A Senate committee discussed the future of the U.S.-China AI race Thursday with testimonies from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other American tech executives My latest for The Fulcrum thefulcrum.us/senate-committ…

Fired U.S. workers, gathering in Capitol for 10th time, urge Congress to reverse DOGE cuts Source: UPI News share.newsbreak.com/d2fxgqqn?s=i2

Reporting from “Hands Off CPSC” press conference on the Trump administration’s firing of the 3 Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 🧵

Protestors from CASA, Inc. gathered outside today as SCOTUS heard arguments for upholding the 14th amendment which gives birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and those temporarily in the US. Reporting for Medill News Service

As #SCOTUS decides on the LGBTQ+ Ed case, #MahmoudvTaylor. Religious parents on both sides debate the morals of this case. Read more on this issue in my Sojourners article below: sojo.net/articles/news/…

At the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on public health services for Native American communities, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, urged the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct tribal consultation. Medill News Service

As the EPA moves to rollback some drinking water protections, communities exposed to PFAS say they're still paying the price. My latest for UPI.com Medill News Service upi.com/Top_News/US/20…

Secretary Kennedy Medill News Service During the initial statements from ranking member Sen. Tammy Baldwin, she referenced the CDC cutting the Safe to Sleep Campaign, which I broke for STAT News a couple of weeks ago. Medill News Service This also happened last week. x.com/IBelkoura/stat…

Elizabeth Warren spoke to fired, Federal workers today on the US Capitol steps. They are at Congress for the 11th Tuesday in a row to demonstrate the importance of their former federal agencies to the American people. Medill News Service

Full room ahead of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Subcommittee on Africa & Global Health Policy discussing “China’s malign influence in Africa.” We will be hearing from a Department of State Bureau of African Affairs senior official. Reporting for my enterprise with Medill News Service

Reporting today for Medill News Service on the National Mall. In honor of D-Day, hundreds of veterans have gathered on the Mall to protest President Donald J. Trump Elon Musk @SecDef and VA Secretary Doug Collins

Hi everyone! I am working on a story about the shift in US foreign policy towards Africa. If you have any experts, officials, or people on the ground from various African countries — I would appreciate to connect with them for a brief phone interview. Thanks!

Special thanks to Northwestern Medill alums Peter Alexander and Caroline Kenny from NBC News for taking time out of their day to chat with us at the White House!

Thank you Caroline Kenny and Peter Alexander for meeting with @Medill students impromptu at the White House last week. Another wonderful example of the Medill Mafia in action! Finya Swai Ismael M. Belkoura Jordan Owens Matthew Shea

In February, I traveled to Latvia. While there, I met and interviewed many young Russian-speaking Latvians who described heightened tensions between ethnic Latvians and ethnic Russians in Riga. I published an article on my findings with New Eastern Europe neweasterneurope.eu/2025/06/12/ins…

Congratulations Athan Yanos for your terrific publication from our Northwestern Medill Explores trip to Latvia.