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DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers

DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers

by Jerry Wu | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, his administration cleared the military of most of its top female-ranking officers, disappointing many women veterans and active duty personnel. Though Trump touted his plans to flush out military...
Trump’s cuts at the FAA could underscore the risks of shrinking government

Trump’s cuts at the FAA could underscore the risks of shrinking government

by Lenna Peterson | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – After recent layoffs of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration and a string of aviation incidents, passengers and experts expressed concerns that U.S. airlines’ excellent safety record could be at risk. About 400 probationary workers were...
Experts Warn Current Fentanyl Legislation Fails to Address Root Problem: Fentanyl

Experts Warn Current Fentanyl Legislation Fails to Address Root Problem: Fentanyl

by Samanta Habashy | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — Five days after discovering their 16-year-old son Daniel Puerta unresponsive in bed, Jaime Puerta and his wife decided to discontinue life support as they stood beside him in the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Puerta kissed his son’s nose one last time....
SALT debate lies ahead for Congress as high-tax state residents and reps look for tax relief

SALT debate lies ahead for Congress as high-tax state residents and reps look for tax relief

by Sarah Serota | Mar 21, 2025 | Business, Featured

Before tax accountant Jack Hahne moved from Atlanta to New York City in 2022, the state and local tax deduction cap, commonly known as the SALT deduction cap, hardly concerned him.  “I was making a little bit less money, so it wasn’t something I was particularly...
Smithsonian at center of debate about politicization of museums

Smithsonian at center of debate about politicization of museums

by Rachel Spears | Mar 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The jazzy sounds of a trumpet rang through the East Building of the National Gallery of Art on a recent Sunday as a small crowd of all ages gathered in front of the musicians and people as high as the third floor leaned over the railings, hoping to catch...
A penny for your thoughts: what’s next for the one-cent coin?

A penny for your thoughts: what’s next for the one-cent coin?

by Jeremy Fredricks | Mar 13, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump proposed removing the penny from U.S. circulation in February.  The one cent coin costs the U.S. Mint about 3.7 cents to make. Will discontinuing the coin contribute to higher costs and inflation or save the government millions of...
Artists wary of Trump’s unprecedented takeover of the Kennedy Center

Artists wary of Trump’s unprecedented takeover of the Kennedy Center

by Valerie Chu | Mar 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Heather Dune Macadam still remembers one thought that bubbled inside her as she stepped onto the stage decades ago at the Kennedy Center for a dance competition: “Wow, I made it.” Then, just last month, when she heard about President Donald Trump’s...
Strategic bitcoin reserve signals Trump administration’s increased loyalty to cryptocurrency industry

Strategic bitcoin reserve signals Trump administration’s increased loyalty to cryptocurrency industry

by Sarah Serota | Mar 13, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump made a promise to the cryptocurrency entrepreneurs that they have not forgotten: a pledge to be the first “crypto president.”  Last week, Trump took his latest in a string of actions to align himself with the digital asset...
Hearing derailed as Republican chairman misgenders transgender colleague

Hearing derailed as Republican chairman misgenders transgender colleague

by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Mar 12, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – An otherwise uneventful House committee hearing Tuesday afternoon quickly turned into a partisan showdown as lawmakers clashed over the proper way to address a transgender member of the committee. The hearing before the Europe subcommittee of the House...
Trump remains firm on tariff policy as stocks fall to their lowest in months

Trump remains firm on tariff policy as stocks fall to their lowest in months

by Zoe Singer | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON —  President Donald Trump’s administration continued to push its pro-tariff economic agenda during a press briefing Tuesday, even as the President’s trade war on foreign nations spurred a heightened risk of a U.S. recession.  “The numbers that we see today,...
Federal investigation of NU sparks academic censorship concerns

Federal investigation of NU sparks academic censorship concerns

by Edward Cruz | Mar 11, 2025 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Political science lecturer emeritus Jeff Rice (Weinberg ’72) was a sophomore at Northwestern at the height of anti-Vietnam War protests. The day after students voted to end a schoolwide strike, he and a group of peers broke into the Naval Reserve Officers...
Photo Gallery: ‘Stand Up for Science’ rally draws lawmakers, Bill Nye and thousands more to National Mall

Photo Gallery: ‘Stand Up for Science’ rally draws lawmakers, Bill Nye and thousands more to National Mall

by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON –  White lab coats dotted the crowd gathered in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday afternoon. Some attendees accessorized with oversized cardboard syringes, while others wore safety goggles pushed up onto their foreheads; this was – you guessed it...
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