Medill on the Hill
  • Home
  • Business
  • Education
  • Health
  • Living
  • Politics
  • National Security
  • Environment
  • Reporters
Select Page
“You should step down”: Bipartisan lawmakers hammer Kristi Noem over immigration enforcement

“You should step down”: Bipartisan lawmakers hammer Kristi Noem over immigration enforcement

by Alexia Sextou | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Topics

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Tuesday as she faced intense scrutiny by lawmakers during her first Senate hearing since the Minnesota Immigration and Customs Enforcement shootings in...
In photos: Former USAID employees rally one year after shutdown

In photos: Former USAID employees rally one year after shutdown

by Sarah Han | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — Dressed in red and blue, hundreds of former USAID employees rallied at the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the agency’s shutdown. In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued a 90-day freeze on foreign aid...
Rubio hearing heats up over US role in Venezuela

Rubio hearing heats up over US role in Venezuela

by Sarah Han and Isabel Papp | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., clashed at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday over whether U.S. actions could spark international conflict after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. ...
Is climate change a losing message for Democrats?

Is climate change a losing message for Democrats?

by David Sun | Jan 28, 2026 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON — With the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and environmental regulations being dismantled under the Trump administration, Democrats are reexamining whether climate change still resonates in American politics.  Earlier this week, the...
In Photos: MLK Day Peace Walk Honors Civil Rights Leader as the Trump Administration Reviews U.S. History

In Photos: MLK Day Peace Walk Honors Civil Rights Leader as the Trump Administration Reviews U.S. History

by Dasha Dubinina | Jan 20, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Sandra Moreland and Carl Grady finally visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on Friday, after a previous visit was thwarted by the government shutdown. The couple traveled from Detroit for a second time in a few...
Page 1 of 212»

Medill on Twitter

Tweets by medillonthehill

Medill Today – February 11, 2026

Error! You must specify a value for the Video ID, Width, Height and Anchor parameters to use this shortcode!

© 2025 Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Medill School of Journalism

Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
www.medill.northwestern.edu

Northwestern University

www.northwestern.edu

Search Stories

Latest Stories

  • ‘Intentional Chaos’: Ankle Monitors Surge in ICE Supervision Program March 27, 2026
  • Why potential leaders are walking away from state legislatures March 23, 2026
  • Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny March 23, 2026

Special Reports

  • Campaign 2024
  • Cybersecurity

About Medill on the Hill

Medill on the Hill is part of Medill News Service, the Washington Program of the Medill School of Journalism. Undergraduate journalism students report on Congress, the White House and federal policy and politics in a real-time environment. Their stories appear on this website and in news outlets that partner with Medill.

Medill is widely recognized as one of the leading schools of its kind in the world. For more than 100 years, the school has trained generations of highly respected journalists and advertising and IMC professionals.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS

Medill School of Journalism ©2016-2020 | Northwestern University