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Swati Sakshi Mishra

Swati is a political analyst, published academic author, and researcher who believes the personal is always political, and the local is always global. A journalism graduate who went on to study international relations, Swati connects the dots between Washington D.C. and the wider world, whose work is driven by a deep love for geopolitics and a critical eye for complex systems. Specializing in dissecting U.S. politics through the crucial—and often challenging—lenses of feminism, caste, and global power structures.
Latest From Swati Sakshi Mishra

DOJ probes Harvard over China-linked donations and foreign student aid

Jul 21, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard's China-linked scholarships discriminated against American students

MTG says Trump officials with 'presidential aspirations' are backing Iran war

Jul 21, 2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed unnamed senior Trump officials support military action against Iran because they are pursuing future presidential bids

RFK Jr freezes $1B to Calif, Minn, says Dems 'opened floodgates to theft'

Jul 21, 2026
Kennedy says the states must prove Medicaid payments were legitimate before more than $1 billion in federal funding is restored

Anna Paulina Luna urges Rubio to revoke all Chinese student visas after Trump speech

Jul 21, 2026
Republican lawmaker says newly declassified intelligence warrants suspending every Chinese F-1 and J-1 visa issued by the US

Trump prepares fresh tariff push on 60 countries after SCOTUS setback: Reports

Jul 21, 2026
Trump is reportedly pursuing a new legal route to revive his trade agenda despite advisers warning of economic and political fallout

Fact check: Did Biden wreck the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and is Trump fixing it?

Jul 20, 2026
A viral post correctly cited key facts about former President Joe Biden's SPR drawdown but omitted a major part of what happened under President Trump

Trump says Iran will 'pay many times over' every time it kills a US soldier

Jul 20, 2026
President Donald Trump said he has issued a standing directive for the US military to strike back whenever Iran kills an American service member

Gas prices climb above $4 again as Trump's Iran strikes reignite oil fears

Jul 20, 2026
Gas prices topped $4 as renewed US-Iran fighting rattled oil markets and fueled fears of higher fuel costs

Marjorie Taylor Greene turns on Trump, says 'nothing changed' under Republican rule

Jul 20, 2026
The former Georgia congresswoman delivered one of her strongest public rebukes of President Donald Trump since his return to the White House

'They had chips and dip': GOP lawmaker ridicules Pentagon's $1.5 trillion pitch

Jul 20, 2026
Republicans warned delays could hurt military readiness, as Mike Simpson said funds may run out by mid-August and Womack opposed waiting

CENTCOM says remains found after Iranian attack that left two US troops missing

Jul 19, 2026
CENTCOM recovered unidentified human remains at the site of the Iranian strike, marking a grim turn in the search for two missing US troops

Fact Check: Does viral map prove Biden immigration surge, not Trump, spiked housing prices?

Jul 19, 2026
An animated map shared by a conservative commentator claimed Biden-era immigration policies, not Trump, drove soaring US housing prices after 2022

Warner claims Trump 'intends to interfere' in 2026 election, warns ICE could be at polls

Jul 19, 2026
The Virginia senator alleged the Trump administration is undermining confidence in the election before ballots are cast

Tom Homan admits he hasn't seen fatal Houston ICE shooting video as he defends agents

Jul 19, 2026
Trump's border czar defended ICE but said there would be 'an issue' if agents failed to activate emergency lights during the Houston operation

Trump administration vows Iran mission 'will go on' after 2 US troops killed in Jordan

Jul 19, 2026
The administration said Trump's Iran mission remains unchanged after an attack in Jordan killed two US service members

Hawaii justice says state constitution 'takes no instruction' from Roberts' Supreme Court

Jul 18, 2026
Eddins said state constitutions held the line when six justices walked away from those they were meant to protect, calling it design, not defiance

Fact Check: Did an FBI official run a 'shadow government' to hide China election intel?

Jul 18, 2026
Viral posts accused Nikki Floris of 'treason' and sought her firing, but broader claims misrepresented or lacked evidence in FBI records

Hunter Biden unveils 'new new deal' as he accuses Trump family of 'robbing us blind'

Jul 18, 2026
Hunter Biden returned with his strongest political message in months, attacking President Trump while outlining a sweeping progressive agenda

Trump administration activates never-before-used 'alien' deportation court

Jul 18, 2026
Created in 1996, the ATRC remained dormant for decades amid concerns its use of classified evidence denied constitutional due process

Mamdani says he's in 'active conversation' over arresting Netanyahu during NYC visit

Jul 18, 2026
Zohran Mamdani said his administration is reviewing NYC's authority if Benjamin Netanyahu visits, adding that it will act within the law
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