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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of April 21-27, 2025

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US Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of April 21-27, 2025

  1. Is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation a matter of foreign policy or the U.S. court system?
  2. Will President Trump win his battle with Harvard?
  3. Is Meta a social media monopoly?
  4. What does the Shapiro attack say about the state of politics in America?
  5. Will Trump’s next Fed chair further roil financial markets?
  6. Should Kamala Harris run for the California governorship?
  7. Is coordinated Republican opposition to the Trump presidency possible?
  8. Does the U.S. still need the TSA?
  9. Is foreign disinvestment becoming a big risk for the U.S. economy?
  10. Are California’s environmental laws too strict?
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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of April 21-27, 2025

  1. Is China overplaying its hand in response to U.S. tariffs?
  2. How should the EU respond to Hungary’s recent constitutional changes?
  3. Can the Lebanese state force Hezbollah to disarm?
  4. Will the People’s Action Party continue to reign over Singapore after May 3?
  5. Why have French relations with Algeria deteriorated?
  6. Should the World Cup expand to 64 teams?
  7. Is Israel making a mistake in planning to occupy Gaza after its war with Hamas concludes?
  8. Will the Global South be the biggest loser of Trump’s trade war?
  9. After Ukraine, will Putin shift his attention to Central Asia?
  10. Is the Colombian government doing enough to control a spike in yellow fever cases?
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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of April 14-20, 2025

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Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of April 14-20, 2025

  1. Is global trade too dependent on China?
  2. Can Ukraine hold a secure presidential election?
  3. Is Canada’s assisted dying law too lax?
  4. Who is the frontrunner for South Korea’s presidential election?
  5. Will Germany’s “grand coalition” be able to pull the country out of recession?
  6. Does Zimbabwe badly need to mend its relationship with the West?
  7. Should the IMF continue bailing out Argentina?
  8. Is the Sahel becoming the epicenter of global terrorism?
  9. Will Erdogan do the CHP what he did to Gülenists a decade ago?
  10. Is Petro failing to live up to his green agenda?
US Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of April 14-20, 2025

  1. How would the decimation of public employees unions impact the American labor movement?
  2. Did the U.S. Supreme Court interpret the Alien Enemies Act correctly?
  3. Will rising home insurance rates trigger a U.S. housing crisis?
  4. Should U.S. courts view human embryos as people or property?
  5. How would a military conflict with Iran affect American society?
  6. Are moderate politicians becoming an endangered species?
  7. How can Congress wrest more power back from the executive branch?
  8. Do Democrats need their own Joe Rogan?
  9. Is President Trump’s DEI in education executive order constitutional?
  10. Will the rise of AI weaken the American environmental movement?
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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of April 7-13, 2025

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US Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of April 7-13, 2025

  1. Will President Trump’s tariff policy accomplish its objectives?
  2. How big of a victory was the Wisconsin Supreme Court election for Democrats?
  3. Should AOC consider a presidential or Senate run or neither in 2028?
  4. Is there any way for President Trump to run for a third term without amending the constitution?
  5. Should there be a ban on congressional stock trading?
  6. Will the U.S. tech industry be the biggest loser of Trump’s tariff policy?
  7. Did Senator Booker’s speech elevate his presidential prospects?
  8. Should public schools reject President Trump’s DEI order?
  9. Has the Trump administration’s Ukraine strategy collapsed?
  10. Should public protesters have the right to be masked?
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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of April 7-13, 2025

  1. Should the EU ban U.S. imports in response to President Trump’s tariff policy?
  2. Is the era of globalization over?
  3. Are the chances of an Israeli-Turkish confrontation over Syria growing?
  4. What is the significance of South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruling against Yoon Suk-yeol?
  5. Should the Democratic Alliance leave South Africa’s coalition government?
  6. What party is best positioned to win Australia’s parliamentary elections?
  7. Should Denmark give Greenland more autonomy?
  8. Will the barring of Marine Le Pen from running in the next French presidential election do significant damage to the French far-right?
  9. Are Haiti’s gangs getting stronger?
  10. Will other European nations follow Hungary’s lead in leaving the ICC?
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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of March 31-April 6, 2025

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Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of March 31-April 6, 2025

  1. Is Carney calling Canadian elections at the right time?
  2. How should Taiwan counter Chinese diplomatic pressure on nation’s that recognize it?
  3. Is Rwanda seeking to be the hegemon of East Africa?
  4. Are globalization’s “discontents” winning?
  5. Will Syria’s news constitution aid in the stabilization of the country?
  6. How will the recent earthquake affect Myanmar’s civil war?
  7. What does a world without U.S. foreign aid look like?
  8. Will Mexico’s new regulations on junk food in schools reduce the nation’s obesity rate?
  9. Is a coup brewing in Zimbabwe?
  10. Will Bolsonaro’s coup trial further polarize Brazilian politics?
US Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of March 31-April 6, 2025

  1. How can public schools regain the confidence of parents and community leaders?
  2. Should the Houthi military plan leak be the end of Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Department of Defense?
  3. If Chuck Schumer is not meant to lead Senate Democrats, then who should?
  4. Did Columbia make a mistake in caving to President Trump’s demands?
  5. Are Senate retirements making it impossible for Democrats to regain control of the chamber in 2026?
  6. Is the Trump administration trying to engineer a U.S. recession?
  7. Can Mike Duggan win Michigan’s governorship as an independent candidate?
  8. Should American liberals embrace abundance politics?
  9. Does Illinois have a bad business climate?
  10. Is President Trump’s executive order on American elections constitutional?
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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of March 24-30, 2025

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US Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of March 24-30, 2025

  1. Should legal challenges to a president’s executive orders go immediately to the U.S. Supreme Court?
  2. Is AOC the next Obama?
  3. Should Social Security be privatized?
  4. Will the U.S. unemployment rate get worse before the end of 2025?
  5. Should the Tesla attacks be treated as acts of domestic terrorism?
  6. What is the best way for Democrats to “resist” the Trump administration?
  7. Is the U.S. on the road to a constitutional crisis?
  8. Are releases of Epstein and Kennedy files exposing conspiracy theories as being full of hot air?
  9. Should the U.S. provide military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo against M23 rebels?
  10. Is the possible deportation of American criminals to El Salvador a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
Extemp Hot Topics

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of March 24-30, 2025

  1. Is Netanyahu allowing political consideration to cloud his judgment on how to deal with Hamas?
  2. Are EU sanctions making it harder to reach a peace deal with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
  3. Is the Sudanese civil war turning in favor of the SAF?
  4. What killed global enthusiasm for free trade?
  5. Should NATO expel Turkey after the jailing of Ekrem Imamoglu?
  6. How will higher levels of military spending affect European economies?
  7. Should Israel step up attacks on the Houthis like they have Hamas and Hezbollah?
  8. Is Great Britain becoming the “sick man of Europe”?
  9. Should Poland pursue nuclear weapons?
  10. Is the elevation of Kirsty Coventry to the IOC presidency a blow for transgender rights?

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