by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
by Nicole Markus | Feb 28, 2023 | Education, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday for Biden v. Nebraska, a case which challenges President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 for those with federally held student debts. The case looked at two major issues: standing and merit. The...
by Shannon Tyler | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In early January the Biden administration proposed new rules for asylum seekers, requiring them to use an app to make an appointment for entry at the border. Modernizing the asylum process has been a priority for the president, but the forced use of the...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senators discussed the legality and impact of the Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee gender equity under the law, in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this Tuesday. The Equal Rights Amendment, also called ERA, was first introduced in 1923...
by Emiliana Betancourt | Feb 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Last week the U.S. Supreme Court considered two cases that could drastically change how social media platforms function. On Tuesday, the court heard Gonzalez v. Google LLC, which could rewrite Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, taking away...
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 24, 2023 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed confidence when asked if the U.S. would be able to successfully deter China from increasing their involvement in the Russian-Ukraine conflict. “I certainly hope so and ultimately believe so,” Bliken said in...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas and Shannon Tyler | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Dozens of immigration advocates protested outside the White House on Thursday to criticize the Biden administration’s latest steps for asylum seekers, saying that the proposal is overly restrictive. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Marianne Williamson confirmed in an interview with Medill News Service on Thursday that she is running for president as a Democrat, becoming the first announced candidate for the party. The best-selling spiritual author and 2020 Democratic presidential...
by Avani Kalra | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, National Security
ARLINGTON, Va., –– The Defense Advisory Committee on the Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces met this week to discuss and review their fifth annual report, due to the Secretary of Defense and to the Committees on Armed Services...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – In a small room on the margins of a summit for world leaders in fall 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took aside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and informed him of U.S. intelligence that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine. “He took it...
by Caroline Neal | Feb 22, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Biden shored up Western allies’ support for Ukraine on Wednesday, meeting with leaders of several European countries who are uniting to keep in check any further Russian incursions. Biden spoke with the leaders of the so-called Bucharest Nine,...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 22, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Supreme Court stopped short of blaming Twitter for the use of its platform for terrorist activity on Wednesday, in the second of two cases against social media companies the court heard this week. The latest case, Twitter v. Taamneh, stems from...
