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5 stories to read about the bipartisan infrastructure deal

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Senators held bipartisan discussions this week on an infrastructure deal.

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A bipartisan group of senators announced Thursday they had reached an agreement on a potential infrastructure package, but it is still a long way from crossing the finish line.

After days of hand-wringing over the future of the For the People Act, this was a welcome end to the week.

Here are five stories to catch you up on the latest developments:


10 Senators Say They Agree On Infrastructure 'Framework' — But There Are Few Details (WKAR)

Here's what we know about the bipartisan infrastructure deal (CNN)

Democrats wary of emerging bipartisan infrastructure deal (The Hill)

Bipartisan Group of Senators Say They Reached Agreement on Infrastructure Plan (The New York Times)

Ten Senate Democrats and Republicans say they reached five-year, nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal (The Washington Post)

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Military Spectacle and Presidential Power: From Parade to Policy

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Military Spectacle and Presidential Power: From Parade to Policy

On June 14, I wrote Raining on Trump’s Military Parade, an article about the Washington, D.C. military parade that marked both the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The event revived debates about the politicization of military spectacle, fiscal priorities, and democratic norms. Six months later, those same themes are resurfacing in new forms — not on the National Mall, but in Congress, the courts, and foreign policy.

The House of Representatives passed the roughly $900 billion military policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026, in a bipartisan vote of 312-112 on Wednesday. The bill now heads to the Senate for approval. Key provisions of the legislation include:

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Workshops, Street Promotions and Alleged Covert Operations: Russian Propaganda in Latin America

Workshops, Street Promotions and Alleged Covert Operations: Russian Propaganda in Latin America

Amid political unrest ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election —between late 2023 and early 2024—, Russian state media outlet Russia Today (RT) launched a street-level promotional campaign in Mexico City. Posters appeared in Metro and Metrobús stations, encouraging commuters to scan a QR code to watch the channel’s newscasts.

The host of RT’s program Ahí les va also mocked accusations that the channel spreads propaganda on his YouTube show.Photos from the Telegram account “¡Ahí les va!”

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Nonprofit Offers $25,000 Financial Relief As over 6,000  Undocumented Students Lose In-State Tuition

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Nonprofit Offers $25,000 Financial Relief As over 6,000  Undocumented Students Lose In-State Tuition

Tiffany is one of over 6,000 undocumented students in Florida, affected by the elimination of a 2014 law when the FL Legislature passed SB 2-C, which ended in-state tuition for undocumented students in July.

As a result, the TheDream.US scholarship that she relied on was terminated – making finishing college at the University of Central Florida nearly unattainable. It was initially designed to aid students who arrived in the U.S. as children, such as Tiffany, who came to the U.S. from Honduras with her family at age 11.

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Democracy 2.0 Requires a Commitment to the Common Good

Democracy 2.0 Requires a Commitment to the Common Good

From the sustained community organizing that followed Mozambique's 2024 elections to the student-led civic protests in Serbia, the world is full of reminders that the future of democracy is ours to shape.

The world is at a critical juncture. People everywhere are facing multiple, concurrent threats including extreme wealth concentration, attacks on democratic freedoms, and various humanitarian crises.

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