Donald Trump Says He Asked To Send US Army Into Mexico
President Donald Trump said that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has turned down his offer to deploy American troops into Mexico to fight against the country’s drug cartels. Newsweek contacted the Mexican Foreign Ministry for comment on Monday via email outside of regular office hours. Why It Matters Between 2015 and 2021, the number of murders […]
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Could 100 Men Really Take on One Gorilla and Win? We Asked ChatGPT
In a battle between logic and hubris, 100 men and one gorilla entered the fray over the weekend, after one social media user’s post suggesting the men—if organized effectively—would emerge victorious in such a matchup, went viral. The user @DreamChasnMike wrote in a X post on April 25: “i think 100 n***** could beat 1 […]
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Greenland Denies Trump’s Claim That Officials Asked for US Visit
Greenland’s government rebuked President Donald Trump’s assertion that people in the Danish territory called for a visit from his administration amid repeated claims from Trump that Greenland should become the 51st U.S. state. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment earlier on Monday. Why It Matters Trump has faced criticism over repeatedly saying […]
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Alina Habba Asked on TV What She Got Done Last Week Amid Email Controversy
Alina Habba, counselor to President Donald Trump, was asked on live TV by Fox News host Jesse Watters to share one of her bullet points from last week, a poke at Elon Musk‘s email request for all federal workers. Why It Matters Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), announced over the weekend […]
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My Student Asked if Trump Would Deport Her. I Struggled to Answer
The first thing one of my students in my morning homeroom said to me on Wednesday, November 6th was, “Mr. Shah, are all of the immigrants going to get deported?” I honestly didn’t know what to say. This student is a 7th grader and is originally from Honduras. It was my first conversation of the […]
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