by Cassidy Wang | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Even before he was appointed secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson called President Barack Obama’s 2015 rule requiring communities to comply with fair housing obligations by submitting plans a “failed socialist...
by Angelina Campanile | Mar 14, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
RICHMOND, Virginia– Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Virginia on Mar. 3, despite early polls showing Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg running neck-and-neck. Virginia was one of the 10 Super Tuesday states Biden carried, giving...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, National Security
Ending an endless conflict: efforts beyond the White House to bring peace to Israel and Palestine from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON – In the Israeli settlement of Shiloh, located where the ancient Biblical city of the same name is rumored to have been...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 12, 2020 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The economic relationship between the United States and India has grown under the leadership of President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, but the future of trade between the countries is uncertain. The U.S. goods and services...
by Virginia Langmaid | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are the most consistently Republican-voting religious demographic in the United States – even as the church increasingly emphasizes environmental stewardship in its teachings and literature. Pew...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin’s congressional delegation was unified in authorizing $8.3 billion to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, but much of lawmakers’ rhetoric on what the World Health Organization has labeled a global pandemic has split along partisan...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s proposed $2 billion budget increase for the agency to $10.4 billion, saying the agency needs more resources for the influx of migrants to the border....
by Cassidy Wang | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Both Democrats and Republicans vehemently criticized two former Wells Fargo board members Wednesday for not changing practices after repeated management failures that have led to consumer abuses and compliance breakdowns. Former board members Elizabeth...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
WASHINGTON – It’s not easy. Sen. Bernie Sanders began his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination with hopes of bringing millions of young voters into the political process. On Super Tuesday he got the youth vote, but it wasn’t enough. According to Pew...
by Sneha Dey | Mar 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
WASHINGTON — Before she ended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Elizabeth Warren went after fellow candidate Mike Bloomberg about sexual misconduct allegations against him. At the Feb. 19 debate three days before the Nevada Democratic...
by Virginia Langmaid | Mar 11, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Climate activists have been calling on the next president to declare a national climate emergency within his first 100 days in office. But the legality of such a move will be tested when the Supreme Court rules on whether President Donald Trump can...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — When freshman Andrew Schaeffler arrived at the University of Michigan last fall, he was surprised that there was no organization supporting former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. So he did something...
