by Clara Martinez | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched into his State of the Union speech Tuesday night with sweeping bravado about the economy after his first year in office. At best, his claims were misleading or lacked context. At worst, they were blatantly false. Inflation...
by Melody Xu | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the longest State of the Union address to date, President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared a “war on fraud.” The next day, senators met to denounce fraud in post-Covid federal relief programs. The Small Business Administration failed to thoroughly...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Guests, lawmakers and political dignitaries entered the State of the Union Tuesday evening, walking through the press in Statuary Hall....
by Marissa Fernandez and Ben Shapiro | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union in history at almost 108 minutes Tuesday night. He began the address to Congress, which totaled more than 10,000 words, by stating that America is the “hottest country” in the world. Trump...
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Trump delivered the nation’s longest State of the Union address Tuesday evening as he touted his administration’s immigration enforcement and condemned the actions of Democratic representatives. Among the guests were Charlie Kirk’s...
by Anisha Iqbal and Brooke Sharp | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Many high-profile lawmakers and guests attended the State of the Union address Tuesday, where President Donald Trump spent most of his 107-minute speech boasting his administration’s accomplishments in his second term. “But tonight, after just one...
by Cate Bouvet | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case where a county foreclosed on a Michigan family’s home and sold it at auction at a price far below market value in order to recoup $2,200 in taxes. Pung v. Isabella County, challenges the High Court...
by Alexia Sextou | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday confronted a question that could reshape U.S.-Cuba relations by interpreting a decades-long property rights law for the first time in 30 years. The case, Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, wrangled with how...
by Sarah Han | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed split over whether Exxon Mobil can override immunity protections for foreign companies and sue Cuban companies for expropriating property that Exxon initially owned. The case, Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex,...
by Cate Bouvet | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two groups of protesters with strikingly different objectives demonstrated outside the inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, at which world leaders pledged a combined $7 billion for Gaza’s reconstruction. One group opposed...
by Jasmine Kim | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers on Capitol Hill weigh how quickly autonomous vehicles should be allowed on American roads, one critical issue remains unresolved: ensuring driverless cars can safely navigate around firefighters, EMTs, and police during emergencies. With...
by Brooke Sharp | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The White House doubled down on its criticisms of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Wednesday, amid Moore’s decision to prohibit Maryland law enforcement from partnering with Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in a new bill. “It’s another just...
