by Katarzyna Nguyen | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, National Security
After what many called a successful meeting with President Donald Trump, Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is leading a major change to Japan’s decades of pacifism: an increase in the defense budget. Takaichi announced during her first parliamentary address...
by Desiree Luo | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court appeared set to further loosen limits on campaign finance, despite opposition from liberal justices during oral arguments Tuesday. The case challenges limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates, most...
by Alison Miller | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Padre Vidal Rivas has been a priest for over three decades. This is the first time he’s ever kept the doors locked during mass. “There is so much fear that people don’t even feel safe in churches,” Rivas said. “We celebrate with the doors...
by Kally Proctor | Dec 4, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the longest government shutdown in American history – lasting 43 days – many industries are striving to return to normal. From air travel to food and restaurants, the shutdown has left some lingering effects. And there is a chance for...
by Gabe Hawkins | Dec 4, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of the Nevada Congressional delegation and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson hosted this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday. Boasting 20,000 ornaments, the 53-foot tall tree was brought to the Capitol ahead of the...
by Lexi Newsom | Dec 3, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is working to achieve their goals to develop public lands, even if they are “in conflict” with preferences of local communities, federal agency employees said in a Public Lands, Forests and Mining Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The...
by Naomi Taxay | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled Monday with how much power federal appeals courts should have to review asylum denials, pressing both sides on whether findings of persecution are legal matters that federal courts can independently (de novo) review or factual...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers debated how best to combat and prepare for the next cyberattack from foreign adversaries at a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media hearing on Tuesday. The hearing comes after Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi and Cassie Sun | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday on whether First Choice Women’s Resource Center, a New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center, can challenge a state subpoena in federal court before it is enforced. New Jersey issued a subpoena seeking 28 categories of...
by Avigna Ramachandran and Katareena Roska | Dec 2, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices pressed counsel for the music industry and internet providers on secondary copyright liability in oral arguments on Monday. The case, Cox Communications Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, focuses on whether internet service...
by Avigna Ramachandran, Riddhimaa L. Kodali and Katareena Roska | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Political leaders convened at Washington National Cathedral to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday. Cheney, who was 84, passed away earlier this month from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. All living former vice...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers scrutinized U.S. export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment amid growing concern that loopholes are allowing China to advance its chipmaking capabilities faster than intended. “America must close these loopholes to stop the...
