by André Hiroki | Jan 21, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Protesters in Washington joined a nationwide walkout on Jan. 20, marking one year since President Donald Trump returned to office for a second term. Demonstrators gathered around Pershing Park after leaving work and school as part of a visible protest...
by Clara Martinez and Isabel Papp | Jan 21, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON D.C. — On the coldest day of the year, University of Maryland English professor Orrin Wang came to the National Mall on Tuesday to see the anonymous art group The Secret Handshake’s latest protest piece against the Trump administration. “I don’t know if...
by Chloe Park | Jan 21, 2026 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Clad in heavy winter coats and holding signs in mitten-covered hands, hundreds of demonstrators decried President Trump in Pershing Park on Tuesday. “Free Minnesota, free Chicago, free Gaza, free Puerto Rico, free Venezuela, free all our people,” Free...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Jan 20, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Tuesday seemed divided while hearing oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, a case concerning a Hawaii gun restriction. The law in question, known among gun rights activists as the “vampire rule”, prevents people with concealed carry...
by Dasha Dubinina | Jan 20, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sandra Moreland and Carl Grady finally visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Friday, after a previous visit was thwarted by the government shutdown. The couple traveled from Detroit for a second time in a few...
by Jasmine Kim | Jan 20, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Federal workers from across the country gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, calling on the Senate to take up the Protect America’s Workforce Act — legislation they say is essential to restoring union rights stripped away under a recent...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Jan 19, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Democratic members of Congress accused the Department of Homeland Security of defying a federal court order Monday after DHS announced a newly revived policy requiring lawmakers to give a week’s notice before conducting oversight visits to ICE...
by Cate Bouvet | Jan 15, 2026 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic Senators on Thursday expressed similar concerns over the harmful effects of social media and AI on children, highlighting the need to address the “societal emergency” through federal regulations at a Senate Commerce,...
by Marissa Fernandez and Alexia Sextou | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Senators from two subcommittees Wednesday disagreed on the effectiveness of former president Joe Biden’s Afghan parolee program and whether it contributed to a November shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The alleged shooter, Afghan...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 15, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – In a House Financial Services committee hearing Wednesday, representatives repeatedly criticized the Trump administration’s criminal charges against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Although the Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market...
by André Hiroki | Jan 15, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Witnesses from across the agricultural sector told senators that small and family farms play a critical role in feeding Americans but continue to face bureaucratic barriers and limited access to federal programs during a hearing to examine growth in the...
by Carlotta Angiolillo | Jan 14, 2026 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday clashed over the safety of mifepristone, a drug used in conjunction with misoprostol for medical abortions, and Americans’ ability to procure the pills without an in-person medical consultation. During a...
