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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Domestic Policy
Domestic Policy
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson makes remarks during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor World War II veterans in Emancipation Hall on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Tom Williams via Getty Images)
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US Border guards deter illegal migrants as they try to cut the razor wire fences put up by the Texas National Guard in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 22, 2024. (Christian Torres via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of railroad station destroyed by Russian shelling on March 15, 2024, in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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Texas national guardsmen arrive at the El Paso airport on March 26, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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An armored police vehicle is parked outside the Legislative Council complex in Hong Kong, China, on March 19, 2024. (Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)
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Police officers on horseback with national flags patrol the border in Xinjiang province, China, on December 29, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, speaks during the 2024 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2024, in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)
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One of the largest outdoor legal marijuana grow operations in Santa Barbara County is in full view from heavily traveled Highway 246 on August 23, 2022, just outside Buellton, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden speaks at the House Democrats Annual Issues Conference on February 8, 2024, in Leesburg, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan deliver statements to the press following their meetings with Chinese officials, in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 19, 2021. (Photo by Ron Przysucha)
Experts
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
