by Chloe Park | Mar 4, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — House Democrats grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday, one day after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s fiery hearing on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee hearing came as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approaches its...
by André Hiroki | Mar 4, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on the House Agriculture Committee debated a sweeping proposal to reshape U.S. agricultural policy late on Tuesday as Republicans advanced the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, a bill intended to serve as the House framework for the...
by Anisha Iqbal | Mar 4, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– The Department of Defense revealed a new national defense strategy Tuesday that prioritizes deterring China in the Indo-Pacific over Middle East involvement while urging United States allies to take greater responsibility for their own defense. “The...
by David Sun | Mar 4, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” was installed last weekend in Farragut Square, a public park close to the White House, naming and shaming public figures associated with the late child sex offender and trafficker. The display comes amid intense...
by Jasmine Kim | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in United States v. Hemani, and a majority of the justices appeared deeply skeptical that the federal government should prosecute a Texas man for owning a gun, simply because he regularly used marijuana. The...
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...
