by Rupa Palla | Mar 25, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law 10 years ago this month. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, access to health care will likely weigh heavily on voters in the remaining Democratic primaries leading up to the Democratic National...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 12, 2020 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The economic relationship between the United States and India has grown under the leadership of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, but the future of trade between the countries is uncertain. The U.S. goods and services...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
WASHINGTON – It’s not easy. Sen. Bernie Sanders began his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination with hopes of bringing millions of young voters into the political process. On Super Tuesday he got the youth vote, but it wasn’t enough. According to Pew...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Topics
RICHMOND — Virginia Commonwealth University students felt the “Bern” at a Super Tuesday watch party as they anxiously waited for results, but a Bernie Sanders victory never came. Nearly all of the VCU students who gathered to watch the election results on TV at...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has surged in Virginia after his landslide victory in South Carolina Saturday, but he still trails behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t., leading into...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
NORFOLK, V.A.— Former Vice President Joe Biden relayed a renewed sense of hope to Virginia voters Sunday as some of the state’s top Democrats endorsed his Democratic presidential bid, similar to Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement in South Carolina that was a vital part...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 18, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Six Democratic presidential candidates will participate in Wednesday night’s debate in Nevada, with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg making his first debate appearance. The Democratic National Committee set two qualification thresholds:...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – Space weather – the reactions between the sun, solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field – poses significant threats to global commerce and human life that need to be better understood, experts told a Senate committee Wednesday. Members of the Senate...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the podium at her weekly press conference to express her issues with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. She questioned the accuracy of Tuesday night’s speech, calling it a “manifesto of...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON – While Democrats and Republicans Tuesday showed few signs of bipartisanship during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, there were a few moments where the two sides appeared to agree — on criminal justice reform and increasing...
by Rupa Palla | Jan 24, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Friday marked the 47th annual March for Life rally where pro-lifers from across the country came to Capitol Hill to support the movement. Matt Surdyke was one of the thousands in attendance. He came to represent those who have “no one to...
by Rupa Palla | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment managers laid the groundwork for the case against President Donald Trump Wednesday, emphasizing that the president’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine threatened U.S. security. On the second day of the Senate impeachment...
