by Isaiah Steinberg | Dec 11, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — For more than 50 years, decisions about whether to protect a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) were made by scientists. Now, Congress is increasingly prepared to overrule them. Experts warn that President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda —...
by Kally Proctor | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices seemed likely to expand presidential ability to fire the heads of independent, multi-member federal agencies during oral arguments Monday. The case centers around President Donald Trump’s firing of Rebecca Slaughter from the Federal...
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 Isabella Jacob | Nov 11, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – On March 1, President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring English as the United States’ official language. Since then, some federal agencies, like the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing & Urban Development, have...
by Isaiah Steinberg | Oct 10, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Nine days into the first government shutdown since 2019, about 750,000 federal employees have been furloughed, and the Trump administration announced Friday that it has begun laying off workers. Medill News Service spoke with four federal employees at...
