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Keep up to date with all the interesting world news and current events that relate to RationalWiki's mission here. The most popular entries are found at Best of the world and the older entries are found in the archives.
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September 2025
   | 13 | Tom Homan was being investigated for taking bribes from undercover FBI agents. After Trump took power, his DOJ shut the investigation down. |
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The Soy Right strikes again as a Texas A&M University professor has been fired for teaching that trans people exist. The DOJ has also expressed an "interest" in the incident. |
   | 25 |   Spain imposes weapons embargo on Israel. Ships carrying fuel to Israel's military are also banned from docking in Spain. Planes carrying military material to Israel are banned from entering Spain's airspace. The government of Spain says these measures are aimed at "stopping the genocide" in Gaza. |
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Left-wing Military junta in Burkina Faso is now formally criminalizing homosexuality.[1][2] |
   | 16 | Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigns after it emerges that she didn’t pay enough tax on her flat. |
August 2025
   | 36 |  In response to the Texas GOP's horrifically gerrymandered new congressional map, California Democrats have passed a redistricting bill of their own. The California electorate is now slated to vote on this proposal in November. |
   | 18 |  Zohran Mamdani is widening his lead over all other candidates in the New York City mayoral race, according to recent polling. |
   | 18 |  In response to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President Trump claimed to have ordered the relocation of a pair of nuclear submarines to the "appropriate regions". |
July 2025
   | 23 |  The Texas State Legislature has announced a new redistricting plan which primarily targets the state's five largest cities, all of which are Democratic strongholds. |
   | 21 | In a desperate bid to distract from the self-inflicted Epstein Files fiasco, Trump has released the FBI's files on MLK's assassination. This is despite his family's strong objections. |
June 2025
   | 20 |  The Trump DOJ is suing Washington State over a law requiring Catholic clergy to report sexual abuse. |
   | 19 |    Britain and Spain agree to a post-Brexit deal that would allow for the free travel of goods and people between Gibraltar and the Schengen Area. |
   | 15 | Former midwife turned COVID-19 denialist and anti-vax conspiracy theorist Seana Kerr struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. |
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