

“When Cartels Become Terrorists: The Policy Gamble Behind Trump’s Executive Order”
Alec Weissgerber President Trump signed an Executive Order designating cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations early on in his presidency. With this designation, the United States is able to freeze any financial assets that the cartels have or are subject to, which will severely limit their operations. This inhibits their ability to conduct operations in Mexico, the United States, and internationally. In addition to that, any organizations that potentially support the car
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Taxpayers Pay, But Who’s Helping Borrowers?
Why the U.S. Department of Education and MOHELA need to remember who they work for Every few weeks, I hear another story about someone losing hours or even days trying to reach their student loan servicer. I’ve experienced it myself: endless hold music, dropped calls, wrong information, and no follow-up. It’s not just inconvenient, it’s a failure of civic responsibility. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) and its federal contractors like MOHELA are funded by taxpayers to s
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