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Doomsday Clock ticks to 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to global catastrophe

Doomsday Clock ticks to 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to global catastrophe

by Micah Sandy | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday moved the hands of its symbolic Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, signaling that humanity is the closest it has ever been to catastrophe. According to the Bulletin, growing geopolitical tensions,...
Money Makes the World Go Round Roundtable

Money Makes the World Go Round Roundtable

by Samanta Habashy | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – On the 15th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, and one day after President Trump’s inauguration, House Democrats made one thing certain: money determines politics, not the other way around. “One of...
After Trump rescues TikTok, users and lawmakers weigh its future

After Trump rescues TikTok, users and lawmakers weigh its future

by Valerie Chu | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Shortly before midnight on Jan. 18, 2025, TikTok’s 170 million users opened the app to see a message informing them that the app was banned in the United States. But the message added: “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work...
Brooke Rollins questioned on tariffs, immigration at confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary

Brooke Rollins questioned on tariffs, immigration at confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary

by Micah Sandy | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, defended President Trump’s immigration, tariff and telework policies Thursday during her confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture,...
Elise Stefanik affirms her allegiance to Trump and support for Israel

Elise Stefanik affirms her allegiance to Trump and support for Israel

by Rachel Spears | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Throughout her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)  asserted her commitment to President Trump and his political agenda, jumping to the defense of a member of the president’s inner circle who was accused of making an antisemitic...
WATCH: Thousands gather for People’s March on Washington

WATCH: Thousands gather for People’s March on Washington

by Jorge Martinez and Micah Sandy | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters marched down the streets of Washington on Saturday to voice their concerns over climate change, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedoms before Donald Trump’s inauguration.  Protesters started in Franklin Park, McPherson Square or...
Trump Pardons Over 1,500 Jan. 6 Rioters, Dividing Republicans

Trump Pardons Over 1,500 Jan. 6 Rioters, Dividing Republicans

by Joshua Sukoff | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — In one of his first acts since returning to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued pardons to over 1,500 individuals convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and commuted the sentences of 14 individuals charged with violent...
Photo Gallery: Looking in, but fenced out

Photo Gallery: Looking in, but fenced out

by Valerie Chu and Norah D'Cruze | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Cheers, horns and rumbling from distant gun salutes filled the air in front of the Capitol shortly after noon, where dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters gathered behind fencing to celebrate his inauguration. “USA! USA! USA!” Some people pumped...
Trump’s first day meets frigid temperatures: attendees relocate inside to view the inauguration

Trump’s first day meets frigid temperatures: attendees relocate inside to view the inauguration

by Jeremy Fredricks | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s inauguration moved inside because of cold temperatures, a move which hasn’t taken place since 1985. The parade took place inside Capital One Arena in D.C. and featured a fraction of the expected attendees. Medill News...
Listen: Trump supporters converge for inauguration, excited for second term

Listen: Trump supporters converge for inauguration, excited for second term

by Edward Cruz and Rachel Spears | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics

  WASHINGTON — Thousands of people supporting President Donald Trump coalesced at Capital One Arena on Sunday and Monday to celebrate his victory and hear him speak. Trump announced last week that he was moving Monday’s inauguration festivities indoors. Some of...
Trump fans from around the country and abroad brave frigid temperatures to cheer his second inauguration

Trump fans from around the country and abroad brave frigid temperatures to cheer his second inauguration

by Sasha Draeger-Mazer and Sofia Sorochinskaia | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Judd Zimmermann’s daughter hasn’t spoken to him since November because of his support for Donald Trump. His wife voted for Kamala Harris. “It’s like the Civil War, it’s breaking a lot of families apart,” said Zimmermann. Despite the pain Trump’s election...
Trump becomes the 47th President, orders borders closed for many would-be migrants

Trump becomes the 47th President, orders borders closed for many would-be migrants

by Jerry Wu | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, vowing to usher the country back to its “Golden Age” and issuing a flurry of executive orders and actions on his first day back in office. Just past noon,...
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