Topics & People

The use of the US Dollar and its financial systems by the US government to impose sanctions and coerce foreign nations.

The bloc of wealthy Western democracies whose share of global GDP is shrinking relative to the expanded BRICS.

An East African country admitted as a new member to the BRICS coalition.

A North African country included in the new expansion of the BRICS block.

A major political scandal involving orchestrated traffic closures in New Jersey during Chris Christie's tenure as governor.

A Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden on its board of directors, sparking massive political controversy.

Republican presidential candidate competing heavily in the primary.

A prominent US defense contractor frequently hiring retired military generals, indicative of the revolving door corruption problem.

A major traditional defense prime contractor responsible for historic aerospace innovations but now part of the consolidated defense base.

Republican presidential candidate seen as a moderate alternative to Trump.

The biological process of attaching sugar molecules to proteins, utilized to retrain the immune system in the liver to stop attacking healthy tissue.

A debilitating autoimmune disease involving damage to nerve cells, successfully stopped in animal models using a new inverse vaccine technique.