by Jiah Choe | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats introduced the Rosa Parks Day Act on Tuesday, which would have been Rosa Parks’s 112th birthday. The bill was reintroduced by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and, if passed, will designate December 1st as the first federal holiday honoring a...
by Samanta Habashy | Jan 31, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Kash Patel, a former Trump administration official and outspoken critic of the intelligence community, about his vision for the FBI as its next director of the Bureau of Investigation. Unlike other confirmation...
by Victoria Ryan | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday. Kennedy’s previous comments on the efficacy of vaccines raised concern from Senate Democrats,...
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...
by Valerie Chu | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Energy Department, Chris Wright, pledged to use science and data to inform his decisions on nuclear waste management, energy and innovation. “Energy is the...
