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Supreme Court weighs protected status for Haitian, Syrian immigrants

Supreme Court weighs protected status for Haitian, Syrian immigrants

by Jamie Gareh | Apr 30, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON. — Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot left Haiti in 2010 after a deadly earthquake hit the island nation. As hundreds of thousands of Haitians died in the catastrophe, Miot fled to the United States, where he was granted temporary protected status, a...
Supreme Court examines constitutionality of police accessing cellphone location data

Supreme Court examines constitutionality of police accessing cellphone location data

by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON –  The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case that could change how law enforcement uses cell phone location data to investigate crimes in the digital age.    At the center of Chatrie v. United States is whether law enforcement’s use of...
Supreme Court mulls liability of tech firms in overseas rights abuses

Supreme Court mulls liability of tech firms in overseas rights abuses

by Nicole Cheah | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Politics

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday morning about whether a U.S. tech company can be held liable for aiding the Chinese government’s alleged torture of a spiritual minority. The case is centered on whether practitioners in China of the...
King Charles III speaks before joint session of Congress, first monarch of UK to do so since 1991

King Charles III speaks before joint session of Congress, first monarch of UK to do so since 1991

by George Alexandrakis | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics

WASHINGTON — A joint session of Congress played host to a British monarch for the first time in 35 years on Tuesday as King Charles III stood before the legislative branch and spoke about the importance of the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom....
Representatives question plans to outsource NASA work to industry, move contractors in-house

Representatives question plans to outsource NASA work to industry, move contractors in-house

by Amy L. Wong | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Economy, Politics, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — NASA administrator Jared Isaacman faced pushback from representatives on Monday about the iconic agency’s proposed hiring strategy, which would shrink public service opportunities for the younger generation. Isaacman said earlier this week that he plans...
Congress wants to modify boxing law, but will it pack a sucker punch?

Congress wants to modify boxing law, but will it pack a sucker punch?

by Wisdom Howell | Apr 28, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Sports

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) — Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya told U.S. senators during a hearing this week that a House of Representatives-generated boxing reform bill would exploit fighters by creating boxing leagues. The Muhammad Ali American Boxing...
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