by Ruby Grisin | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – When Justin Charles Evans began suffering from kidney failure, he said his career as an actor and stunt double came to a halt. He and others rallied outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning to advocate for the improved care of dialysis patients. Evans...
by Charlotte Ehrlich | Feb 29, 2024 | Environment, Featured
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Gregory Bledsoe, 23, gazed out over the dimly lit field bordering the town cemetery in Blythewood, S.C., just outside of the state capital of Columbia. The distant sound of Amtrak’s Silver Star line seemed to get louder as he shook his head at the...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Conservative Political Action Conference is known for its prominent conservative voices, views, and ideas. But there is another feature of the conference that makes it distinct: fashion. Many CPAC attendees spared no expense in creating...
by Emma Sullivan | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — When Tennessee resident Allie Phillips heard she was pregnant with her second child, she said she and her husband Brian were “so excited.” However, after 19 weeks, Phillips met with a fetal specialist and received news that no expecting parent wants to...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Young conservatives rallied behind former president Donald Trump at this year’s Conservative Political Action Convention. Trump’s election in 2016 served as a political awakening for this new generation, who are ready to fight tooth and nail to...
by Aidan Johnstone | Feb 28, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Justices seemed poised to remand Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski to the Ninth Circuit Court – a case related to a $1.2 million Dogecoin giveaway in 2021. The lawsuit originated from a claim that Coinbase – a cryptocurrency exchange platform – did not...
by Lily Ogburn | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Uyghur Policy Act is one of Congress’s newest efforts aimed at fighting China’s oppression of the Uyghur people. The bill has passed in the House of Representatives, and activists are urging the Senate to act quickly on the legislation. What is the...
by Ruby Grisin | Feb 28, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan concern about microplastics in the Senate brought about a rich discussion on Tuesday regarding future research and policy. In a hearing focused on the presence of plastic particles in drinking water and wastewater, senators grappled with how...
by Maria Heim | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conservatives across the globe traveled to CPAC for its annual conference last weekend. It kicked off with the International Summit featuring right-wing leaders including former U.K. prime minister Liz Truss, President Nayib Bukele of El...
by Rafaela Jinich | Feb 27, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed skeptical of arguments that state laws can override national banking rules, but some did wonder whether the state policies did “significantly interfere” with a national law. New York is one of the 13 states with...
by Maria Heim | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – When is it too late for the government to provide notice that they are seeking forfeiture in criminal cases? That was the question at the heart of a Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday. The case arose after a federal jury in New York convicted Louis...
by Braedyn Speight | Feb 27, 2024 | Featured, Politics
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – At an election eve campaign rally in North Charleston the feelings were unanimous among those attending: they will support Donald Trump no matter the legal woes he attracts. Facing 91 felony counts in four indictments, the cult of personality...
