Weekly Questions: March 31- April 7

DX 

1. Can affordable housing be revitalized in the Sun Belt? 

The U.S. Needs to Build More Houses in Future Receiving Cities

2. Should the US continue to partake in prisoner exchanges with Russia like that of Anna Dultseva and her family?

Inside the Hunt for Putin’s Sleeper Agents

3. How will Trump’s and Musk’s aspirations to put humans on Mars affect America’s space program? 

Can Musk put people on Mars?

4. Should Democrats have pushed for a government shutdown? 

Senate Democrats take stock of their shutdown pickle 

5. How will the Greenpeace case influence the future of environmental litigation?

A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss 

IX 

1.  Is Myanmar’s government responding adequately to the recent earthquake? 

Myanmar quake death toll hits 1,700 as aid scramble intensifies

2. Now that the Sudanese Armed Forces have recaptured Khartoum, is the civil war nearing an end?

Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?

3. How should the UN respond to reports of Israel killing rescue workers in Gaza?

 Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN 

4. Should the United States continue funding the Angola Rail Line? 

Angola Rail Line Offers Clues to Trump’s Africa Policy 

5. What message is China sending to Taiwan with its recent fire exercises?

China carries out live-fire exercises in drill encircling Taiwan – military 

HYPOTHETICAL

1. After realizing in an embarrassingly public way that he was not invited to the Houthi PC Small Group chat, Elon Musk decides he’s had it with the Trump administration and leaves DOGE, effectively shutting down the agency. How do Trump’s federal government cuts continue without this program? 

DOGE Can’t Do It All. Here’s What It Can Do.