by Micah Sandy | Feb 27, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) — John Phelan, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Navy, faced a tense confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday as Democratic lawmakers scrutinized plans to improve the...
by Micah Sandy | Feb 27, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of his second administration Wednesday, where he supported Elon Musk and discussed issues central to his agenda. Here are four key takeaways from the Cabinet meeting: Musk clarified intention of emails...
by Micah Sandy | Feb 24, 2025 | Featured, Politics
OXEN HILL, Md. – The 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference attracted the usual lineup of high-profile conservative figures, but this year’s conference saw several college Republicans and young conservatives in attendance. “I think what we provide is that we’re...
by Micah Sandy | Feb 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Over one hundred federal workers, union members and community supporters marched to SpaceX’s office Wednesday evening in a fiery protest against Elon Musk’s restructuring of federal operations. The demonstration, organized by the Federal Unionists...
by Micah Sandy | Feb 7, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In response to the announcement Tuesday evening that nearly all employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development would be put on leave, thousands gathered in front of the Capitol building to protest. Former USAID employees, elected officials,...
by Micah Sandy | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday moved the hands of its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, signaling that humanity is the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. According to the Bulletin, growing geopolitical tensions,...
by Micah Sandy | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, defended President Trump’s immigration, tariff and telework policies Thursday during her confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture,...
by Micah Sandy | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters marched down the streets of Washington on Saturday to voice their concerns over climate change, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedoms before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Protesters started in Franklin Park, McPherson Square or...
by Micah Sandy | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Pamela Bondi, the former Florida attorney general and President-elect Donald Trump’s replacement nominee for U.S. Attorney General, faced a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. Bondi, tapped by Trump in November after the controversial...
