by Reece Dower | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alternated between championing a proposed massive increase to defense spending and fielding attacks from Democratic lawmakers during testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. It marked the secretary’s first...
by Jacques Abou-Rizk | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Some time since President Donald Trump’s second term began, the White House removed a reference to April’s Arab American Heritage Month from its website. Former President Joe Biden’s 2024 proclamation now only exists in internet archives. As the...
by Gabriel Matias Castilho | Apr 29, 2026 | Energy, Environment, Featured
A key Republican joined Democrats in pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research and data collection programs at a House environment subcommittee hearing Tuesday. NOAA requested a 26...
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by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case that could change how law enforcement uses cell phone location data to investigate crimes in the digital age. At the center of Chatrie v. United States is whether law enforcement’s use of...
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by George Alexandrakis | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — A joint session of Congress played host to a British monarch for the first time in 35 years on Tuesday as King Charles III stood before the legislative branch and spoke about the importance of the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom....
by Wisdom Howell | Apr 28, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Sports
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) — Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya told U.S. senators during a hearing this week that a House of Representatives-generated boxing reform bill would exploit fighters by creating boxing leagues. The Muhammad Ali American Boxing...
