by Sophie Baker | Sep 25, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. Department of Agriculture moves to eliminate a measure prohibiting road construction in select remote areas, some experts warn of environmental consequences. The long-contested 2001 Roadless Rule established prohibitions on road construction...
by Avigna Ramachandran | Sep 24, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air Tuesday night after Disney-owned ABC suspended the late-night show following his remarks on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to the...
by Desiree Luo | Sep 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump drew laughter less than one minute into his speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly after his teleprompter stopped working. “I can only say that whoever’s operating this teleprompter is in big trouble,” Trump said....
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | May 20, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Since his return to office in January, President Donald Trump has ushered in an era of enormous upheaval in the federal government: from dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development in early February to the recent announcement of extensive...
by Jiah Choe and Norah D'Cruze | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
Sara arrived in the United States as a 7-year-old refugee when her family fled religious persecution in Bangladesh. Eleven years later, Sara now calls Montgomery County, Md., home. But if the Trump administration has its way, she would be immediately deported because...
by Samanta Habashy | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Three days before Arab America’s Empowerment Summit, co-founders Warren and Amal David received a shocking setback: their venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando, abruptly canceled, citing security threats. Devastated, the Davids scrambled to...
by Joshua Sukoff | Apr 4, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration increasingly welcomes vloggers and social media influencers into press briefings and the Oval Office, established outlets like the Associated Press find themselves excluded from the century-old press pool, sparking controversy...
by Jerry Wu | Apr 2, 2025 | Featured, National Security
Over six decades, Mark Foreman has turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover from the consequences of a bullet wound to the hip sustained fighting as a Marine in Vietnam. It took endlessly long, infectious days for him to get out of deep, cavernous...
by Zoe Singer | Mar 31, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s prediction in September about the likelihood that Jews could determine the 2024 election ignited strong reactions from Jews across religious denominations. “If I don’t win this election…in my opinion, the Jewish people would...
by Victoria Ryan | Mar 28, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The federal government laid off more than 60 thousand workers in the first two months of 2025, while another 75,000 employees accepted a buyout and voluntarily resigned. Among those laid off was James Clark, an Environmental Protection Agency employee...
by Norah D'Cruze | Mar 25, 2025 | Featured, Immigration, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– As Illinois and the Midwest’s first Latina congresswoman, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said she feels a responsibility to uplift immigrant communities like those she came from. This has meant protesting President Donald Trump and his administration’s attack...
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...
