Supreme Court Lands Blow to EPA’s Jurisdiction Over Wetlands
The ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate water pollution has been severely limited by the Supreme Court ...
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Magdeline Gomes
- May 22
- 3 min
Mexico's Senate Takes on Reform of Mining Industry
Mexico's Senate has approved an extensive reform of laws related to the mining industry. The mining bill was passed alongside 17 other pi...
Lolita Chowdhury
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Tik Tok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Appearance Before House Panel
The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23 to address concerns surrounding the ...
Danielle Uehara
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Devastating Storms Strike Mississippi and the South
On March 24, an unusually powerful tornado struck western Mississippi, killing 26 people and shocking meteorologists. That weekend, sever...
Husnain Malik
- Apr 3
- 3 min
El Salvador's Crackdown on Gang Violence
The 2022–2023 Salvadoran gang crackdown, also known as “the Régimen de Excepción” or the “Guerra Contra las Pandillas” (Spanish for “War ...
Lolita Chowdhury
- Apr 3
- 3 min
The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
On March 1, Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won the Nigerian...
Danielle Uehara
- Apr 1
- 3 min
The World’s Delayed Response to the Situation in Afghanistan
After twenty years of conflict with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, the Taliban, a militant Islamic fundamentalist group, retook contr...
Breanna Crossman
- Mar 25
- 4 min
Who’s Running in the 2024 Presidential Election So Far?
The 2024 Presidential election season is approaching fast, with new faces joining the contentious race for the Oval Office. Here is an ov...
Matthew Inui
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 26 - Mar. 5
Since the UK left the European Union (EU) in 2020, Northern Ireland (which remains part of the UK but shares a land border with the indep...
Matthew Inui
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Spy Balloons Spell Uncertainty for Already Fraying U.S.-China Relations
On January 28, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was detected in U.S. airspace near the Canadian border. After transiting over Can...
Breanna Crossman
- Feb 16
- 5 min
The Contentious 2022 Midterms - Who Won, and What’s Next for the Nation
The midterm elections of 2022 shaped the 118th Congress of the United States and were one of the most influential elections of the past d...
David Lee
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 6-12
On February 6, Turkey and Syria were struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, leaving more than 46,000 dead. The strongest in the country in...
Ariel Donato
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Jan. 30 – Feb. 5
Pursuant to the Biden administration’s new immigration program, U.S. officials have approved more than 7,500 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragu...
Matthew Inui
- Jan 30
- 4 min
McCarthy Wins The Speaker Election, But At What Cost?
On January 6, exactly two years after protestors stormed Capitol Hill and breached the halls of Congress, Republican Representative Kevin...
Matthew Inui
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Jan. 22-29
This week, former Vice President Mike Pence reported that his staff had found a “small number of documents” from his time in the White Ho...
Danielle Uehara
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Why Indonesia’s Recent Earthquake Was So Disastrous
Indonesia, an archipelago nation in Southeast Asia, has one of the world's highest rates of natural disasters. Located in the aptly named...
Mahsa Forghani
- Jan 30
- 6 min
Zan, Zendegi, Azadi: The Current Crisis in Iran
For people worldwide, 1979 carries memories of hostage crises, nuclear accidents, and Soviet invasions. For the people of Iran, 1979 mark...
Magdeline Gomes
- Jan 29
- 2 min
World's Largest Volcano Erupts in Hawaii
Mauna Loa is among one of four volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipel...
Dhruti Pattabhi
- Jan 29
- 2 min
The North Carolina Blackouts
Shadowed by a national cold front, tens of thousands of North Carolinians were also left without electricity. As the potential for domest...
Breanna Crossman
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Weekly News Blast 1/15-1/22
On January 22, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran killed 11 and injured more at a Los Angeles dance hall, inciting new fears about mass shootings a...
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