by Katarzyna Nguyen | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers debated how best to combat and prepare for the next cyberattack from foreign adversaries at a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media hearing on Tuesday. The hearing comes after Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi and Cassie Sun | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday on whether First Choice Women’s Resource Center, a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center, can challenge a state subpoena in federal court before it is enforced. New Jersey issued a subpoena seeking 28 categories of...
by Avigna Ramachandran and Katareena Roska | Dec 2, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices pressed counsel for the music industry and internet providers on secondary copyright liability in oral arguments on Monday. The case, Cox Communications Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, focuses on whether internet service...
by Avigna Ramachandran, Riddhimaa L. Kodali and Katareena Roska | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Political leaders convened at Washington National Cathedral to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday. Cheney, who was 84, passed away earlier this month from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. All living former vice...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers scrutinized U.S. export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment amid growing concern that loopholes are allowing China to advance its chipmaking capabilities faster than intended. “America must close these loopholes to stop the...
by Aanika Sawhney and Naomi Taxay | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) walked out of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after calling the hearing – titled “ICE Under Fire: The Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement” – an exercise in Republican political theater. At the...
by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
Note: This article includes mentions of suicide and self-harm. WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations debated the mental health impacts associated with use of AI chatbots on Tuesday, calling into question the...
by Gabe Hawkins and Isabella Jacob | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
Note: This article includes mentions of violence and sexual assault. WASHINGTON — Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee furthered an ongoing GOP campaign to spotlight criminal activity in Democratic-run cities on Wednesday. In a Subcommittee on Oversight...
by Cassie Sun | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical executives and lawmakers warned that the United States’ reliance on foreign nations for key pharmaceutical components is disrupting the quality and access American patients have to generic medications at a Senate Special Committee on Aging...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Nearly five years after Myanmar’s military coup, the country remains in turmoil, with continued persecution of Rohingya Muslims, expanding scam centers targeting international victims and deepening Chinese influence. At a House Foreign Affairs Committee...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers reached a consensus that Congress needs to act to prevent China’s dominance in rare earth mineral production over American companies at a House Select Committee on China hearing on Wednesday. Rare earth minerals are essential to various...
by Desiree Luo | Nov 19, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Republican leadership is facing bipartisan pressure to call for a vote on banning congressional stock trading as the House Administration Committee held a hearing on the topic Wednesday. “Mark my words, a bill will come to the floor,” Rep. Brian...
