In a historic judgement on Oct. 6, the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman—better known as Ali Kushayb—guilty of 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the brutal campaign in Darfur between 2003 and 2004.
Tomorrow marks the second week since the wheels of the United States government ceased spinning—congresspeople are mostly dug into their respective partisan trenches as Democrats unflinchingly push for extension of health insurance tax credits and a reversal to Medicaid cuts, while Republicans refuse to grant any leeway to the minority party. It is fairly well known that government shutdowns roll a large amount of federal workers into unpaid leaves (roughly 40%), while the remainder continues work without pay, but there are a number of other key details pertaining to this shutdown in particular that should serve as flashing warning lights across the country.
No summer at the Supreme Court is ever uneventful, but the Supreme Court’s summer 2025 term appears to be one of the busiest and most significant in recent history. Handing down precedent-setting decisions about presidential powers, religious freedom, and ICE activities, the Supreme Court’s rulings this summer are sure to change the political landscape for decades to come.
Ballots have been sent out to California voters who must now decide whether to allow for partisan gerrymandering through 2030. The question Proposition 50 poses comes down to this: will Democrats play ball?
On Sept. 30, GU Politics hosted a panel to discuss the implications of a government shutdown, which at that point, was set to occur in a couple of hours. The panel featured three veteran political strategists, all of whom have served as GU Politics Fellows in the past: Machalagh Carr, former chief of staff to Speaker Kevin McCarthy; Rory Cooper, Republican strategist and communications director for former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor; and Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration.
Swiping right can become a bad habit. And I’m not talking about dating apps.
Every morning, I wake up to an inbox flooded with emails from The New York Times, The Washington Post and other outlets. Up until a few months ago, I would open each one, skim interesting headlines and their descriptions, and then fully read through the ones that had compelling stories. Yet since the beginning of this year, I have struggled to make it past the first headline — I just swipe right on the email and send it to my trash.
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James Long: Tracking the Trump Trifecta
Despite initial concerns about the viability of their nominations, some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks were able to garner enough support to clear the bar for confirmation. Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard were each confirmed with minimal Republican defection, despite having been thoroughly questioned about matters from alcohol abuse to vaccine conspiracies.
On January 21, a panel of Republican strategists outlined how Republicans’ trifecta in the federal government could drastically alter the American political landscape during a conversation titled “What to Expect from a GOP Trifecta,” hosted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics).
It’s been a few months since the 2024 election, when Americans elected Donald J. Trump into office for his second term. His re-election has brought forth conversations in left-leaning circles on what this means for minority groups moving forward, with a new emphasis on community organization and collective action.
Halloween may have come to an end but something much scarier is approaching…the outcomes of the 2024 election. If October was the season of scary movies, then November is the season of political tension and events from the last four years culminating in one final decision.
Georgetown Disability Cultural Center recently hosted its Arts Celebrating Disability Culture event to recognize disability culture and self-expression.
Popular celebrities and artists have banded together once again to continue pressuring global leaders to bring an end to the humanitarian violence in Palestine, painting a deeper message into why art is a powerful platform.
Swiping right can become a bad habit. And I’m not talking about dating apps.
Despite continued pressure from the Trump administration, Georgetown continues to claim to stand by its mission to educate people for others. In particular, Georgetown’s Jesuit identity has endowed the institution a special niche in its responses to federal attacks, one it must use to continue strong resistance.
After a painful loss in the 2024 election and Republican domination of all three branches of government, the DNC hosted its final election forum in Gaston Hall last Thursday. While the forum helped decide the February 1st victory of Minnesota chairman Ken Martin, protestors in the crowd demonstrated the challenges facing him in his quest for party redemption.
The U.S. Senate voted on Feb. 13 to confirm environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), a decision with the potential to instigate reforms that will fundamentally change the U.S. health system and America’s position as a global leader in the biomedical sciences.
On Jan. 20, in an executive order issued on his first day back in office, President Donald J. Trump officially withdrew the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO)—an action that has the potential to fundamentally alter the state of global health security and the ability of the world to handle the inevitable next global pandemic.
Since the first Tuesday of the new year, Americans have been busy electing state-level and local officials across the country, including in Iowa, Minnesota and Oklahoma. After looking at these results, we’ll examine some of the key races upcoming in Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana and Wisconsin.