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Politics / StudentNation / June 10, 2025 Activists are butting heads with a local preservation organization over a proposal to turn part of the city’s North Beach neighborhood into a nationally registered historic district. Ad Policy Pedestrians cross Union Street in the North Beach district in San Francisco.(David Paul Morris / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more Student Nation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If…

The average age of moms giving birth in the U.S. continues to rise, hitting nearly 30 years old in 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In the report, published Friday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, researchers found the average age of all mothers giving birth in the United States increased from 28.7 years old in 2016 to 29.6 in 2023. For new first-time moms, average age also increased, from 26.6 in 2016 to 27.5 in 2023. The data was taken from the National Vital Statistics System, which includes all birth records…

Washington — A federal appeals court late Thursday temporarily halted a judge’s ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from deploying members of the California National Guard in Los Angeles and ordered President Trump to return control to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Trump administration can deploy the National Guard to L.A. while the court considers the administration’s appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said late Thursday.The Ninth Circuit Court ordered a hearing before the three-judge panel for June 17 on the case.U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that California officials are likely to succeed in their challenge to the…

The House of Representatives voted to claw back two years of federal funding for public broadcasting Thursday in a largely party line vote. The bill heads to the Senate next. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today, the House of Representatives voted to claw back two years of federal funding for public broadcasting. Largely party-line vote, the bill heads to the Senate next. NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh is at the Capitol. She joins us now. And I need to add our usual disclaimer that no NPR News executives had any input into this story. Hi, Deirdre.DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey there, Mary…

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America’s working and middle classes face a dual crisis: declining trust that government can deliver for ordinary people, and an accelerating concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. Yet, rather than train their focus outwards, Democrats appear trapped in an increasingly bitter internal fight about the direction of the party—one centered around the two broad concepts of “populism” and “abundance.”Populists, represented by figures like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue that America’s defining problem is an inequality so extreme that three billionaires hold more wealth than the bottom half of the population combined. For…

Israel’s military targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and research scientists in what it called preemptive airstrikes early Friday morning — and said it would continue the attacks in the coming days.In a video statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the strikes — dubbed “Operation Rising Lion” — as “a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.” Iranian state television said the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami, was killed in the strikes.The United States was not part of the operation and was not involved in intelligence sharing, multiple U.S. sources told CBS…

Trump impeached in historic House vote – CBS News Watch CBS News The House voted Wednesday night to impeach President Trump after a full day of debating. He joins Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson as the only presidents in U.S. history to be impeached. Nancy Cordes has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Politics / StudentNation / June 11, 2025 The proposed budget cuts would hurt millions of Americans, as the typical borrower with a college degree will see their student loan payments spike more than $2,928 per year. Ad Policy Donald Trump signs executive orders relating to higher education institutions, alongside US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.(Saul Loeb / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more Student Nation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through…

Justice Department inspector general testifies about report on the Russia investigation – CBS News Watch CBS News The FBI was under fire after an inspector general’s report found serious flaws and falsified documents in its probe of the 2016 election. Catherine Herridge has the details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link