by Clara Martinez | Mar 20, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — His top hat, fake mustache and the thick wad of cash he used to wipe his brow made it clear who was sitting behind Netflix’s Co-CEO Ted Sarandos at a Senate hearing in February. An attendee dressed as Mr. Monopoly stood out in the packed room as the...
by Clara Martinez | Mar 12, 2026 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties raised concern over both Iran war spending and how future generations will be impacted by the national debt in a Finance subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called out past Democratic and Republican...
by Clara Martinez | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on what limitations there should be for defendants who waived their right to appeal if their sentence would otherwise be deemed illegal. Courts generally uphold two exceptions to appellate waivers: either the...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched into his State of the Union speech Tuesday night with sweeping bravado about the economy after his first year in office. At best, his claims were misleading or lacked context. At worst, they were blatantly false. Inflation...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on Monday, President Trump told families whose relatives were killed by undocumented immigrants that their loved ones would still be alive if the Biden administration had not allowed “open borders” after the 2020...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 12, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Growing energy consumption from AI data centers dominated the agenda at the National Association of State Energy Officials’ 2026 Energy Policy Outlook Conference last week. Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Judy Chang said...
by Clara Martinez | Feb 4, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A Senate antitrust hearing on Netflix’s proposed $83 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery began Tuesday with debate on market power, labor competition and consolidation in the entertainment industry — before exploding into a partisan fight over...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 29, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Open Market Committee announced that the federal funds rate will remain at 3.5-3.75% on Wednesday. In his first press conference since the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into renovation spending, Federal Reserve Chairman...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 22, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison, R-Miss., blamed rising home prices on a supply issue, which he claimed is caused entirely by government policy during a hearing on Thursday. “That is not a failure of the free...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 21, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON D.C. — On the coldest day of the year, University of Maryland English professor Orrin Wang came to the National Mall on Tuesday to see the anonymous art group The Secret Handshake’s latest protest piece against the Trump administration. “I don’t know if...
by Clara Martinez | Jan 15, 2026 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – In a House Financial Services committee hearing Wednesday, representatives repeatedly criticized the Trump administration’s criminal charges against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Although the Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market...
