Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Washington, D.C., United States

Digital Producer at POLITICO

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Young Americans ‘continue to lose faith in government institutions’

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Young Americans are increasingly distrustful of government institutions, a new poll shows. Their reviews of Democrats and Trump aren’t much better. The spring 2025 Harvard Youth Poll reflects a deepening lack of trust in government institutions from a generation that came of age during the Covid-19 pandemic and now faces heightened economic uncertainty.
Young Americans ‘continue to lose faith in government institutions’

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Young people’s trust in government institutions is declining, with Gen Z broadly voicing skepticism of all three branches of government to act in its best interests in a new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School. The spring 2025 Harvard Youth Poll reflects a deepening lack of trust in government institutions from a generation that came of age during the Covid-19 pandemic and now faces heightened economic uncertainty.
Anna Paulina Luna to visit El Salvador amid dueling congressional trips

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she plans to visit El Salvador at the invitation of President Nayib Bukele next month, the latest in a string of congressional trips to the country since it became the epicenter of controversy around President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy. The White House and allied Republicans have cozied up to the Salvadoran president, who has become a key ally in Trump’s deportation messaging campaign.
Hegseth says staffers found leaking ‘will be prosecuted’ amid Pentagon chaos

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

The Defense secretary has faced increased scrutiny as reports of disorder engulf the Pentagon. Chaos at the Pentagon has quickly spiraled under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent days. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said staffers found to be leaking from within the Pentagon “will be prosecuted,” as the embattled Cabinet secretary seeks to fend off reports of turmoil from within his department.
Vance engages in ‘exchange of opinions’ with Vatican over immigration

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

The vice president and Pope Francis have publicly disagreed over the Trump administration’s mass deportations. Vice President JD Vance, who was baptized into the Catholic Church in 2019, attended a Good Friday service at St. Peter’s Basilica with his family April 18.
Iran nuclear talks to enter ‘next phase’ after negotiations in Rome

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held “indirect” negotiations with his Iranian counterpart on Saturday. Special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to have a third round of indirect negotiations with the Iranian foreign minister next Saturday after the start of this week’s technical discussions.
‘I love chess’: Trump allies, Democrats clash over Van Hollen’s El Salvador visit

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Trump and his allies said the Maryland senator’s visit with the illegally deported Salvadoran native was playing into the administration’s hands. Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has led the charge for Democrats pushing for accountability from the administration on the wrongful deportation of a Salvadoran native who lived in Maryland until his removal. | Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images Democrats are celebrating Sen.
Brian Fitzpatrick visits Ukraine amid uncertainty on Ukraine-US relations

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

US-brokered peace talks have taken a back seat to the Trump administration’s tariff policies in recent days. A man walks next to a damaged building at the site of a missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on April 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Riman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images Rep.
Brian Fitzpatrick visits Kyiv amid uncertainty on Ukraine-US relations

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday, affirming his support for the embattled country as relations between the Ukrainian leader and President Donald Trump remain murky. “A lot of people talk a big game about supporting Ukraine. I’m here in Kyiv, Ukraine for one-on-one meetings with President Zelenskyy himself to actually make it happen,” Fitzpatrick wrote on X.
‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

Sen. Lisa Murkowski said a fear of retaliation under President Donald Trump’s administration is rising to levels she’s not seen before, acknowledging this week that it is so pervasive that even the outspoken senator is “oftentimes very anxious” to speak up out of fear of recrimination. The Alaska senator, who has been among Trump’s most prominent critics in the Republican Party, made the startling admission at a conference of nonprofit and tribal leaders in Anchorage on Monday.