by Jonas Blum | Dec 4, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the pressing issues facing U.S. education during a hotly debated hearing on Wednesday held by the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Republicans took aim at the alleged...
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 Raj Ghanekar and Eli Kronenberg | Nov 26, 2024 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON– President Joe Biden welcomed the Boston Celtics to the White House to celebrate their 18th NBA Championship Thursday afternoon. The storied basketball team had the best record in the NBA last season and ripped through their conference foes in the playoffs...
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 Audrey Pachuta | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to confirm more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees before they lose their majority when the 118th Congress concludes at the end of the year.. With time running out, Majority Leader Chuck...
by Jonas Kalderon Blum and Coby Potischman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Embattled former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his attorney general nomination on Thursday after questions surrounding his sexual misconduct allegations reached a fever-pitch. President-elect Donald Trump selected Gaetz for the position one week ago,...
by Heather Zhu | Nov 21, 2024 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Michael Barr, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, reaffirmed his intent to serve his full term during a heated House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. The session was marked by Republican criticism of Biden-era financial regulations and...
by Emma Richman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Native American tribal leaders urged lawmakers to increase federal funding and implement national reporting systems to help solve the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Wednesday. At a House Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, lawmakers...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra over concerns that the department may be prioritizing speed over public safety when placing unaccompanied migrant children with sponsors during a House Judiciary Immigration...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a warning on Wednesday morning that Russia might launch a “significant air attack,” closing the embassy and recommending employees to shelter in place, with at least two other Western embassies—Greece and Italy—joining in....
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Homeland Security hearing on immigration since Republicans’ decisive 2024 election victory, both sides of the aisle derailed a conversation on migrant children trafficking to debate their administrations’ respective immigration...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Ukraine marked 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion with a military milestone—its first use of the U.S.-manufactured Army Tactical Missile Systems to strike into Russian territory. The move came days after...
