by Clara Martinez | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on what limitations there should be for defendants who waived their right to appeal if their sentence would otherwise be deemed illegal. Courts generally uphold two exceptions to appellate waivers: either the...
by Alexia Sextou | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Tuesday as she faced intense scrutiny by lawmakers during her first Senate hearing since the Minnesota Immigration and Customs Enforcement shootings in...
by Sarah Han | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Dressed in red and blue, hundreds of former USAID employees rallied at the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the agency’s shutdown. In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued a 90-day freeze on foreign aid...
by André Hiroki | Feb 27, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — As Section 230 marks its 30th anniversary, legal and technology experts warned Thursday that excluding generative artificial intelligence from the law’s protections could dramatically reshape online speech. Enacted as part of the Communications Decency...
by Gloria Ngwa | Feb 27, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration started Operation Metro Surge in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area of Minnesota in December 2025 as part of its deportation agenda. In January, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Good, a couple of weeks before...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In freezing temperatures, lawmakers, activists, and protesters gathered on the National Mall to oppose the president’s State of the Union address by holding their own “People’s” State of the Union on Tuesday night. “I’m...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched into his State of the Union speech Tuesday night with sweeping bravado about the economy after his first year in office. At best, his claims were misleading or lacked context. At worst, they were blatantly false. Inflation...
by Melody Xu | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the longest State of the Union address to date, President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared a “war on fraud.” The next day, senators met to denounce fraud in post-Covid federal relief programs. The Small Business Administration failed to thoroughly...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Guests, lawmakers and political dignitaries entered the State of the Union Tuesday evening, walking through the press in Statuary Hall....
by Carlotta Angiolillo | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Surgeon general nominee Casey Means said at a confirmation hearing Wednesday she believes “vaccines save lives” but stopped short of saying she would encourage Americans to receive specific vaccines. “I do believe that each patient, mother or parent needs...
by Clara Martinez and Isabel Papp | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on Monday, President Trump told families whose relatives were killed by undocumented immigrants that their loved ones would still be alive if the Biden administration had not allowed “open borders” after the 2020...
by Carlotta Angiolillo | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday lasted a record-setting 107 minutes, of which he dedicated just around five minutes to health care policy. While he did not introduce any new policies, Trump called on Congress to codify his...
