by Zamone "Z" Perez and Olivia Olander | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Politics, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed to favor proponents of religious schooling during oral arguments on Wednesday by allowing parents to spend government tax credits on private religious education. The case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of...
by Martha Castro, Josh Irvine, Rupa Palla and Suzy Vazquez | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment managers laid the groundwork for the case against President Donald Trump Wednesday, emphasizing that the president’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine threatened U.S. security. On the second day of the Senate impeachment...
by Cassidy Wang | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — An Economic Development Administration official told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the opportunity zone tax break is a “powerful vehicle” for bringing economic growth to distressed communities. However, Democrats were skeptical that the tax break...
by Angelina Campanile, Megan Lebowitz, Evan Ochsner and Zamone Perez | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Eleven times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rose before Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to introduce amendments to allow more evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Each time, those amendments...
by Suzy Vazquez and Joey Safchik | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – About 100 protesters swarmed Capitol Hill on Thursday to call for the removal of President Donald Trump and demand that Congress take action to stop war with Iran. A dozen were arrested. The protest was organized by a diverse network of grassroots...
by Zamone "Z" Perez and Olivia Olander | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld funds for assistance to Ukraine to further his own interests or policy priorities, according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office that deals with one of the two...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Stating that senators should render “impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws,” Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday administered an oath to senators for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Nearly a month after the House of...
by Evan Ochsner and James Pollard | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Shortly before the Senate formally accepted the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump from the House, senators delivered the president a major legislative victory Thursday, passing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement in an...
by Sneha Dey and Rupa Palla | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said new information related to the impeachment charges against President Donald Trump is evidence of “this tangled web to deceive that the administration has engaged in.” “Every day that we’re involved in this...
by Joshua Irvine | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Democratic operatives Thursday unveiled a slew of state legislatures they have targeted for takeover in the 2020 elections. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee named seven states –North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas...
by Zamone "Z" Perez and Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 15, 2020 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The last three Senate committees considering the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement approved it Wednesday, paving the way for a Senate vote on the Trump administration’s trade pact to replace NAFTA. Six Senate committees had to sign off on the massive...
by Sneha Dey | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — An Iranian cyberattack against the United States is a certainty and could possibly impact water supply systems or businesses, counterterrorism experts told the House Committee on Homeland Security Wednesday. Iranian adversaries will likely attack through...
