by Emma Sullivan | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics
HAMPTON, N.H. — Heading into the New Hampshire primaries, Hampton resident Linda McGrath knew which candidate would get her vote: former President Donald Trump. She held two signs outside a polling station in Hampton — one read “Secure Borders” and the other “No...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Senators and legal experts on Wednesday questioned the integrity of artificial intelligence in analyzing evidence in criminal cases as more police departments and intelligence agencies turn to artificial intelligence for their core functions. The Miami...
by Maria Heim | Jan 25, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
ATKINSON, N.H. — Every four years poll workers in New Hampshire gear up for the first-in-the-nation primary. In Atkinson, a town of about five thousand voters, ballot clerks are trained weeks in advance and meet the night before. Town Moderator Jim Garrity oversees...
by Ruby Grisin | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics
Published Jan. 24; Updated Jan. 25 HAMPTON, N.H. – Pro-Palestinian activists organized an initiative to urge voters in the Democratic primary to write-in “ceasefire” on Tuesday in hopes of sending a message to President Joe Biden. But after the election, it’s not...
by Simone Garber | Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Officials at three federal agencies responsible for preserving records and history said Wednesday that artificial intelligence has the ability to improve their jobs, but several lawmakers on the Senate Rules and Administration Committee urged caution in...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The United Auto Workers union endorsed President Joe Biden Wednesday, joining a growing list of unions supporting his re-election bid. UAW President Shawn Fain delivered the endorsement before Biden’s keynote speech on the last day of the union’s national...
by Lily Ogburn | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Activists and lawmakers are calling on the United Nations to push for concrete changes in China’s treatment of Tibetans, Hong Kongers and the Muslim-minority Uyghurs after the global body released its universal periodic review, or UPR, of China on...
by Aidan Johnstone | Jan 24, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – Intellectual property experts told Congress members on Tuesday that the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is essential to encourage more inventors to apply and get their patents approved, adding that the act would benefit American innovation...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 23, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to scrutinize the nominations of three crucial roles within the Department of Defense on Tuesday. Melissa Griffin Dalton, nominated for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Douglas Craig Schmidt, nominated...
by Lindsey Byman | Jan 23, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Environment, Featured
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The frontrunner in the GOP presidential race, Donald Trump, is continually vowing that if he becomes president, he will “drill, baby, drill” for oil and gas. Such a message, however, runs counter to efforts by the Republican Party to attract young...
by Emma Sullivan | Jan 22, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
SEABROOK, NH — On Sunday Nikki Haley addressed a packed dining room at Brown’s Lobster Pound to vote for her on Tuesday, vowing to take the country in a different direction than presidential candidates President Biden and former president Trump. “This boils down to,...
by Ellie Skelly | Jan 22, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden approved a stopgap spending bill on Friday, preventing a partial government shutdown from taking place this month. The bill extends the budget deadline to March 1 and March 8, giving Congress until then to reach an agreement. The...
