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Despite growing public desire, lawmakers reticent to commit U.S. forces to defense of Ukraine

Despite growing public desire, lawmakers reticent to commit U.S. forces to defense of Ukraine

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – “One cannot wage war,” Gen. Douglas MacArthur once said, “without the support of public opinion.” What happens, though, when the public seems readier for war than the U.S. government?  Recent polling data presents just that question. Cygnal Polling &...
Pro-impeachment Republicans outraising Trump’s hand-picked challengers

Pro-impeachment Republicans outraising Trump’s hand-picked challengers

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – For years, political prognosticators prophesied the coming civil war within the Republican Party, and for years, the expected reckoning on the right has failed to come to pass. Now, with the GOP out of power and former president Donald Trump still hung up...
LISTEN: Assessing cable news coverage of Ukrainian conflict

LISTEN: Assessing cable news coverage of Ukrainian conflict

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Public faith in mass media has reached an all-time low over the past few years. With coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine boosting program ratings, cable news networks have an opportunity to shore up their credibility in the eyes of the American...
Republicans respond to Rep. Greene’s raucous rant

Republicans respond to Rep. Greene’s raucous rant

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union

WASHINGTON – While Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) dinged President Joe Biden on issues salient to the American people like crime, education and inflation in the official GOP response to the State of the Union, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a different approach...
Big-name Democrats back Cheney’s quixotic campaign

Big-name Democrats back Cheney’s quixotic campaign

by Zachary Kessel | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Multiple prominent Democrats have thrown financial support behind Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., — one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Federal Election Commission...
Blast from the Past: Aging Committee members introduce old-school bipartisan legislation

Blast from the Past: Aging Committee members introduce old-school bipartisan legislation

by Zachary Kessel | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – For Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and ranking member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Thursday’s hearing on dual-enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid was an opportunity to tout an accomplishment all too rare in today’s political climate:...
Defense Contractor Accused of ‘Ripping Off’ American Taxpayers, Taking Excess Profits

Defense Contractor Accused of ‘Ripping Off’ American Taxpayers, Taking Excess Profits

by Zachary Kessel | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – A defense contractor providing the U.S. military with spare parts has overcharged the Department of Defense by at least $20.8 million, Pentagon officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.  “Billions and billions of dollars have been ripped off from American...

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