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Media Tip Sheet: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and Political Humor in America

The Kennedy Center hosted comedians in Washington DC this past Sunday to honor (or roast) Conan O’Brien as the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Award

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Media Tip Sheet: NTSB Issues Warning about Bridges in New York and New Jersey

The National Transit Safety Board has issued a warning for bridges in New York and New Jersey that need to be checked.

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New Study Reveals How Polluting Industries and Healthcare Disparities Drive Congenital Heart Defect Rates in Mexico

A one of its kind study has uncovered the significant role that environmental pollution and healthcare disparities play in the prevalence of congenital heart defects in Mexico.

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Media Tip Sheet: Canada’s Leader Calls for Snap Federal Election

Canada’s newly-elected Prime Minister, Mark Carney, has called for a general election for April 28, 2025.

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Media Tip Sheet: Wildfires Rage in the Carolinas, State of Emergency Declared

At least three wildfires have broken out in a rural North Carolina county, leading to evacuations and emergency declarations and destroying at least three homes and other buildings.

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Media Tip Sheet: Executive Use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is seeing action on political and legal fronts this week after President Trump’s invocation of the Act to

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Screen Time Spiked During the Pandemic

Experts at the George Washington University can discuss all aspects of the debate over screen time.

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64,000 Pages of Kennedy Files Released

President Trump’s administration on Tuesday began releasing what it said were all of the government's classified files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, making public what...

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Corcoran’s NEXT Festival Returns Bigger & Bolder with Expansion to Second-Floor Galleries

The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University is proud to present the NEXT Festival 2025, an annual celebration showcasing the work of our graduating students. The...