by Paris Fransway | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justices heard arguments on Wednesday about what time frame courts must consider when ruling on whether law enforcement used excessive force. In 2016, Ashtian Barnes, 24, was fatally shot by a Texas police officer after being pulled over...
by Jerry Wu | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s cabinet hearings continue to crawl ahead, many of his nominees have noticeably aired their support for Section 702, a surveillance law allowing the government to monitor non-Americans outside the country without a warrant. At...
by Rachel Spears | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – On his last business day in the White House, President Joe Biden told mayors that investments his administration made will continue to help cities thrive for years to come. “When we act together there’s not a damn thing we can’t do. In America, anything...
by Rachel Spears | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Throughout her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) asserted her commitment to President Trump and his political agenda, jumping to the defense of a member of the president’s inner circle who was accused of making an antisemitic...
by Jorge Martinez and 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 Joshua Sukoff | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In one of his first acts since returning to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued pardons to over 1,500 individuals convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and commuted the sentences of 14 individuals charged with violent...
by Valerie Chu and Norah D'Cruze | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Cheers, horns and rumbling from distant gun salutes filled the air in front of the Capitol shortly after noon, where dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters gathered behind fencing to celebrate his inauguration. “USA! USA! USA!” Some people pumped...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s inauguration moved inside because of cold temperatures, a move which hasn’t taken place since 1985. The parade took place inside Capital One Arena in D.C. and featured a fraction of the expected attendees. Medill News...
by Edward Cruz and Rachel Spears | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Thousands of people supporting President Donald Trump coalesced at Capital One Arena on Sunday and Monday to celebrate his victory and hear him speak. Trump announced last week that he was moving Monday’s inauguration festivities indoors. Some of...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer and Sofia Sorochinskaia | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Judd Zimmermann’s daughter hasn’t spoken to him since November because of his support for Donald Trump. His wife voted for Kamala Harris. “It’s like the Civil War, it’s breaking a lot of families apart,” said Zimmermann. Despite the pain Trump’s election...
by Jerry Wu | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, vowing to usher the country back to its “Golden Age” and issuing a flurry of executive orders and actions on his first day back in office. Just past noon,...
by Victoria Ryan | Jan 16, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, appeared before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Thursday where he was grilled for his previous positions on climate...
