by David Sun | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senators condemned Jeremy Carl, President Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Thursday. The confirmation hearing allowed senators to probe four Trump...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators questioned ICE’s methods during testimony by DHS officials about violence conducted by ICE during Operation Metro Surge, the recent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. “Americans protesting shouldn’t give ICE the right...
by Gloria Ngwa and Brooke Sharp | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Wednesday criticized the Trump administration for economic and civil rights policies they say harm Black Americans. In her opening remarks, caucus chairwoman...
by Brooke Sharp | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Homendy, Chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for ignoring the warning signs about the risk of passenger aircraft and helicopters sharing the same airspace before the 2025 midair...
by Dasha Dubinina | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressional members confronted Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday over allegations that she redacted alleged perpetrators’ names in the Epstein files while failing to protect victims’ identities. “This is bigger than Watergate,” Rep....
by Cayla Labgold-Carroll | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — On the 108th day of their walk across much of the U.S., a group of Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for the final leg of their ‘Walk for Peace’. The monks, who began their pilgrimage in Fort Worth, Texas, described the walk as a...
by Isabel Papp | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – A “war against God” is being waged globally, according to witnesses at a congressional hearing on Feb. 4 calling for U.S. intervention to support religious freedom overseas. Amid increasing reports of persecution of Christians in Nicaragua, Nigeria, and...
by Marissa Fernandez | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Questions over the Federal Communications Commission’s rule restricting television ownership and whether changes to the ownership cap are needed were the core of a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday. The hearing comes amid debate over a potential...
by Carlotta Angiolillo | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Washington Post remains mired in upheaval after laying off at least one-third of its staff last Wednesday. The Associated Press reported Saturday that publisher and CEO Will Lewis resigned amid criticism of his handling of the staff layoffs. The...
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...
