by Jacob Wendler | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of State announced a new program Thursday that will allow groups of American citizens to sponsor refugees looking to resettle in the United States. The program will significantly restructure the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which in the...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Wes Moore was sworn into office Wednesday afternoon, making him the first Black governor of Maryland and the third in the nation’s history. Lieutenant governor Aruna Miller was also sworn in, becoming the first South Asian woman elected...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 19, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took his national message local on Thursday as he addressed Mayors at a panel on innovation and workforce development at the United States Conference of Mayors. Sanders, a former mayor himself of Burlington, Vermont, spoke...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– More people have died from opioid overdoses than during the Vietnam War, Levar Stoney, mayor of Richmond, Va., decried Thursday at the United States Conference of Mayors here. Yet federal funds for cities looking to tackle the epidemic can be hard to...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Think of him as your “crazy uncle.” That is how Richard Barnett’s lawyer asked the jury to characterize the defendant in his U.S. Capitol riot trial. “He’s not a domestic terrorist, but he is everyone’s crazy redneck uncle from out of town,” Joseph...
by Nicole Markus and Kate Walter | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Wes Moore made history Wednesday after being sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor. The inauguration took place outside Maryland’s historic State House. Moore, who took his oath of office on Frederick Douglass’s bible, emphasized the need for...
by Emiliana Betancourt | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON– NASA is flying closer to home this time, seeking to help traditional aircraft save fuel and lower costs. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which is aimed at bringing new climate-friendly...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a broad national strategy to provide resources and justice for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the wake of recent hate crimes and lack of reliable data on the communities. The plan announced...
by Julia Narvaez Munguia | Jan 18, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday about a deaf student who was denied a high school diploma from a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified ASL interpreter. The court will decide if the plaintiff, Miguel...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Richard “Bigo” Barnett is expected to testify in defense of his actions in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Brad Geyer, one of his lawyers, announced Tuesday. The prosecution is on track to rest its case Wednesday afternoon and Barnett could take the...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– The House passed a bill Wednesday that, if enacted, would enforce punitive measures for health care providers who don’t attempt to preserve the life of an infant born after a failed abortion. H.R. 26, dubbed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection...
by Jacob Wendler | Jan 17, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed their support for Ukraine in bilateral talks Tuesday. In a joint press conference Tuesday afternoon, Blinken and Cleverly told reporters they discussed Russia’s...
