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...
by Marissa Fernandez and Ben Shapiro | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union in history at almost 108 minutes Tuesday night. He began the address to Congress, which totaled more than 10,000 words, by stating that America is the “hottest country” in the world. Trump...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Trump delivered the nation’s longest State of the Union address Tuesday evening as he touted his administration’s immigration enforcement and condemned the actions of Democratic representatives. Among the guests were Charlie Kirk’s...
by Anisha Iqbal and Brooke Sharp | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Many high-profile lawmakers and guests attended the State of the Union address Tuesday, where President Donald Trump spent most of his 107-minute speech boasting his administration’s accomplishments in his second term. “But tonight, after just one...
by Cate Bouvet | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case where a county foreclosed on a Michigan family’s home and sold it at auction at a price far below market value in order to recoup $2,200 in taxes. Pung v. Isabella County, challenges the High Court...
by Alexia Sextou | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday confronted a question that could reshape U.S.-Cuba relations by interpreting a decades-long property rights law for the first time in 30 years. The case, Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, wrangled with how...
by Sarah Han | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed split over whether Exxon Mobil can override immunity protections for foreign companies and sue Cuban companies for expropriating property that Exxon initially owned. The case, Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex,...
by Sarah Han | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers at a House of Foreign Affairs hearing on Tuesday called for stronger export enforcement mechanisms to stop China from smuggling American AI chips for Chinese technological development. The Bureau of Industry and Security declared in January that...
