by Huiyan Li | May 15, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Republicans and Democrats clashed on May 7 at a House Budget Committee hearing over how to address the nation’s mounting federal debt—whether to raise revenue through tax increases or cut spending on federal programs such as Medicaid. Both parties agreed...
by Huiyan Li | May 15, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured
By Huiyan Li, Athan Yanos WASHINGTON–Following the 100th day of Donald Trump’s second term as president, polls showed that Americans were increasingly worried about their economic future. On Day 101, two Medill reporters set out across neighborhoods in the...
by Matthew Shea | May 14, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will end U.S. sanctions on Syria “for the first time in more than a decade,” presenting a major U.S. policy shift that follows the overthrow of the Assad regime in December. The removal of sanctions, which Trump...
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by Jordan Owens | May 12, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — As anti-Israel protests increased on campuses this week, some Republican members of Congress blasted universities for failing to stop anti-semitism. “It’s a moral issue, and every school that allows this chaos to continue needs to lose all...
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by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 8, 2025 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – The deputy secretary nominee of the Department of Health and Human Services faced direct questioning on the current changes happening at the largest department in the federal government. James O’Neill, President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy...
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by Ashley N. Soriano | May 1, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — The House Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Tuesday questioned Department of Defense officials about an increase in unauthorized drone activity over military bases and criminal cartels’ drone usage at the southern border. Lawmakers...
