by Andrew Merica | Feb 15, 2017 | Cybersecurity
WASHINGTON – Conservative and liberal groups have spent years locked in heated battles over the best way forward on such issues as economic and health care policy. But there’s a common enemy uniting far left and right wing groups: Government surveillance. After...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 22, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – A federal election official drew parallels between under-representation of women in American government to their lack of representation in Colombian government Tuesday at a Latin American think tank. Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said that...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 16, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – There are “significant concerns” about the U.S. military’s strength and its ability to combat global threats, according to a report released Wednesday by a leading conservative think tank. “Clearly, the takeaway on this … is that the...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – When Antonio Taguba turned 65 years old, he got a notice in the mail that he needed to sign up for Medicare – but when he tried to sign up, he was told Social Security had a problem with his application. He needed to contact that office immediately. “I...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 8, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Andrew Merica sat down with Professor Michele Swers of Georgetown to talk about women in politics, the college-education gap and the campaigns. Look out later tonight for the full interview.
by Andrew Merica | Nov 8, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Just blocks from the White House, which come January will have a new occupant, reporter Andrew Merica discusses another important race – the senate. Where republicans and democrats are battling for control.
by Andrew Merica | Nov 8, 2016 | National Security
In America, we enjoy our First Amendment right to a free press. Unfortunately, numerous other countries do not have that luxury. Non-profit press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has ranked the country of Turkmenistan 178 out of 180 countries in...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 26, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Fewer than one out of every four millennial voters will cast a ballot for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November because the Republican Party has been “asleep at the wheel,” a top Republican pollster said last week. Some young...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 26, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The federal government seems incapable of dealing with the major challenges America faces, said 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Wednesday in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Video by Andrew Merica/MNS Romney, the former...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 18, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Nearly eight out of 10 registered Latino voters will cast their ballots in the 2016 election, breaking the 2012 record by nearly 2 million voters, according to a projection released Tuesday by a leading Latino civic engagement group. Based on a survey by...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Gun rights has not been the most critical issue in the presidential campaign, but former National Rifle Association president David Keene reminded an audience Wednesday that because the next president will fill the vacant Supreme Court seat,...
by Andrew Merica | Oct 11, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
Ninety minutes before the debate, the spin room and media filing center at Washington University in St. Louis were buzzing with activity. Networks were live on air with pre-debate coverage, and reporters, producers and journalists of all kind were running...
