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Hurricane Melissa: How Climate Change Is Fueling More Powerful and Slower-Moving Atlantic Storms
Oct 28, 2025 12:56 pm CST
Hurricane Melissa demonstrates the growing trend of rapid hurricane intensification and storm stalling in the warming climate. Moving at just three miles per hour over abnormally warm Caribbean waters, Melissa transformed from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in under 48 hours, exemplifying how climate change is creating more dangerous cyclones with increased rainfall, prolonged storm surges, and devastating wind impacts on vulnerable coastal regions.
Trump Declares "Armed Conflict" with Drug Cartels: Legal Justification for Military Strikes off Venezuela Coast
Oct 03, 2025 06:15 am CST
President Trump has officially notified Congress that the United States is engaged in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, justifying recent deadly military strikes on suspected drug boats near Venezuela. The controversial designation raises significant legal questions about presidential authority and the application of war powers against non-state actors in maritime drug interdiction operations.