by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In her presidential concession speech at Howard University Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed young people about the future—and many were eager to listen. For Alice Still, a 20-year-old political science student at American University,...
by Ananya Chag | Nov 6, 2024 | Business, Campaign 2024, Featured
WASHINGTON – U.S. stock futures soared to record highs Wednesday in response to Donald Trump’s win in the battle against Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.4%, or around 1,430 points, around 1:50 pm EST, notching...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 6, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Center City Public Charter School teacher Alfons Prince designed his own curriculum to prepare middle school students for algebra before they enter high school, an effort to revamp math education as just 22% of District of Columbia Public School...
by Hannah Webster | Nov 6, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court appeared skeptical that companies should be required to include past events in their risk disclosure statements during oral arguments for Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank Wednesday. The case considers whether a risk disclosure is...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Millions of voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday, and party control of the U.S. Senate remains up for grabs. Republicans see multiple paths toward winning a majority of seats in the chamber that they have not won since 2018, aided by one race which...
by Medill News Service | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
Medill News Service reporters provide live updates from polling places across Maryland and Washington on Election Day. These reports are published in conjunction with the Washington Post. 6:07 p.m. – Few voters feel strongly towards Alsobrooks By Ananya Chag...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 4, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
In the four years since former President Donald Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to overturn the 2020 election through false claims of voter fraud, Republicans across the country have intensified efforts to enact new restrictions on voting they argue will strengthen...
by Emma Richman | Nov 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide if Washington, D.C. will change its voting process and pass Initiative 83, which would allow independents to vote in primaries and introduce ranked-choice voting to the district. The initiative has sown...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 4, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Following a week of fallout from incendiary comments about U.S. Latinos, both Democrats and Republicans scramble to curry the favor of Latino voters from across the country. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have created Spanish-language advertisements,...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 4, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Youth voter turnout has historically lagged behind that of older generations, but this year a new force has emerged to help engage youngsters — including first-time voters — to turn out for the election. College students themselves have pushed others on...
by Caroline Killilea, Audrey Pachuta and Hannah Webster | Nov 3, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As thousands converged on Freedom Plaza for the annual Women’s March to the White House Saturday afternoon, 38-year-old Robert Haswell walked hand in hand with his six-year-old daughter, Lorelei. The social worker from Connecticut made the trip with his...
by Raj Ghanekar | Nov 2, 2024 | Diplomacy, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Officials from the United States and South Korea jointly called for North Korea to end its recent military aid to Russia on Thursday following a diplomatic meeting between the two nations’ top defense officials. “Putin has been throwing more and...
