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The Doomsday Clock moves closer to apocalypse than ever

The Doomsday Clock moves closer to apocalypse than ever

by Dasha Dubinina | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON – The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday clock to 85 seconds to midnight on Tuesday, the shortest the metaphorical countdown to apocalypse has ever been in the clock’s 79-year-long history. The science-oriented advocacy group emphasized...
Listen: Gen Z pro-life activists, students convene for annual March for Life

Listen: Gen Z pro-life activists, students convene for annual March for Life

by Carlotta Angiolillo | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, Politics

Listen to the report here:...
US officially leaves the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Again.

US officially leaves the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Again.

by Isabel Papp | Jan 27, 2026 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – For the second time, President Trump Tuesday withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement on climate, the latest casualty of his approach to climate change.  Though Trump’s move to exit the climate accord lacked immediate policy consequences, it symbolizes...
In Photos: 53rd National March for Life draws thousands to Washington

In Photos: 53rd National March for Life draws thousands to Washington

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics

Washington on Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life. Carrying both handmade and printed out signs and chanting as they walked from the National Mall to the Supreme Court, attendees traveled from across the country to advocate for restrictions on abortion access....
53rd March for Life shows an uncertain Post-Dobbs future

53rd March for Life shows an uncertain Post-Dobbs future

by Dasha Dubinina and Isabel Papp | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Thousands gathered Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, celebrating pro-life policy gains while appearing split over the movement’s future in the wake of the 2022 Dobbs decision.  Alongside signs expressing hope, many demonstrators voiced...
Concerns raised on Capitol Hill over deep-sea mining proposals

Concerns raised on Capitol Hill over deep-sea mining proposals

by David Sun | Jan 26, 2026 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Republican representatives from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa said they oppose deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean during a hearing Thursday before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.  Several mining companies...
Lawmakers question health insurance CEOs on rising costs

Lawmakers question health insurance CEOs on rising costs

by Melody Xu | Jan 26, 2026 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers grilled five health insurance CEOs at a hearing Thursday, with Republicans and Democrats agreeing that U.S. health care costs are rising, particularly after the expiration of COVID-era tax credits. The CEOs hailed from UnitedHealth Group,...
Lawmakers push to expand border scanning technology

Lawmakers push to expand border scanning technology

by Anisha Iqbal | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON ––  The acting director at the Government Accountability Office told a congressional panel Thursday that the government has fallen far behind on its legal requirement to scan 100% of vehicles at border crossings before 2027. “Scanning rates for passenger...
Repubs, Dems support lowering housing costs, divided on policy reform

Repubs, Dems support lowering housing costs, divided on policy reform

by Clara Martinez | Jan 22, 2026 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison, R-Miss., blamed rising home prices on a supply issue, which he claimed is caused entirely by government policy during a hearing on Thursday. “That is not a failure of the free...
Quantum science experts fail to address concerns on training Chinese students at “massive scale”

Quantum science experts fail to address concerns on training Chinese students at “massive scale”

by Sarah Han | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Quantum science experts failed to address a Republican lawmaker’s concern over U.S. institutions training students from competing countries at “a massive scale” at a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing Thursday morning.  Rep. Rich...
Jack Smith defends his investigation into Trump in congressional hearing

Jack Smith defends his investigation into Trump in congressional hearing

by Ben Shapiro | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told a congressional committee Thursday that his investigation into President Donald Trump was not partisan and that he wouldn’t be “intimidated” by Trump’s threats toward him. Smith, who led the investigation into...
One year into Trump’s second term, protesters march to White House

One year into Trump’s second term, protesters march to White House

by Cate Bouvet | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, hundreds of people gathered to march to the White House to demand that ICE and the National Guard leave D.C. on Tuesday.  The march began at 14th and U Street NW, where protesters held yellow picket...
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