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Amid threats of elimination, Trump’s education agenda remains unclear with pro-school choice secretary nomination

Amid threats of elimination, Trump’s education agenda remains unclear with pro-school choice secretary nomination

by Erica Schmitt | Dec 10, 2024 | Education, Featured

When President-elect Donald Trump nominated Linda McMahon as the Secretary for Education in November, it signified more than a routine staffing decision—it reflected his administration’s broader agenda to reshape America’s public education system. Trump’s...
DOGE leaders Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy meet with Republican lawmakers

DOGE leaders Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy meet with Republican lawmakers

by Eli Kronenberg | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramswamy met with congressional Republicans on Thursday to brainstorm ideas for the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which President-elect Donald Trump...
Photos: First Lady Jill Biden decks the halls of the White House for the final time

Photos: First Lady Jill Biden decks the halls of the White House for the final time

by Caroline Killilea | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – First Lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House holiday theme for the final time during her husband’s presidency: a season of peace and light.  The White House offered tours of the decor on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. The theme was intended...
House Task Force hearing investigating Trump’s assassination attempts explodes into shouting spree

House Task Force hearing investigating Trump’s assassination attempts explodes into shouting spree

by Sarah Lin | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Emotions ran high as lawmakers grilled U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. on the agency’s security failures leading up to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13.   Thursday’s hearing was the final meeting for the Task...
Hegseth faces mounting concerns from GOP senators about confirmation

Hegseth faces mounting concerns from GOP senators about confirmation

by Audrey Pachuta | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, met Wednesday with several Republican senators on Capitol Hill. As escalating concerns over sexual assault allegations and reports about his professional behavior threaten to...
Supreme Court appears to side with state’s ban on transgender youth treatments

Supreme Court appears to side with state’s ban on transgender youth treatments

by Erica Schmitt | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON —  Conservative Supreme Court justices raised doubts about the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors during oral arguments for United States v. Skrmetti Wednesday. Enacted in 2023, Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1...
Hundreds protest outside Supreme Court as Justices hear case on Tennessee ban of gender-affirming care for minors

Hundreds protest outside Supreme Court as Justices hear case on Tennessee ban of gender-affirming care for minors

by Caroline Killilea and Emma Richman | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday regarding a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors, hundreds gathered outside of the court to protest both for and against the potential outcome of the case. The dueling rallies come as...
Trump FBI director nominee Kash Patel draws scorn from Democrats

Trump FBI director nominee Kash Patel draws scorn from Democrats

by Eli Kronenberg | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Kash Patel, a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump and former federal prosecutor who Trump announced as his nominee for FBI director, is facing criticism from Democrats over previous vows to “come after” people in the media and so-called “deep...
Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony highlights Alaskan culture and people

Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony highlights Alaskan culture and people

by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Emma Richman | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the Alaskan congressional delegation celebrated Alaskan culture and inter-state unity at the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Capitol’s West Lawn Tuesday night. A crowd of a couple hundred...
House subcommittee cannot agree on what its role should be in primary and secondary education

House subcommittee cannot agree on what its role should be in primary and secondary education

by Jonas Blum | Dec 4, 2024 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the pressing issues facing U.S. education during a hotly debated hearing on Wednesday held by the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Republicans took aim at the alleged...
Holocaust Survivors’ Compensation At Stake in Supreme Court Case

Holocaust Survivors’ Compensation At Stake in Supreme Court Case

by Sarah Lin | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justices signaled uncertainty over whether survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust and their heirs could seek monetary compensation from property confiscated during the genocide in a case Tuesday. Over 560,000 Hungarian Jews, more...
Biden pardons ‘Peach’ and ‘Blossom’ ahead of Thanksgiving

Biden pardons ‘Peach’ and ‘Blossom’ ahead of Thanksgiving

by Sarah Lin | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — President Biden pardoned turkeys Peach and Blossom on Monday, officially freeing them to live out lives of comfort and luxury in Minnesota, instead of ending up on a dinner table this Thanksgiving. Biden made the pardon on the South Lawn with the help of...
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