by Rachel Schlueter | Jan 5, 2024 | Education, Featured
For 15 years, three large boulders located on the University of Texas at Dallas campus were used to publicize events, display art and present political messages. After Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack of Israel, which killed about 1,200 people, and Israel’s subsequent...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – For Ruby Chen, this Thanksgiving holiday served as a reminder of the dark reality his family has faced for 54 days. “We celebrated Thanksgiving with an empty chair,” Chen said. Chen’s 19-year-old son, Itay, has been held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Democrats slammed Republicans at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday for failing to address gun violence in Mexico, which is a root cause of human trafficking at the southern U.S. border. This criticism comes amid a historic increase...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 13, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Democratic senators urged Congress at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday to provide more funding to the Internal Revenue Service so that greater scrutiny can be applied to ultra-wealthy Americans who exploit tax loopholes. Last week,...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
THE PLAINS, VA. – Natalie Erdossy had always voted for Democrats in state and nationwide elections. Until Glenn Youngkin came along two years ago. “Governor Youngkin is the first Republican that I ever voted for for a higher office,” the mom of four said. “And it was...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As former president Donald Trump continues to face legal battles across the country, one case involving his name has reached the Supreme Court. But he was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, nor is he one of the parties involved. The Supreme Court heard...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 26, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan senators on a Foreign Relations subcommittee on Wednesday said they were concerned about the ability of grain shipments to be shipped from Ukraine to the rest of the world after Russia engaged in a naval blockade and dropped out of a grain...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government will begin arranging charter flights on Friday for U.S. citizens and their immediate family members to leave Israel as the war between Hamas and Israel continues into its sixth day. The death toll of Americans who have died as a...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 10, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A panel of national security experts urged the United States to commit more military and allied support to Ukraine on Tuesday at a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council, a foreign affairs organization. The panelists also called for an expedited...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 3, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices may be forgiven if they found themselves humming the Schoolhouse Rock lyrics “Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?” when interpreting one of the first cases they hear for its latest October term. The court heard arguments on...
by Rachel Schlueter | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday kicked off the first hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in a six-hour proceeding that illustrated the politicization and deep divisions of the two parties amid a looming government shutdown. The...
