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GOP Threatens Funding Cuts Ahead of Campus Antisemitism Hearing

GOP Threatens Funding Cuts Ahead of Campus Antisemitism Hearing

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...
Senators question deputy secretary nominee James O’Neill in committee hearing

Senators question deputy secretary nominee James O’Neill in committee hearing

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...
Congress seeks answers about rising drone activity over military bases

Congress seeks answers about rising drone activity over military bases

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...
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths

by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 1, 2025 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has cancelled federal participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep, STAT and the Medill News Service have learned. The elimination of the National Institutes of Health’s role in...
First-gen Americans back Trump immigration policies at White House Egg Roll

First-gen Americans back Trump immigration policies at White House Egg Roll

by Ashley N. Soriano | May 1, 2025 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people, including some first-generation Americans, attended the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, an event geared toward children and family-friendly events. But not everyone celebrated the holiday by racing to...
HIGHLIGHTS: President Trump hosts Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House

HIGHLIGHTS: President Trump hosts Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House

by Matthew Shea | Apr 29, 2025 | Featured

On Monday, April 28, President Trump hosted the defending Super Bowl Champions – the Philadelphia Eagles – at the White House to commemorate their victory. In his speech, Trump talked about Eagles’ running back Saquon Barkley, Taylor Swift and even proposed an...
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