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by Kimberly Jin | Jul 5, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump honored the military during his “Salute to America” speech Thursday night at the Lincoln Memorial and announced that he intends to send a manned spacecraft to Mars. “The same American spirit that emboldened our founders,” Trumps...
by Priscilla Zhu and Lu Zhao | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Competitive eater Molly Schuyler finished 32 burgers within 10 minutes in the 10th Annual Z Burger Eating Championship, breaking the 27-burger record she set last year and taking the champion title for the fifth time. The event Wednesday at the...
by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Revolutionary War era soldiers, women in bonnets and aprons and a canon salute over the Potomac River. Each year Mount Vernon, George Washington’s estate in Virginia, holds an Independence Day celebration that welcomes a new year in the nation’s history...
by Ariana Puzzo | Jul 4, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Heat and humidity did not deter patriotism Thursday when thousands of people gathered outside the National Archives to listen as a host of officials and celebrities read the Declaration of Independence. As the audience used programs in the shape of hand...
by Andre Earls | Jul 2, 2019 | Education
WASHINGTON – The NCAA established a committee in May to examine the implications of North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker’s bill that would allow college athletes to be paid for endorsements or appearances, but Walker’s office said it will schedule a meeting in the coming...
by Ebony Curry and Kelly Rissman | Jul 1, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — One week before President Trump’s planned mass deportation operations, hundreds of protesters marched in a bilingual community rally, sponsored by Sanctuary DMV and other immigrant advocacy groups, on Saturday evening. The rally also was spurred by...
