by Saul Pink | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are facing pushback from their own members over legislation to reduce migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, thwarting plans to bring a border security vote to the floor in the first weeks of the new Congress. The border bill, introduced...
by Lucia Barnum | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Democratic Caucus leaders on Wednesday condemned House Republicans’ recent attacks on reproductive rights, saying the three bills they have brought to the floor so far demonstrate the party’s “extreme” anti-abortion stances. “That’s who Kevin McCarthy...
by Jacob Wendler | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. will send 31 of its powerful M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, capping months of anticipation over whether the West would provide Ukraine with some of its strongest military equipment. “These tanks are...
by Shannon Tyler | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As Americans reel from the spate of mass killings in recent weeks, the United States Secret Service released a report on Wednesday that aims to shed light on what it calls mass attacks in public spaces. The agency’s National Threat Assessment Center...
by Kate Walter and Jacob Wendler | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two months after Ticketmaster drew criticism for its flawed rollout of tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour, the ticketing giant is not yet out of the woods. The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned the effect that Ticketmaster parent company Live...
by Stephanie Markowitz | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — City leaders and Senate allies announced the reintroduction of a bill that would admit Washington, D.C., as a U.S. state on Tuesday. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser were among the featured...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Jan 24, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivered an address Tuesday afternoon about the department’s new initiative to transform education and create long-term change. The department’s focus remains aligned with the priorities Cardona...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Spectators decked out in red and gold Sunday, lining D.C. Chinatown’s streets to watch a parade celebrating the Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of D.C. partnered with the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual Women’s March to advocate for abortion rights, access to contraception and other women’s issues Sunday. The event, which fell on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, was part...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 23, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The man photographed with his feet on a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all eight counts for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. A Washington, D.C. jury reached a verdict Monday in the trial of Richard “Bigo” Barnett,...
by Kate Walter | Jan 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two years to the day since he was sworn into office, President Joe Biden spoke to a bipartisan group of 200 mayors to highlight his administration’s accomplishments and the importance of mayoral leadership. The President lauded the work of members of his...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 20, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Richard Barnett’s lawyer said his client was “honest and upfront” after the prosecution tried to discredit Barnett’s interpretation of his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “When the truth is on your side, you don’t have much to worry about,” Joseph...
