by Avigna Ramachandran, Riddhimaa L. Kodali and Katareena Roska | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Political leaders convened at Washington National Cathedral to honor former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday. Cheney, who was 84, passed away earlier this month from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. All living former vice...
by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
Note: This article includes mentions of suicide and self-harm. WASHINGTON – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations debated the mental health impacts associated with use of AI chatbots on Tuesday, calling into question the...
by Gabe Hawkins and Isabella Jacob | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics
Note: This article includes mentions of violence and sexual assault. WASHINGTON — Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee furthered an ongoing GOP campaign to spotlight criminal activity in Democratic-run cities on Wednesday. In a Subcommittee on Oversight...
by Alison Miller | Nov 19, 2025 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of allowing prisoners to sue government officials for damages during oral arguments Monday. The case involves Damon Landor, a devout Rastafarian who vowed never to cut his hair as a part of his faith, a...
by Sophie Baker | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democrats probed inspector general nominees about their partisan connections at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Thomas March Bell, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, serves as...
by Naomi Taxay | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, a conservative-led initiative previously housed at the Heritage Foundation, met Tuesday to confront what members say can no longer be ignored: antisemitism within the conservative coalition. The shift in...
by Desiree Luo | Nov 18, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted 427-1 on Tuesday to pass legislation ordering the Justice Department to release files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) was the sole “No” vote. The bill now moves to the Senate, where...
by Isaiah Steinberg and Aanika Sawhney | Nov 18, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitched his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement as a disruptive force in health policy at a “fireside chat” hosted by Turning Point USA-Foggy Bottom on Monday evening. Organizers intended the event at George...
by Riddhimaa L. Kodali and Katareena Roska | Nov 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The government shutdown ended on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump signed legislation to reopen the government after the House approved the Senate’s spending package, ending the 43-day hiatus. The government will remain funded until Jan. 30, with...
by Desiree Luo | Nov 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was sworn into the House on Wednesday, 50 days after winning a special election to represent Arizona’s 7th congressional district. Grijalva added the key 218th signature on a bipartisan discharge petition to force a House...
by Aanika Sawhney | Nov 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court justices weighed whether changes in sentencing law can be used as part of a petition for a compassionate release on Wednesday. In the consolidated cases of Rutherford v. United States and Carter v. United States, plaintiffs raised...
by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 13, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court expressed skepticism during oral arguments in Fernandez vs. United States over a New York man’s bid for compassionate release Wednesday morning. After lower courts rulings went back-and-forth on whether to make changes to Joe Fernandez’...
