by Jacques Abou-Rizk | May 12, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — American journalist Reza Valizadeh visited his elderly Iranian parents in March 2024 for the first time in 15 years. Valizadeh’s stories for Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded outlets often criticized the Iranian regime. So before...
by Samantha Freeman | May 10, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump threatened to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a review council he appointed released a final report on Thursday to overhaul the agency by reducing administrative costs and shifting responsibility...
by Olivia Ardito | May 7, 2026 | Featured, Health, Health, Politics, Social Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – There was rare bipartisan support to increase funding for the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday in the House Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related...
by George Alexandrakis | May 6, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Five of seven Republican Indiana state senators who successfully voted to block a Trump-backed redistricting plan last year lost their primaries Tuesday, after the president endorsed challengers against them. The result underscored the influence of an...
by Naisha Roy | May 6, 2026 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.” The butterflies symbolized immigrants...
by Olivia Ardito | May 6, 2026 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics, Social Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With more than 1000 Muslims traveling to the nation’s capital last week for the 11th National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, Texas was cited as a state of increased Islamophobia. Hosted by the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations, this...
