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Watch: The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival Brings History to Life

Watch: The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival Brings History to Life

by Lenna Peterson | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival hosted 293 local elementary and middle school students at Ford’s Theatre, the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  The event showcased third-grade through eighth-grade students who performed historical...
White House underscores Trump’s proposal for U.S. control of Gaza, backpedals on permanently displacing Palestinians

White House underscores Trump’s proposal for U.S. control of Gaza, backpedals on permanently displacing Palestinians

by Zoe Singer | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The White House reaffirmed President Donald Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to control Gaza during a Wednesday press briefing stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew about the plan before Trump’s announcement.    White House Press...
Pause in federal funding puts maritime industry at risk of falling further behind

Pause in federal funding puts maritime industry at risk of falling further behind

by Rachel Spears | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Maritime industry experts emphasized uncertainty in the United States’ ability to compete with China on the global stage after federal funds for maritime infrastructure were paused by President Donald Trump. “We are on the brink of failure,” said Brian...
GOP bill attempts to gradually privatize VA care

GOP bill attempts to gradually privatize VA care

by Jerry Wu | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — As their first move in the new presidential administration, Republican top brass on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees introduced a bill last week loosening the threshold for veterans to access private care. On paper, the Veterans’ ACCESS...
Parents, lawmakers and experts debate the fentanyl crisis and Trump’s tariffs

Parents, lawmakers and experts debate the fentanyl crisis and Trump’s tariffs

by Samanta Habashy | Feb 4, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON –  The Senate Judiciary Committee met Tuesday to tackle the fentanyl epidemic and the persistently high opioid-related U.S. death rate as the Trump administration introduced trade measures targeting illegal drug trafficking networks in Mexico, Canada and...
Chinese influence on American college campuses concerns lawmakers despite decreasing numbers of Chinese students

Chinese influence on American college campuses concerns lawmakers despite decreasing numbers of Chinese students

by Jiah Choe | Feb 4, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON –  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met on Thursday to discuss China’s influence at home and abroad with committee Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho) calling the country, “the greatest, long-term threat to the United States.” Both lawmakers and experts...
Kash Patel disavowed some of Trump’s pardons and claimed FBI will be independent at confirmation hearing

Kash Patel disavowed some of Trump’s pardons and claimed FBI will be independent at confirmation hearing

by Samanta Habashy | Jan 31, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Kash Patel, a former Trump administration official and outspoken critic of the intelligence community, about his vision for the FBI as its next director of the Bureau of Investigation. Unlike other confirmation...
Photo Gallery: Passenger Jet, Helicopter Collision at Reagan National Airport

Photo Gallery: Passenger Jet, Helicopter Collision at Reagan National Airport

by Joshua Sukoff | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday at 8:48 p.m., American Airlines flight 5342, which was en route from Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter during the passenger jet’s final approach to Reagan National Airport.  A U.S. Park Police helicopter circles the...
Photo Gallery: Senators grill RFK Jr. about “safety” in vaccines, mifepristone, and more

Photo Gallery: Senators grill RFK Jr. about “safety” in vaccines, mifepristone, and more

by Valerie Chu | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Senators questioned Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines, abortion, obesity and more on Thursday during the second day of his confirmation hearings to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.  Kennedy’s body language communicated greater ease than...
Harvard joins national scholarship group amid anti-DEI push

Harvard joins national scholarship group amid anti-DEI push

by Jorge Martinez | Jan 30, 2025 | Education, Featured

Harvard University became the final Ivy League school last week to partner with QuestBridge’s National College Match, committing to admit low-income students with full scholarships despite a national push against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.  Since 1994,...
Watch: Past comments on vaccines and abortion dominate RFK Jr. confirmation hearing

Watch: Past comments on vaccines and abortion dominate RFK Jr. confirmation hearing

by Victoria Ryan | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday.  Kennedy’s previous comments on the efficacy of vaccines raised concern from Senate Democrats,...
RFK Jr. dodges questions on Medicaid, vaccines at confirmation hearing

RFK Jr. dodges questions on Medicaid, vaccines at confirmation hearing

by Edward Cruz and Valerie Chu | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. entered the room for his confirmation hearing Wednesday, his supporters in the audience rose to their feet, applauding and chanting “Bobby!” as doctors in the two front rows remained seated, mostly expressionless. Police...
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