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Senators evaluate television ownership cap, consider effects on local news amid potential Nexstar-TEGNA merger

Senators evaluate television ownership cap, consider effects on local news amid potential Nexstar-TEGNA merger

by Marissa Fernandez | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Questions over the Federal Communications Commission’s rule restricting television ownership and whether changes to the ownership cap are needed were the core of a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.  The hearing comes amid debate over a potential...
Listen: Free DC members protest against congressional resolution to overturn DC law

Listen: Free DC members protest against congressional resolution to overturn DC law

by Marissa Fernandez | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn parts of D.C. law. Before this vote, around 40 members of Free DC gathered in U.S Senate office buildings to talk to lawmakers and protest the resolution. Many attendees saw the...
Jeffries emphasizes need for changes at ICE ahead of possible government

Jeffries emphasizes need for changes at ICE ahead of possible government

by Marissa Fernandez | Jan 29, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,  called for immediate and dramatic changes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a press conference Thursday. Jeffries’s comments come as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown. If a...
Supreme Court appeared skeptical of Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Board Governor

Supreme Court appeared skeptical of Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Board Governor

by Marissa Fernandez | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely to prevent the federal government from removing Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook from her position while her legal challenges against the government continue to make their way through the court system. Wednesday...
Republicans, Democrats clash over causes of November National Guard shooting

Republicans, Democrats clash over causes of November National Guard shooting

by Marissa Fernandez | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Senators from two subcommittees Wednesday disagreed on the effectiveness of former president Joe Biden’s Afghan parolee program and whether it contributed to a November shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The alleged shooter, Afghan...

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