by Karishma Bhuiyan | May 23, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Kenyan President William Ruto is on an official state visit to the United States in an effort to strengthen relations and cooperation between the two countries – the first visit from an African leader since 2008. U.S. President Joe Biden plans to...
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by Karishma Bhuiyan and Andrew Fang | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang, about one in 17. According to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a...
by Anastasia Mason and Yiqing Wang | Apr 3, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Every week in downtown D.C., near the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, hundreds of aspiring new Americans from 100 different countries navigate past groups of tourists and students on field trips to attend in-depth civics...
by Esther Frances | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Science + Technology, Transportation
WASHINGTON — The Washington Area Metro Transit Authority showcased their new 8000-series train and zero-emissions bus at the Fleet of the Future Expo on the National Mall. Attendees can walk through and explore the train and bus model, which highlight new...
by Anastasia Mason and Emma McNamee | Mar 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Transportation
It’s taken 72 years for Donald Barrett, who has been blind his entire life, to feel “fully and completely independent,” a success he credits to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s MetroAccess system. “It’s the kind of independence that touches your...
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by Esther Frances | Mar 13, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – After unsuccessful efforts to include Missouri residents in a decades-old law that compensates victims of radiation from nuclear weapons development, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley succeeded last week in getting the Senate to pass an expansion. The Senate...
