by Sophie Baker | Oct 19, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — During a press conference decrying the government shutdown on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) addressed Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protest with disapproval. “We refer to it by its more accurate description, the Hate America Rally,”...
by Desiree Luo | Oct 16, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Banking and finance representatives from the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund gathered this week for annual meetings. The event included panels, press conferences and a plenary session for the World Bank Development Committee....
by Kally Proctor | Oct 16, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – On Friday, the Trump administration followed through on threats to begin mass firings during the government shutdown. White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought announced on X: “The RIFs have begun.” The announcement was...
by Riddhimaa L. Kodali | Oct 16, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wednesday was a busy day on Capitol Hill, as the government shutdown continued into its 15th day. Republicans and Democrats held news conferences without making any progress toward reopening the government. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court held oral...
by Avigna Ramachandran and Isaiah Steinberg | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court expressed skepticism of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act during oral arguments Wednesday, setting the stage for a decision that could prompt sweeping redistricting efforts across the country. The landmark case, Louisiana v....
by Alison Miller | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Attendees gathered at Communion America to pray for two revivals. One is religious. The other, national unity. “Politics are the talking heads, you know, nobody’s made any points with the other side,” said David Clemons, artist and Idaho resident....
by Sophie Baker | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to favor a moderately flexible standard to dictate when law enforcement could enter a home without a warrant in cases of emergency after hearing oral arguments in Case v. Montana on Wednesday. The court’s decision, expected...
by Gabe Hawkins | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—House Democrats were on Capitol Hill in full force this week to address the shutdown, pressure Republicans to vote on health care and swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz). More than half of the House Democratic Caucus were involved in...
by Kally Proctor | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Community-run organization Free DC will protest outside the Capitol this upcoming Saturday. Free DC, which describes itself as a “movement led by the people of the District of Columbia,” will be protesting against the Trump administration’s “harmful and...
by Lexi Newsom | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
Democratic Arizona lawmakers and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus gathered outside the Capitol on Wednesday to demand Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) be sworn into office immediately after weeks of delays. “It’s this Congressional purgatory,”...
by Naomi Taxay | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
As President Donald Trump ordered federal troops into Chicago to assist with deportation efforts, immigrants and their advocates found an ally in Pope Leo XIV. A native of the city, the new pope urged U.S. bishops to confront the government’s escalating targeting of...
by Ashley Wong | Oct 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Smithsonian museums and federally run tourist sites in the nation’s capital began shutting down last week and, by Oct. 11, were fully closed as the federal government shutdown continued. The closures left tourists scrambling and local businesses bracing...
