Pop Culture
This movie earned $163 million in its opening weekend, while also causing concerns of inappropriate theater behavior like throwing popcorn doing a certain scene.
A Minecraft Movie
Prime Minister Mark Carney is currently leading the race against his conservative opponent Pierre Poilievre, (43.3% to 38%) for this country's elections on April 28th. Both candidates are currently emphasizing independence from the United States.
Canada
President Trump announced that he would create a federal cryptocurrency reserve, where this cryptocurrency was selected as the main asset.
Bitcoin
Despite multiple large shifts, the stock market is overall (up or down) since the start of 2025.
Down
(By 10.18%)
These two politicians have continued their "Stop Oligarchy" tour, stopping in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Bakers, CA Folsom, CA, and Missoula, MT, drawing up to 36,000 attendees at a time—including Charli XCX and Clairo at Coachella.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
This pop star went to space through Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin rocket.
Katy Perry
After declaring martial law in December, the leader of this country was officially removed from office April 4th.
South Korea (Yoon Suk Yeol)
In these rallies, taking place April 5th and April 19th in every U.S. state, an estimated 3-5 million Americans protested against the Trump Administration.
Hands Off, No Kings, or 50501 protests
Due to tariffs, decreasing gas prices, lower consumer confidence (50.8% of consumers say they feel optimistic about the future, down by 11% from March), and slow hiring, economists say there's a more than 1 in 3 chance of this kind of economic slowdown.
Recession
The Trump administration threatened to freeze $2 billion in federal funds to remove DEI programs and punish student protesters—but this university refused to comply.
Harvard University
Multiple government agencies, including the Social Security Administration have begun to use this platform for official communication since the second Trump administration, as opposed to traditional press releases.
X/Twitter
These countries have changed travel guidelines for the United States, raising concerns about travelers being held for false reasons, facing undue scrutiny at checkpoints, regarding LGBTQ+ travelers facing issues, and generally telling travelers to use caution.
(Must name at least 3 of 11 possible countries.)
Canada, Germany, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Portugal
Although it would be legally questionable, President Trump has suggested that he wants to fire this official, who is key to managing interest rates across the United States.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
This large chain was hit with boycotts over its repeal of DEI practices and reduced support of Black-owned businesses. This resulted in a 9% decrease in foot traffic and website visits, causing the CEO to meet with civil rights leaders.
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has hired this tech and security company to create an "ImmigrationOS" system, that can keep track of people voluntarily self-deporting and automatically prioritize people for removal, especially "violent criminals."
Palantir
This 21-year-old transgender woman was on the cover of Teen Vogue for her experience as one of 14 children, also discussing her tumultous relationship with her father.
Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian Wilson
This country has engaged in talks with the United States, potentially creating agreements limiting its nuclear arsenal to reduce international sanctions.
Enacted in 1798, these laws initially were used to restrict speech and immigration for fear of a war with France and are now being utilized by President Trump to deport accused illegal immigrants.
Alien and Sedition Acts or Alien Enemies Act
This government agency is responsible for providing an average of $1,976 a month to 73 million retired U.S. citizens, starting as early as age 62—which the Trump administration has cut over 7,000 employees from, raising concerns for service delays.
Social Security / Social Security Administration
This top-level Trump cabinet-member has said that Russia-Ukraine peace talks may fall through within a matter of days if no progress is made.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
This NBA commentator has recently said he has "no choice" but to consider a run for President.
Stephen A. Smith
This prominent Republican politician wrote an article criticizing Trump's policies of reducing U.S. influence abroad and argued for increasing U.S. military power across the world.
Mitch McConnell
This father was mistakenly deported to El Salvador after being accused of being part of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang—which the Trump administration has described as an "administrative error."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia
After enacting a 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries, President Trump kept tariffs on China at this percent—for most goods—as of April 11th.
(Must Guess Within 10%)
145%.
245% for electric vehicles and syringes.
This country, the only stable democracy in the Central American corridor, has become a common spot for migrants after many began migrating south instead of north—currently processing over 200,000 asylum applications in a country of about 5.1 million.
Costa Rica