by Caroline Killilea | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Multiple witnesses criticized the U.S. government for its lack of transparency regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) information and called for greater accountability from the Executive Branch on Wednesday during a House Oversight and...
by Ananya Chag and Heather Zhu | Nov 13, 2024 | Business, Featured, Supreme Court, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court raised concerns Wednesday about the technical complexities required to issue a ruling on a securities lawsuit against Nvidia Corp. and CEO Jensen Huang for allegedly misleading investors on its cryptocurrency sales ahead of a crash....
by Emma Richman | Nov 13, 2024 | Energy, Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – World leaders discussed climate change solutions at the United Nations’ climate change conference in Azerbaijan this week, amid the increasing threat of global warming during the hottest year on record. The conference, known as COP29, brought together...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu secured a second term in a pivotal runoff on Nov. 4, defeating Alexandr Stoianoglo, a rival backed by the traditionally pro-Russian Socialist Party. Two weeks earlier, Moldovans narrowly voted in a national referendum...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Audrey Pachuta | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — During oral arguments Tuesday, Supreme Court justices participated in a heated debate regarding the status of Hugo Abisaí Monsalvo Velázquez, an undocumented immigrant seeking to avoid deportation. Monsalvo Velázquez’s attorney contended that his...
by Raj Ghanekar | Nov 11, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– Experts say the successful protection of abortion rights in seven states Tuesday shows reproductive rights are popular among voters. However, an interesting scenario in four states is raising questions about the issue. Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Montana...
by Heather Zhu | Nov 7, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25% at its Nov. 7 meeting, with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscoring the central bank’s commitment to its dual mandate and reinforcing its independence in response to potential political pressures...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As a big screen at Vice President Kamala Harris’ election-night gathering at Howard University showed Jake Tapper announcing CNN’s call of North Carolina for former President Donald Trump, a smattering of boos rang out. Seconds later, Tapper and his CNN...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
President Joe Biden promised a peaceful transfer of power in a brief speech from the Rose Garden on Thursday, after an election that saw Vice President Kamala Harris decisively defeated by former President Donald Trump. “For over 200 years, America has carried on the...
by Caroline Killilea | Nov 7, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe executed its final gravity-assist maneuver on Wednesday, flying past the surface of Venus and setting it on a path to come within 3.86 million miles of the solar surface, the closest any human-made object has ever come to 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 Audrey Pachuta | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In her presidential concession speech at Howard University Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed young people about the future—and many were eager to listen. For Alice Still, a 20-year-old political science student at American University,...
