by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 10, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to advance a new bill to reopen the government Sunday evening, after a series of partisan meetings throughout the weekend reached a breakthrough. The continuing resolution was brokered by eight Senate Democrats, including New Hampshire...
by Aanika Sawhney | Nov 6, 2025 | Topics
WASHINGTON — Women dressed in red robes marched in front of the Heritage Foundation building, shouting “shame” on Wednesday. A year after President Donald Trump won re-election, the Handmaid Army DC began a week of resistance, starting with a protest against the...
by Kally Proctor | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she would not be seeking reelection for another term. The move brings to an end a historic career, during which she became the first and only female Speaker of the House, as well...
by Philip Lam | Nov 6, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senators clashed over the federal government’s role in helping families plan and pay for higher education, a process lawmakers have deemed “opaque,” at a Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing Thursday. The discussion...
by Cassie Sun | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — For the first time in seven years, China did not purchase a single bushel of soybeans from the United States this summer as the two countries remain in economic conflict. This comes just one year after China purchased 27 million metric tons of American...
by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican senators and witnesses criticized the affordability of the ACA on Thursday, claiming the health care plan drives up costs and stifles competition. In a contentious hearing with the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on...
by Lexi Newsom | Nov 6, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 9, the U.S. Senate passed a joint resolution of disapproval seeking to overturn the newly passed protection of federal land in the Central Yukon region of Alaska and open lands designated for conservation to the mining industry. The resolution...
by Riddhimaa L. Kodali | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wednesday marked the longest government shutdown in U.S. history under President Donald Trump’s term, surpassing the previous 35-day record during his first administration from December 2018 to January 2019. The day saw thousands of anti-fascist...
by Sophie Baker | Nov 6, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Democrats urged a U.S. Department of Agriculture nominee to push back against Trump administration policies and stand up for rural communities at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Glen Smith, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Under...
by Avigna Ramachandran | Nov 6, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda and appeared skeptical of its legality under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) during oral arguments on Wednesday. The consolidated cases were brought...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Nov 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices struggled with how to apply the definition of “uniquely federal interest” in military combat situations during oral arguments for Hencely v. Fluor Corporation on Monday. Army Specialist Winston Hencely, the petitioner, was injured...
by Ashley Wong | Nov 5, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASINGTON — As Washington grinds to a halt during the government shutdown, furloughed IRS lawyer Isaac Stein is firing up his grill. Fulfilling what he calls his ‘childhood dream’, Stein’s new workplace is the corner of 1st and M St NE, where his pop-up hot dog...
