by Lenna Peterson | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – After recent layoffs of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration and a string of aviation incidents, passengers and experts expressed concerns that U.S. airlines’ excellent safety record could be at risk. About 400 probationary workers were...
by Lenna Peterson | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night, providing a sharp contrast to the partisanship displayed by Trump. Unity was the theme of the address, with Slotkin...
by Lenna Peterson | Mar 5, 2025 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments on Tuesday about whether U.S. gun manufacturers can be held accountable for the production and sale of firearms and the proximate harm their products cause in Mexico by contributing to drug cartel violence. In...
by Lenna Peterson | Feb 19, 2025 | Business, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Labor backpedaled her previous support for repealing right-to-work laws. Senators pressed nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former GOP congresswoman, about a pro-union bill she co-sponsored during her time in...
by Lenna Peterson | Feb 12, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Following on President Trump’s call for the United States to acquire Greenland, senators from both parties on Wednesday coalesced around the need to increase US influence on the Arctic island. In a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Lenna Peterson | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The 17th Annual Lincoln Oratory Festival hosted 293 local elementary and middle school students at Ford’s Theatre, the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The event showcased third-grade through eighth-grade students who performed historical...
by Lenna Peterson | Jan 29, 2025 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Howard Lutnick, billionaire CEO and co-chair of the Trump/Vance transition team, vowed to use his position as commerce secretary to implement the new administration’s tariff policies in a confirmation hearing Wednesday. Vice President JD Vance...
by Lenna Peterson | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At the 537th and final White House press briefing of President Joe Biden’s administration, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre updated the press on reports of a ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas. With just five days remaining...
