institute of Peace Is Little More Than Scenery
[USA]
As a lawsuit by the former staff drags on, the fight highlights President Trump’s upending of traditional peace-building and the lasting effects of his administration’s cost-cutting blitz.
Related: #Institutional Change -
🇬🇧 US Senate heeds Trump’s call to debate restrictive Save America Act voting bill
[United Kingdom]
<p>Senate voted 51-48 to begin discussion on bill that would require proof of citizenship for new voters</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/17/us-senate-voter-id-...
Related: #Voting Rights -
🇺🇸 Kennedy Center votes to shut down ahead of Trump-backed renovation project
[USA]
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
Related: #Arts Funding -
🇺🇸 Trump gives second wind to reforming college sports regulation
[USA]
An effort to regulate the big business of college sports is receiving a second burst of energy on Capitol Hill thanks to President Trump’s insistence that more be done to curb what many regard as an i...
Related: #Sports Regulation -
🇺🇸 Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze
[USA]
Harvard is the White House’s biggest target, but professors all over the country have been censoring themselves, avoiding provocative topics and rewriting grants.
Related: #Academic Adaptation -
🇺🇸 Trump says he’s ‘thrilled’ to see Brendan Carr looking at FCC licenses of news organizations
[USA]
President Trump on Sunday said he was “thrilled” to see the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr reviewing license renewal applications for broadcast corporations after accusing ...
Related: #Media Regulation -
🇺🇸 Universities slow hiring, faculty navigate rocky future amid Trump attacks on higher education
[USA]
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities have led to a slowdown in hiring, with international academics particularly caught in the crossfire. Colleges are being forced to navigate both thre...
Related: #Higher Education -
🇺🇸 Illinois' open U.S. Senate race tests Gov. Pritzker's influence ahead of possible presidential bid
[USA]
A rare opening for Illinois to elect a new U.S. senator has sparked a political brawl among the top three candidates in the Democratic state.
Related: #Election Dynamics -
🇺🇸 New drone maker partly owned by Trump sons hopes to win Pentagon contracts
[USA]
Among dozens of companies competing for Pentagon contracts to supply attack drones, one stands out: Powerus, flush with cash and ballooning in size as it buys up rivals
Related: #Defense Industry -
🇺🇸 Intel shareholder claims board gave US an equity stake to avoid Trump’s social media attacks
[USA]
Lawsuit also criticised law firm Skadden for advising both Intel and the government
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🇺🇸 Emma Wall, Betsy Hershey Talk U.S. Climate Activism in Adam McKay-Produced ‘Just Look Up’: ‘It’s No Coincidence Venezuela and Iran Are Oil-Producing Countries’
[USA]
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmakers Emma Wall and Betsy Hershey (“Guerrilla Habeas”) jumped on a life-changing Zoom call organized by a lauded host: Oscar-winning director Adam McKa...
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🇺🇸 Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Orbán in power
[USA]
Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions
Related: #Foreign Interference
Key Entities (33)
- Donald Trump (8 news)
- Democratic Party (3 news)
- Brendan Carr (2 news)
- Federal Communications Commission (2 news)
- Presidency of Donald Trump (2 news)
- Illinois (2 news)
- AIPAC (2 news)
- JB Pritzker (2 news)
- Republican Party (1 news)
- Colorado (1 news)
- The Walt Disney Company (1 news)
- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (1 news)
- Federal government of the United States (1 news)
- Intel (1 news)
- Juliana Stratton (1 news)
- United States Department of Homeland Security (1 news)
- Corey Lewandowski (1 news)
- Iran (1 news)
- Middle East (1 news)
- Illinois House of Representatives (1 news)
- Israel lobby (1 news)
- Adam McKay (1 news)
- Climate Defiance (1 news)
- DOJ (1 news)
- Columbia University (1 news)
- Kremlin (1 news)
- Hungary (1 news)
- Scion Asset Management (1 news)
- Michael Burry (1 news)
- Palantir (1 news)
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