by Brennan Leach | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics
Morgantown, W. Va. — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) must soon decide if he will seek reelection from a majority Republican constituency. Manchin is no stranger to high-stakes decisions, as he often determined the life or death of President Biden’s...
by Brennan Leach | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
National Harbor, Md – Conservatives from around the country gathered to hear speeches and participate in a presidential straw poll at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord Hotel in Maryland. Trumpism loomed large at the conference, with...
by Brennan Leach | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
National Harbor, Md, – Trumpism was on full display at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend as thousands gathered for the four-day conference at the Gaylord Hotel in Maryland. Support for former President Donald Trump was more reminiscent of an...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senators discussed the legality and impact of the Equal Rights Amendment, which would guarantee gender equity under the law, in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this Tuesday. The Equal Rights Amendment, also called ERA, was first introduced in 1923...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Marianne Williamson confirmed in an interview with Medill News Service on Thursday that she is running for president as a Democrat, becoming the first announced candidate for the party. The best-selling spiritual author and 2020 Democratic presidential...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Protesters from all ends of the political spectrum gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, setting aside their ideological differences to advocate for one common goal: ending war. The rally, entitled “Rage Against the War Machine,” primarily called...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats doubled-down on the label of “extreme MAGA Republicans” in Congress after heckles during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. “I’m confident that the overwhelming majority of the American people found that aggressive,...
by Brennan Leach | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In his first State of the Union address to a divided Congress, President Joe Biden emphasized unity. House Democrats, however, spotlight chaos and dysfunction within the GOP that have made that goal nearly impossible. Biden began his speech Tuesday...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Ma.), along with other House and Senate Democrats, have introduced legislation to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. “There is no time limit on equality,” said Pressley on Tuesday at a...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans have revitalized a plan to eliminate the IRS and replace it with a mammoth sales tax. This time, it may even get a vote in Congress. The Fair Tax Act, introduced this month by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), breathes new life into a...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 25, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break. The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a broad national strategy to provide resources and justice for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the wake of recent hate crimes and lack of reliable data on the communities. The plan announced...
