Media Tip Sheet: 2026 State Of The Union To Address The Economy, Immigration And More
President Donald Trump is set to address Americans and Congress during his first State of the Union in his second term Tuesday night.
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Media Tip Sheet: Pentagon Threatens “Supply Chain Risk” Label Over AI Guardrails
Anthropic holds a $200 million contract with the Department of Defense which allows the company to work within the Pentagon’s classified networks; however, following Anthropic’s hesitation to the use...
Media Tip Sheet: U.S. Nears 1,000 Measles Cases in 2026 — Largest Outbreak in a Generation
The U.S. is approaching a troubling milestone: nearly 1,000 measles cases in the first two months of 2026 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Media Tip Sheet: Trump’s Tariffs Struck Down By Supreme Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that President Donald Trump did not have the power to impose wide‑ranging global tariffs using a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (...
Media Tip Sheet: Are Social Media Platforms Acting “Within Reason”?
The word “reasonable” featured prominently in recent testimony from Mark Zuckerberg during a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Media Tip Sheet: Potential SCOTUS Tariff Ruling
This Friday, the Supreme Court may rule on President Trump’s global tariffs. The court will determine whether the president acted legally.
Media Tip Sheet: The Potomac River’s Sewage Issue and a GW Solution
More than 200 million gallons of sewage poured into the Potomac River after a major pipe collapse near Cabin John, Maryland, elevating levels of fecal bacteria, including E. coli and staphylococcal...
Media Tip Sheet: Fake Winter Olympic Websites Targets Consumer With Discount Scams
Bitdefender, a cybersecurity firm, has detected an influx of online scams involving web pages that are almost identical to the official Winter Olympics merchandise site.
Media Tip Sheet: FDA Reopens Review of Moderna’s mRNA Flu Shot
The Food and Drug Administration has reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine after initially declining to consider it.
The Elliott School of International Affairs’ Middle East Policy Forum welcomes Ambassador James Franklin Jeffrey to discuss his memoir, Middle East Crises: Expeditionary Diplomacy with the Bush,...