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...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Sep 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the White House on Thursday for the first time since the U.S. imposed sanctions on Turkey in 2020 for purchasing an air defense system from Russia. Now, President Erdoğan is hoping...
by Joshua Sukoff | Apr 4, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration increasingly welcomes vloggers and social media influencers into press briefings and the Oval Office, established outlets like the Associated Press find themselves excluded from the century-old press pool, sparking controversy...
by Jerry Wu | Mar 5, 2025 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The White House granted a one month-exemption to any tariffs on cars coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Wednesday. Leavitt said that President Trump had met with the leaders of the “Big...
by Caroline Killilea | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – First Lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House holiday theme for the final time during her husband’s presidency: a season of peace and light. The White House offered tours of the decor on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. The theme was intended...
