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by Kimberly Jin | Jul 5, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump honored the military during his “Salute to America” speech Thursday night at the Lincoln Memorial and announced that he intends to send a manned spacecraft to Mars. “The same American spirit that emboldened our founders,” Trumps...
by Priscilla Zhu and Lu Zhao | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Competitive eater Molly Schuyler finished 32 burgers within 10 minutes in the 10th Annual Z Burger Eating Championship, breaking the 27-burger record she set last year and taking the champion title for the fifth time. The event Wednesday at the...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Revolutionary War era soldiers, women in bonnets and aprons and a canon salute over the Potomac River. Each year Mount Vernon, George Washington’s estate in Virginia, holds an Independence Day celebration that welcomes a new year in the nation’s history...
by Ariana Puzzo | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Heat and humidity did not deter patriotism Thursday when thousands of people gathered outside the National Archives to listen as a host of officials and celebrities read the Declaration of Independence. As the audience used programs in the shape of hand...
by Josephine Chu, Thomas Ilalaole and Ariana Puzzo | Jun 28, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday emphasized the need for humanitarian aid for migrant children at the southern border, reluctantly pledging that the House would pass the Senate’s version of a border funding bill. The Senate on Wednesday passed a $4.5...
by Alexis Shanes | Jun 14, 2019 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Thousands of hardy, toxic chemicals could be threatening the nation’s water supply, and the federal government should step in to help combat the problem, a Michigan chemicals expert told members of Congress on Thursday. Steve Sliver, executive director of...
