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USC Dornsife led an effort to analyze bodycam footage from 1,000 traffic stops across Los Angeles — data now helping train AI tools aimed at improving safety, accountability and respectful treatment during stops.

President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. As a former military analyst, USC Dornsife’s Jeffrey Fields doesn’t see a discernible strategy or objective.

From record-breaking open-water swims to navigating their father’s cancer diagnosis, incoming freshmen Amelia and Sarah Batt are diving into life on campus, bringing resilience, curiosity and a passion for discovery to their next chapter.

A USC Dornsife political science professor explores how immigration policy design — not simply messaging — can win support across political divides.

In foreign affairs, the national security adviser plays a coordinating role, setting the flow of recommendations to the National Security Council and the president, explains Gregory Treverton of political science and international relations.

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are taking credit for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. It is expected to take effect one day before Biden leaves office.

Experts examine NATO’s history and whether the alliance should be strengthened, transformed or even retired.

Sentiments about the Chinese Communist Party and its policies aren’t so rosy when surveyed Chinese citizens feel truly anonymous, according to USC Dornsife research.

A USC Dornsife scholar of the Middle East examines the decades-old ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the U.S.