2. April 2025 Extemp Topics

BY NFHS ON May 30, 2025 | EXTEMP TOPICS, RESOURCES, SPEECH_DEBATE

**NFHS Extemporaneous Speaking Topics
**April 2025

**Domestic
**Closed-Ended

  1. Will the Trump administration be able to garner the congressional votes necessary to completely close the Department of Education?

  2. Will increasingly hostile town hall meetings held by members of Congress produce changes in Congressional votes?

  3. Were Congressional Democrats mistaken in voting to support the recent Republican budget bill, avoiding the closure of the government?

  4. Does Elon Musk have too much access to sensitive government information?

  5. Should Columbia University have continued to resist Trump administration pressure to change its policies regarding student protests?

  6. Will recent changes at the Veterans Administration erode military support for the President?

  7. Should government officials be prohibited from communicating with encrypted messaging apps, such as Signal?

  8. Is Gavin Newsom shifting his political positions to broaden his national appeal?

  9. Is Chief Justice Roberts becoming a thorn in Donald Trump’s side?

  10. Can Rand Paul succeed in his effort to stop Trump administration tariffs?

  11. Will the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to accelerate deportations hold-up under continued scrutiny by the courts?

  12. Will Gretchen Whitmer become a leading Democratic contender for President in 2028?

  13. Can the Democratic Party retake Congress in 2026?

**Domestic
**Open-Ended

  1. How will new requirements to report to Social Security Administration offices for certain transactions impact American senior citizens?

  2. How will the reduction of services in the Department of Education impact services for students with disabilities?

  3. How will attacks on Tesla products and dealers impact Elon Musk’s future decision making as the head of the so named DOGE?

  4. What criteria should be used to determine whether a federal judge should be impeached?

  5. How will increases in detentions at US airports impact the American tourism industry?

  6. How will increasingly rough relations with Canada and Europe impact the sales of American arms manufacturers?

  7. How will the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants impact levels of legal immigration to the United States?

  8. How likely is it that the Federal Reserve Board will lower interest rates again soon?

  9. What steps can the United States government take to prevent “stagflation”?

  10. How will recent changes at Southwest Airlines impact the company’s profitability?

  11. How will US tariffs impact the American agriculture industry?

  12. How will the Trump administration’s commitment to expand production of fossil fuels impact the profits of American oil companies?

****International
****Closed-Ended

  1. Can U.S. military action against the Houthi rebels in Yemen bring attacks on Red Sea shipping to an end?

  2. Is Sudan’s military close to prevailing in its civil war?

  3. Will continued tensions between Indian Hindus and Muslims break out into violent conflict?

  4. Is there sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to convict Rodrigo Duterte of Crimes Against Humanity?

  5. Despite increasing criticisms of Elon Musk, will his Starlink service continue to expand its overseas customer base?

  6. Does the government of Pakistan have the capacity to defeat the Balochistan separatist movement?

  7. If Russia and Ukraine manage to sign a ceasefire, will the parties be able to maintain it?

  8. Does China pose a military threat to Australia?

  9. Will the Russian public support an end to the war in Ukraine without total victory?

  10. Will the European Union seek to curtail Apple’s commerce in the region?

  11. Will Europe’s increased spending on defense boost the region’s economy?

  12. Should Poland station British and French nuclear weapons on its soil?

  13. Are drones the next new front in the international war on drugs?

  14. Would President Zelensky prevail if Ukraine held elections today?

**International
**Open-Ended

  1. With the certainty of US protection no longer guaranteed, how will Germany’s role in the world change?

  2. What steps can the international community take to ensure the conflict between Ukraine and Russia does not cause damage to nuclear power facilities?

  3. How will the firing of Shin Bet director, Ronen Bar, impact Benjamin Netanyahu’s support among Israelis?

  4. What steps can leaders in South Sudan take to prevent the country from tipping back into civil war?

  5. How will El Salvador’s decision to help the Trump administration with mass deportations impact the country’s relations with the rest of Latin America?

  6. How will declining tax revenues impact China’s ability to pay for its continued military expansion?

  7. What steps must Iran take if it wishes to recover regional influence in the Middle East?

  8. How will US tariffs on Mexican goods impact the Chinese economy?

  9. How long will it take for Europe to rearm to a level sufficient to defend against Russia?

  10. How can Taiwan reverse the rising global support for Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan?

  11. How will the Labour Party’s welfare reform efforts impact their support among UK voters?

  12. What steps must Lebanon’s government take to bring stability to its economy?