by Cate Bouvet | Feb 10, 2026 | Education, Featured, Politics
Seven months after a Supreme Court Case gave parents sweeping rights to remove their children from lessons that violate religious beliefs, Republicans conveyed concerns Tuesday about school districts ignoring the ruling while Democrats voiced fears that the ruling...
by Marissa Fernandez | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn parts of D.C. law. Before this vote, around 40 members of Free DC gathered in U.S Senate office buildings to talk to lawmakers and protest the resolution. Many attendees saw the...
by Alexia Sextou | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Bi-partisan lawmakers accused the Department of Veterans Affairs’ representatives of mismanagement at a hearing on the digital GI Bill on Wednesday morning, since the program’s cost has ballooned and veterans have faced delayed education and housing...
by André Hiroki | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Residents of the District of Columbia moved through House and Senate office buildings to challenge joint resolutions introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. The measures would overturn a D.C. Council-approved tax law passed...
by Chloe Park | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican senators vowed to crack down on Minnesota fraud suspects during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, citing a wave of child care fraud scandals in the state and beyond. The push drew fierce opposition from Democrats over...
by Cate Bouvet | Feb 4, 2026 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — In a debate over how to best address rising college tuition, the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee discussed the consequences of recent changes to federal student loan policy on American families. At Wednesday’s hearing,...
by Melody Xu | Feb 4, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers questioned Tesla and Waymo executives about the safety and privacy of their self-driving cars at a Senate Commerce, Science, & Technology Committee hearing Wednesday. Rules on self-driving cars currently differ state-to-state, and lawmakers...
by Gloria Ngwa | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – The House Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs warned Tuesday that Trump administration cuts to tribal economic and renewable energy programs are stalling development across tribal nations as tribal leaders testified the changes are already...
by Ben Shapiro | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump met with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in a private conversation at the White House Wednesday afternoon. The talk came one year after Siegel was released from Hamas captivity in what was part of the first phase of a temporary...
by André Hiroki and Clara Martinez | Feb 4, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A Senate antitrust hearing on Netflix’s proposed $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery began Tuesday with debate on market power, labor competition and consolidation in the entertainment industry — before exploding into a partisan fight over...
by Sarah Han | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers at a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing Tuesday spotlighted Turkey as a key regional partner in efforts to remove Russian forces in Syria. “An increased military presence by Turkey and northern Syria naturally puts the Russian presence under...
by David Sun | Feb 3, 2026 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Wildfire legislation aimed at reducing fire risk exposed partisan divisions Tuesday, as Democrats used a House Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing to criticize the Trump administration. California’s Palisades and Eaton fires exploded within hours of...
