US Politics
This grand historic building in Washington, D.C. is home to Congress, where lawmakers vote on national bills.
What is the U.S. Capitol Building?
World leaders gathered in New York City in late September for the annual high-level summit of this global organization.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
Late September marks the exciting stretch run for this major American sport as teams battle for MLB playoff spots.
What is Baseball (Major League Baseball)?
NASA and IBM partnered to train a powerful new AI model to map the surface of this body in unprecedented detail.
What is the Moon?
VIZ Media thrilled anime fans late this September by announcing a brand-new limited TV series for this famous ninja character.
Who is Naruto?
Stargazers had a special treat in late September as a Harvest Moon appeared in the night sky alongside five visible ones of these.
What are Planets?
The U.S. Senate held important approval hearings for new leadership positions at this agency, known as the FDA.
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri made history in late September by becoming the first female Prime Minister of this North African country.
What is Morocco?
Professional women's basketball teams were busy locking up top seeds for their postseason, which kicked off in late September.
What is the WNBA?
For the first time in over 100 years, biologists published a study identifying a completely new species of this wild mammal in South America.
What is a wild cat (or tilcayo)?
Streaming platforms saw a major surge in movie adaptations based on popular viral books from this section of TikTok.
What is BookTok?
Archaeologists made news after discovering 2,700-year-old ancient tombs and artifacts built by these pre-Roman people in Europe.
Who are the Etruscans?
On September 22, President Trump addressed world leaders at the annual meeting of this international assembly in New York.
What is the United Nations General Assembly?
European and Asian countries pledged millions in emergency aid after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding in this Southeast Asian capital.
What is Bangkok?
The American football season kicked into high gear this month as fans tuned in for the start of Week 2 and Week 3 action in this league.
What is the NFL?
NASA's Curiosity Rover celebrated reaching 5,000 active days taking photos and exploring the surface of this Red Planet.
What is Mars?
Millions of fans tuned in late September for the 51st edition of this major Canadian international film festival.
What is TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)?
Tech companies showcased new laptops that replace loud cooling fans with tiny silent microchips that use air vibrations to keep processors cold.
What are cooling chips?
Congress passed a new law called the SEED Act to provide extra tax relief and support to these early-childhood educators.
What are teachers (or early childhood educators)?
Heavy autumn rainstorms disrupted travel and caused power outages across the northeastern region of this country in late September.
What is the United States?
The Philadelphia Eagles made headlines again by frequently executing this short-yardage quarterback push play.
What is the "Tush Push" (or Brotherly Shove)?
Scientists discovered that the length of a day on Earth changes by a few milliseconds over decades due to movements deep inside this layer of our planet.
What is the Core (or Earth's interior)?
Music icon Dolly Parton made pop culture headlines as museum exhibits celebrated her legendary history in this genre.
What is Country Music?
A metal detectorist in Finland shocked historians by unearthing thousands of silver coins from this legendary age of Scandinavian warriors.
What is the Viking Age?
Every two years during November, Americans vote to choose their members of the House and Senate in these mid-term contests.
What are the Midterm Elections?
International diplomats traveled to Saudi Arabia and Oman to help negotiate a temporary peace agreement in this Middle Eastern country.
What is Yemen?
This defending WNBA championship team from Nevada made a late push to capture home-court advantage for the playoffs.
Who are the Las Vegas Aces?
Using deep space telescopes, astronomers were amazed to spot changing rings surrounding a mysterious body located between Saturn and this blue ice giant.
What is Uranus?
A popular video streaming platform released a charming romantic comedy starring Lili Reinhart based on the book The Love Hypothesis.
What is Prime Video (Amazon Prime)?
Researchers analyzed ancient fossil teeth and confirmed that this giant long-necked dinosaur species once lived in Europe via land bridges.
What is Diplodocus?
This Maine senator and Appropriations Committee chair made headlines by standing up for funding rules passed by Congress.
Who is Susan Collins?
This global children's organization released a major report highlighting how extreme weather hazards interrupted school for over 170 million students worldwide.
What is UNICEF?
In college football, athletic directors discussed updates to the seeding process for this 12-team postseason tournament.
What is the College Football Playoff (CFP)?
Scientists created a mini supercomputer out of this double-helix genetic material capable of doing math in a single drop of water.
What is DNA?
Bestselling author Rachel Reid kicked off a massive North American book tour in late September to celebrate a special edition of her famous sports romance novel about this sport.
What is Hockey?
Scientists measuring fossil bones officially confirmed that the Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded with a temperature similar to this animal.
What are humans (or mammals)?