Michael worked over a decade in intelligence as a United States Marine who was assigned to the NSA, DIA, and The Pentagon. He has worked in IT, financial services, and the healthcare industries also.
Domestic Affairs
President Donald Trump's July 14, 2025 announcement of a major weapons package for Ukraine, combined with his threat of punitive tariffs against Russia, represents one of the most significant policy reversals of his presidency. This dramatic shift from his previous stance on Ukraine aid signals a fundamental transformation
Global Affairs
The early morning hours of July 14, 2025, marked another devastating escalation in Russia's ongoing aerial terror campaign against Ukraine, as Russian forces launched a massive coordinated strike involving 136 drones and multiple missiles across Ukraine's western regions. This attack represents a significant intensification of Moscow&
Global Affairs
Domestic Affairs
The United States Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy legislation on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, with Vice President JD Vance casting the decisive tie-breaking vote in a 51-50 decision. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it is formally titled, represents the cornerstone of Trump&
Global Affairs
The conclusion of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 26, 2025, marked a watershed moment in the alliance's 76-year history, fundamentally reshaping the burden-sharing dynamics that have long characterized transatlantic security cooperation. The unprecedented commitment by NATO members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP
Global Affairs
The most significant geopolitical development in the Asia-Pacific region represents a watershed moment in Chinese military politics. The simultaneous removal of multiple high-ranking officials from key positions demonstrates the intensification of President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign within the military establishment, revealing deep structural issues within China'
Domestic Affairs
On June 27, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom launched what may prove to be one of the most significant political-media legal battles of the modern era by filing a $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The case, officially titled Newsom v. Fox News Network, LLC, represents far more than
Domestic Affairs
The Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. on June 27, 2025, represents a watershed moment in the ongoing tension between executive power and judicial authority. While the case ostensibly concerned the scope of federal court injunctive powers, it emerged from one of the most constitutionally significant
Domestic Affairs
Introduction A federal judge in Massachusetts has delivered one of the most significant legal rebukes to presidential authority over elections in recent memory, blocking the vast majority of provisions in President Trump's sweeping executive order that sought to fundamentally restructure how Americans vote. The ruling by U.S.
Global Affairs
Executive Summary On Monday, June 23, 2025, Iran launched a coordinated missile attack against U.S. military installations in Qatar and Iraq, marking a significant escalation in Middle Eastern tensions following the United States' unprecedented strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend [1][2][3]. The Iranian Revolutionary
Global Affairs
In a dramatic escalation of Middle Eastern tensions, President Donald Trump announced on the evening of June 21, 2025, that the United States had conducted precision airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities. This marked the first direct U.S. military action against Iran in history and represented a significant shift
Global Affairs
In a significant escalation of insurgent tactics, Al-Shabaab militants destroyed the strategic Barire River bridge in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on Monday, June 17, 2025, demonstrating the terrorist group's continued ability to disrupt military operations and undermine infrastructure development in the Horn of Africa[1]. This