by Isabel Papp | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In freezing temperatures, lawmakers, activists, and protesters gathered on the National Mall to oppose the president’s State of the Union address by holding their own “People’s” State of the Union on Tuesday night. “I’m...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on Monday, President Trump told families whose relatives were killed by undocumented immigrants that their loved ones would still be alive if the Biden administration had not allowed “open borders” after the 2020...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators questioned ICE’s methods during testimony by DHS officials about violence conducted by ICE during Operation Metro Surge, the recent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. “Americans protesting shouldn’t give ICE the right...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A “war against God” is being waged globally, according to witnesses at a congressional hearing on Feb. 4 calling for U.S. intervention to support religious freedom overseas. Amid increasing reports of persecution of Christians in Nicaragua, Nigeria, and...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 27, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For the second time, President Trump Tuesday withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate, the latest casualty of his approach to climate change. Though Trump’s move to exit the climate accord lacked immediate policy consequences, it symbolizes...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Thousands gathered Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, celebrating pro-life policy gains while appearing split over the movement’s future in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision. Alongside signs expressing hope, many demonstrators voiced...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 21, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON D.C. — On the coldest day of the year, University of Maryland English professor Orrin Wang came to the National Mall on Tuesday to see the anonymous art group The Secret Handshake’s latest protest piece against the Trump administration. “I don’t know if...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 14, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
SILVER SPRING, Md. – A chorus of demonstrators filled Gene Lynch Park with song on Monday evening, to recognize Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week. As the sun set, 16 members of the Rapid Response Choir, a volunteer...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 13, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Stars of private and government cybersecurity showed a united front on Tuesday, urging a congressional committee to develop more aggressive cyber capabilities with greater assistance from private companies. Charting a more muscular course in...
