by Sarah Lin | Dec 10, 2024 | Business, Education, Featured
For its 200 million weekly active users worldwide, ChatGPT is an invention of convenience. In seconds, the tool can offload hours of menial work in coding, writing and studying, just a few of the product’s many applications. But as the company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI,...
by Sarah Lin | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Emotions ran high as lawmakers grilled U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. on the agency’s security failures leading up to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13. Thursday’s hearing was the final meeting for the Task...
by Sarah Lin | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justices signaled uncertainty over whether survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust and their heirs could seek monetary compensation from property confiscated during the genocide in a case Tuesday. Over 560,000 Hungarian Jews, more...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — President Biden pardoned turkeys Peach and Blossom on Monday, officially freeing them to live out lives of comfort and luxury in Minnesota, instead of ending up on a dinner table this Thanksgiving. Biden made the pardon on the South Lawn with the help of...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 19, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. and South Korean national security officials and experts addressed the biggest issues facing their alliance at the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum Monday, with the recent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia in focus. The speakers discussed the...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unhappy with the current state of American politics? Have you considered moving to Canada? You’re not alone — there’s been pervasive online discourse around fleeing to Canada among Americans despairing over a second Trump presidential term. The...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
Medill News Service reporters provide live updates from polling places across Maryland and Washington on Election Day. These reports are published in conjunction with the Washington Post. 6:07 p.m. – Few voters feel strongly towards Alsobrooks By Ananya Chag...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 4, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Youth voter turnout has historically lagged behind that of older generations, but this year a new force has emerged to help engage youngsters — including first-time voters — to turn out for the election. College students themselves have pushed others on...
by Sarah Lin | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Embassy Row opened its doors to candy-seeking trick-or-treaters on Thursday as children of all ages celebrated Halloween. While some embassies, such as Indonesia’s, offered imported candies from their country, others opted for more common American...
by Sarah Lin | Oct 24, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 15, two giant pandas arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo after a 19-hour trans-Pacific flight on a FedEx carrier plane, fittingly known as the “Panda Express”. Before last week’s arrival, pandas have not occupied the National Zoo since...
