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    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 13: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. On Wednesday Senate Democrats, not in line with the continuing resolution passed by House Republicans providing a six-month funding extension to avert a government shutdown, proposed an alternate plan that would fund the government in the short term through April 11. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
    Senate passes 6-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline
    The Senate passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure.
    The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into more than 50 universities, including Towson University, for alleged racial discrimination.
    More than 50 universities, including Towson, face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign
    The Education Department announced the new investigations Friday, one month after issuing a memo warning America’s schools and colleges that they could lose federal money.
    ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30:  Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. According to reports there were no survivors amongst the 67 people on board both aircraft.
    Helicopter route permanently closed on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash
    Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.‘s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 people.
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
    Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risking a government shutdown.
    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference following a policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Senate Democrats refuse to go along with GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears
    Debates over funding the federal government routinely erupt in deadline moments but this year it’s showing the political leverage of Republicans.
    U.S. President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions while hosting Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin in the Oval Office at the White House on March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Judge orders Trump to rehire probationary federal workers let go in mass firings
    The case is among multiple lawsuits challenging the mass firings.
    The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
    Maryland joins Democratic-led states suing over Education Department layoffs
    In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Massachusetts, 20 states and Washington, D.C., say the layoffs are so severe that the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory requirements.”
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 18: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin signs a Water Policy Announcement at the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on February 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made a water policy announcement and held a signing ceremony with members of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation.  (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
    EPA head to roll back landmark regulations: ‘Driving dagger through the heart of climate-change religion’
    The head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles.
    A member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)
    What happened to Sudiksha Konanki? Spring breaker vanished days ago in Dominican Republic
    Investigators continue to search for a college student from Virginia who vanished earlier this month while visiting the Dominican Republic.
    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaking to the media.
    The EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and slaps tariffs on produce from Republican states
    The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on U.S. industrial and farm products.
    President Trump is escalating a trade war with the United States’ northern neighbor and standing unmoved by recent stock market turmoil and rising recession risks.
    Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes
    President Donald Trump’s spate of tax increases on imports and plans for more have roiled the stock market and stirred up recession risks.
    Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination.
    Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
    The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization.
    ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 31: Recovery teams search the wreckage after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 31, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people on both aircraft.
    NTSB urges ban on some helicopter flights at Washington airport where 67 people died
    Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people recommended a ban on some helicopter flights Tuesday to improve safety, saying the current setup “poses an intolerable risk.”
    Last spring, protestors created an encampment at Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus at a grassy area called “The Beach.” They pitched tents and created signs in honor of Palestine.
    Feds threaten Hopkins, other colleges with funding cuts over antisemitism claims
    Like many other colleges last spring, Hopkins grappled with balancing free speech and campus safety after students organized a pro-Palestinian demonstration.
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 06: Dr. Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Dr. Makary is a cancer surgeon, researcher at Johns Hopkins University, and has also been a Fox News commentator.
    What we know about Trump’s FDA pick, Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary
    Makary is considered one of Trump’s more conventional health nominees and is widely expected to be confirmed.
    Single-engine plane crashes in southern Pennsylvania
    Five people were onboard the single-engine plane that crashed and burst into flames in a parking lot near a small airport.
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks  after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
    Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
    The mass email went to a “broad population of HHS employees,” landing in their inboxes days before agency heads are due to offer plans for shrinking their workforces.
    AUSTIN, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 20: Customers enter and exit a Target store on November 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Target falls 22% after sales and earnings came short of analysts expectations. The retail giant continues struggling to gain leverage and momentum with inflation-weary consumers.
    A 40-day Target boycott began this week. What to know about the protest and its potential impact.
    A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period began this week.
    Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, on Oct. 18, 2023.
    Pope Francis rests in hospital recovering from double pneumonia as Vatican and Holy Year march on without him
    Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Saturday as the Vatican machinery and Holy Year celebrations marched on without him, this weekend dedicated to the Catholic Church’s volunteers.
    Rep. Johnny Olszewski Jr. speaks during a rally held by Maryland delegation members outside the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn last month. The rally was for protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid amid reports of DOGE interference.
    Unions ask Maryland court to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions
    A group of labor unions is asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.
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