![Lawmakers challenge Homeland Security Secretary Noem over budget request, FEMA cuts]()
by Angeles Ponpa | May 21, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before Congress to defend the Trump administration’s $175 billion budget request for the Department of Homeland Security, facing bipartisan criticism over proposed cuts to disaster aid and steep increases...
![‘For us, it’s personal’: Protesters gather at Supreme Court over birthright citizenship debate]()
by Ashley N. Soriano | May 21, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
For hours, protesters stood outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. as justices heard oral arguments in a case involving birthright citizenship on May 15. Right now, the Constitution guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. — and that includes children...
![Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends lean HHS budget proposal at Senate hearing]()
by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 20, 2025 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his proposed budget for next year on Tuesday amid challenges from members of both political parties at a budgetary subcommittee hearing. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee of...
![As Trump administration scales back PFAS rules, communities grow frustrated]()
by Finya Swai | May 19, 2025 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — When Dana Sargent’s brother, Grant Raymond, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, she suspected the cause was PFAS, a contaminant to which he and other firefighters were exposed through protective gear,...
![Parents Clash Over Faith Values as SCOTUS Hears Case on LGBTQ+ Education]()
by Jordan Owens | May 16, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — As protesters gathered on the front steps of the Supreme Court, the justices inside heard arguments in a Maryland case that could determine whether parents, due to their religious beliefs, have the right to pull their children out of classes that...
by Matthew Shea | May 15, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
This week, President Donald Trump announced plans for the Department of Defense to accept a gift of a $400 million luxury jet from the Qatari royal family to be remodeled into a new Air Force One, a position he has defended despite constitutional, ethical and national...
