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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 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...
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by Ashley N. Soriano | May 13, 2025 | Immigration
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s deportations Thursday, May 8, as Democratic senators accused the president of illegally sending U.S. citizens and legal residents to other...
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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...
by Erin Drumm | May 10, 2025 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, senators from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discussed the need to accelerate U.S. artificial intelligence innovation to maintain global leadership in AI development. “The United States leads today, but what I...
