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Swati is a political analyst, researcher and author who explores how US politics, global conflicts, feminism and caste shape power around the world. Over her career of 6 years, she has covered election strategy for India Today, analyzed public policy at the Centre for Policy Research and Governance and reported on war and defense for Indo-Pacific Times. Through her academic books and articles, Swati helps readers understand how culture, identity, and government decisions influence global events.
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Supreme Court hands Trump big win and allows use of voter database ahead of midterms
The court restored the expanded SAVE system pending appeal, while Texas records showed hundreds flagged as potential noncitizens were US citizens
5 major networks walk back White House boycott after CNN access restored
A federal judge restored CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access, ending a standoff that had halted shared television coverage of Trump’s events
ICE spent $1B on 11 warehouses, now plans to sell 7: GAO finds millions wasted
A GAO review found ICE spent heavily on detention expansion before changing course, leaving millions in nonrecoverable property and operating costs
Jackson blasts Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’: ‘We cannot expect public trust'
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her colleagues’ emergency rulings as the court handles a growing number of disputes involving Trump policies
Trump's media ban faces court showdown as judge flags 'no semblance of due process'
Judge Timothy Kelly questioned the process behind Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico as DOJ defended presidential control of White House access
Democrats block Rand Paul's bid to force Fauci aide testimony in COVID probe
The Senate panel rejected immunity for a former Anthony Fauci aide after she invoked the Fifth Amendment during a congressional investigation
'No breakthrough': Rubio says Iran 'killed' the US deal as UN talks fail to move forward
Marco Rubio said US-Iran discussions at the UN produced no new agreement as Washington ruled out returning to an earlier understanding
Trump's name eyed for Ford's Theatre, site of Lincoln's assassination: Report
A reported White House naming list included the historic Washington theater, but federal officials denied any confirmed plans to rename it
DOJ seeks broader authority to bar reporters as it calls old 1977 precedent 'wrong'
The DOJ said national security and professional standards justified excluding three outlets as a judge weighed their constitutional challenge
Trump confronts CNN at UN after White House ban: ‘You should not be here’
Trump challenged CNN’s presence at the UN after barring the network from White House grounds, as a federal court weighs its access fight
Trump signs historic Greenland deal on UNGA sidelines after takeover threats: What America gets
The new pact preserves Danish sovereignty while expanding US military access and restricting rival powers across the strategically vital Arctic island
Trump unloads on Iran at UN as its officials sit in the room: ‘Bully of the Middle East’
Trump used his UN address to defend the Iran war and warn Tehran against rebuilding its nuclear program as diplomacy faces a new test
Netanyahu slams Mamdani as Hamas backer, vows to 'expose' him as he heads to New York for UNGA
Netanyahu’s latest attack comes days before his UN address, after Mamdani renewed calls to honor the ICC warrant against Israel’s prime minister
Trump's packed UNGA week: 5 things Americans should watch in 48 hours of diplomacy
Trump's UNGA schedule puts Iran, Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, and Greenland at the center of two days of high-stakes diplomacy
Paramount's $110B Warner deal clears major hurdle after 12 states settle antitrust fight
A multistate settlement removed a major legal hurdle to Paramount's Warner Bros takeover while adding safeguards for news and film
Explained: Trump's White House press ban and the legal fight over negative coverage
The 3 outlets sued in Washington, seeking to restore reporters' access and arguing that the administration violated the First and Fifth Amendment
Trump heads to UN without TV camera after CNN ban, Fox-led press pool refuses replacement
Trump's UN trip will proceed without the usual pooled presidential video feed after CNN was barred and the other networks declined to replace it
Trump declares 'fake news' a 'national security' threat after CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue
Trump escalated his media fight as CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a federal lawsuit after their reporters were barred from presidential access
'Money we did not have': Stephen Miller's wife fears Dems will come for Trump's inner circle
Katie Miller warned that a Democratic House could bring new investigations and legal costs for Trump officials scrutinized during his first term
'Why risk Americans' lives?' Republican physician and health chair confronts Trump on vaccines
Bill Cassidy said he could support Trump's FDA commissioner nominee only if she acknowledged that calling the measles vaccine 'lethal' was 'absurd'