by Evan Ochsner | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The head of the Senate Appropriations Committee said Tuesday that the U.S. should spend more than the $2.5 billion proposed by President Donald Trump to address the coronavirus as it continues to spread worldwide. So far, 53 Americans are infected with...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 24, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
LAS VEGAS – More than 80 employees at Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino used their lunch break on Saturday to vote in Nevada’s Democratic caucus. State party officials use such examples as proof that the caucus system worked, but critics say too many voters still...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 24, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
LAS VEGAS — The Nevada caucuses had a starkly different demographic landscape from the contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, two states largely bereft of racial and ethnic diversity. And while the result was the same – a third win for Bernie Sanders, this time the...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 23, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LAS VEGAS–Bernie Sanders won the Nevada Democratic caucuses Saturday by making it a campaign priority and investing resources in the state for months, his third consecutive win in the early primary and caucus states. Sanders entered the contest after winning the...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 20, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LAS VEGAS—It didn’t take long Wednesday for Democrats to target the new face on the debate stage –former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “I like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse faced lesbians,” Sen....
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 14, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics, Topics
ARLINGTON VA. — In her first public event after placing a distant fourth in the New Hampshire primary, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and her campaign remain on course in messaging at a town hall in Arlington, Va., while also laying out a strategy for the...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The USS Fitzgerald returns to sea this week after its 2017 collision with a tanker off the coast of Japan in which seven service members were killed. On Wednesday, Navy Vice Admiral Richard A. Brown and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder told a joint...
by Evan Ochsner | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday presented a rosy view of the economy during the State of the Union that could be a preview of his campaign strategy later this year when he tries to convince voters to give him a second term. Trump spent the first...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 30, 2020 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved two measures intended to limit the president’s ability to take military action in the Middle East. One measure would prevent the president from using funds for military action against Iran unless...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s defense team concluded its opening statement Tuesday, warning senators of undermining the Constitution and urging them to acquit the president. “Reject these articles of impeachment for our country and for the American...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 28, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday continued to publicly urge Republicans to join Democrats in voting to subpoena witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying new revelations should force the GOP lawmakers to get top...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 24, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff closed the Democrats’ three-day opening arguments in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump, pleading Friday for Republican senators to call the witnesses who were prevented from testifying in the...
