Extemp Questions - 2026 February

•  Will President Trump get Congressional Republicans to take steps towards nationalizing elections? 
• Will the Supreme Court decision against Trump’s tariffs rein in the administration’s economic plans? 
• Are US efforts to end fighting in the DR Congo working?
• Can the Trump administration achieve its June deadline for an Ukraine peace deal?
• What should be done to improve oversight of the use of force by federal law enforcement?
• Is the division between the US and Europe growing wider?
• Is Ethiopia tipping back into war?
• Can the BNP bring the change necessary in Bangladesh?
• Does Venezuela’s amnesty law mark a significant step towards political reconciliation across the country?
• Will the monies collected under President Trump’s illegal tariffs be returned to American consumers?
• How long will the latest partial government shutdown last?
• Is the Trump administration doing kin term damage to the credibility of the Justice Department?
• Can Keir Starmer survive as Prime Minister?
• Will this be the year a peace deal happens in Ukraine?
• How long can Ukraine hold out against Russia? 
• Will the end of New START trigger a new arms race between the US and Russia?
• How quickly will China build up its nuclear arsenal to parity with the US?
• Will the US oil blockade of Cuba be successful?
• Will changes to the EPA under a second Trump administration do lasting damage to America’s air quality?
• Will black and latino voters turn out for Trump backed candidates in the midterm elections?
• Will the DOJ’s release of the Epstein files have impacts globally?
• Does ISIS still remain a threat in Syria?
• Should countries be forced to repatriate their citizens detained as former members of the ISIS caliphate?
• Will Japan’s new LDP majority make changes to expand the role of the military?
• Will the Trump White House make a real push to nationalize elections?
• Will Secretary Noem be removed? 
• Will the fight over ICE and CBP funding force a government shutdown?
• Will Pete Hegseth last as Secretary of Defense? 
• What can be done to prevent Congress from repeatedly missing funding deadlines?
• Do Israeli changes in the West Bank amount to a de facto annexation of the territory?
• Will the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor renew calls for investigation into the people tied to Epstein?
• What can be done to deescalate the fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
• Will Congress let the Trump administration pursue war in Iran?
• Will attacks by the US and Israel in Iran backfire?
• How realistic is a friendly US takeover of Cuba?
• Is Venezuela a model President Trump will follow with other countries that don’t cooperate with him?
• Will Kim Ju Ae be the next leader of North Korea?
• Are President Trump’s policies working against his stated economic goals?
• Can the British royal family distance itself from Andrew Windsor?
• Is sectarian division within Syria getting worse?
• Will there ever be justice for Russian attacks against civilian targets in Ukraine?
• What steps should Bangladesh’s new government take to revitalize the economy?
• Can the tax cuts from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act deliver the promised economic growth?
• Will Rodrigo Duterte face trial?