by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) praised President Joe Biden’s track record on the economy while voicing frustration with House Republicans’ economic proposals on Thursday. Jeffries touted the economic achievements of Biden’s first two...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 26, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The debate over raising the U.S. debt limit is poised to be one of the hottest fights to hit Washington this year, and will feature a cast of characters both widely and lesser known to investors and everyday Americans. President Joe Biden and House...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON –– Amy Neville’s son Alexander was an avid Snapchat user in the summer of 2020. Through the app, he expanded his circle of friends and connected with “suggested” people in his area, eventually finding his way to a drug dealer. At 14, Alexander took a...
by Nicole Markus | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee considered nominations for five of President Biden’s district court nominees on Wednesday, as the White House continues its aggressive push to fill vacancies throughout the federal court system. At the outset of the hearing,...
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...
