by Victoria Ryan | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – In a press-filled Oval Office Monday night President Donald Trump signed a string of executive orders that included a declaration that U.S.-born children whose parents do not have permanent legal status will no longer be considered citizens. The order...
by Sarah Serota | Jan 23, 2025 | Business, Featured
Friday night Ogle’s head pounded, so much so that he swore off working for the rest of the night. Then, a friend messaged him that President Donald Trump just launched a cryptocurrency. He decided to invest big in the coin and, ignoring his headache, stayed up until...
by Edward Cruz and Jorge Martinez | Jan 22, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about the evidence plaintiffs must demonstrate to sue employers over company-sponsored retirement plans. The case, Cunningham v. Cornell University, centers on alleged violations of the Employee Retirement...
by Paris Fransway | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justices heard arguments on Wednesday about what time frame courts must consider when ruling on whether law enforcement used excessive force. In 2016, Ashtian Barnes, 24, was fatally shot by a Texas police officer after being pulled over...
by Jerry Wu | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s cabinet hearings continue to crawl ahead, many of his nominees have noticeably aired their support for Section 702, a surveillance law allowing the government to monitor non-Americans outside the country without a warrant. At...
by Rachel Spears | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – On his last business day in the White House, President Joe Biden told mayors that investments his administration made will continue to help cities thrive for years to come. “When we act together there’s not a damn thing we can’t do. In America, anything...
by Rachel Spears | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Throughout her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) asserted her commitment to President Trump and his political agenda, jumping to the defense of a member of the president’s inner circle who was accused of making an antisemitic...
by Jorge Martinez and Micah Sandy | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters marched down the streets of Washington on Saturday to voice their concerns over climate change, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedoms before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Protesters started in Franklin Park, McPherson Square or...
by Joshua Sukoff | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In one of his first acts since returning to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued pardons to over 1,500 individuals convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and commuted the sentences of 14 individuals charged with violent...
by Valerie Chu and Norah D'Cruze | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Cheers, horns and rumbling from distant gun salutes filled the air in front of the Capitol shortly after noon, where dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters gathered behind fencing to celebrate his inauguration. “USA! USA! USA!” Some people pumped...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s inauguration moved inside because of cold temperatures, a move which hasn’t taken place since 1985. The parade took place inside Capital One Arena in D.C. and featured a fraction of the expected attendees. Medill News...
by Edward Cruz and Rachel Spears | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Thousands of people supporting President Donald Trump coalesced at Capital One Arena on Sunday and Monday to celebrate his victory and hear him speak. Trump announced last week that he was moving Monday’s inauguration festivities indoors. Some of...