by Janea Wilson | Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
DETROIT – Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday blamed President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders for the protesters at his speech in Detroit Monday night. First, protesters called out Biden for a 1984 interview in which he...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
WASHINGTON —Sen. Elizabeth Warren, husband and dog Bailey by her side, ended her campaign to be the first female president of the United States as it began — at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Warren used her progressivism, populism and, most essential to her...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Mar 5, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LOS ANGELES – Jorge Bravo paces back-and-forth outside of a polling place in South Gate, Calif., as his 18-year-old daughter Guadalupe casts her first ballot. Guadalupe Bravo is not only a first-time voter, but a first-generation voter. The daughter of Mexican...
by Alex Moore | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Facebook removed President Donald Trump’s campaign ads that resemble Census Bureau ads Thursday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Facebook of being more concerned about its profits than getting an accurate 2020 census count. Pelosi said...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Mar 5, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LOS ANGELES – Daniel Kohanbash could see the raging Getty Fire from a dorm room window at the University of California, Los Angeles. “It smells like there’s a barbeque on campus, times ten,” Kohanbash said, a sophomore at UCLA. “It’s...
by Martha Castro and Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON— Families of American hostages in Iran on Thursday called on the House to approve a bill that would increase government assistance to Americans wrongfully detained abroad and impose sanctions on foreign officials responsible for the detainments. “Any...
by Sneha Day and Megan Lebowitz | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a highly anticipated case that could restrict access to abortions by requiring doctors who perform abortions to be able to admit patients at nearby hospitals. The case, June Medical Services LLC v. Russo,...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 4, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Featured
WASHINGTON – The technology industry wants people to believe that illicit activity is largely confined to the dark web, but the open web and big players like Facebook actually are where most of the organized crime syndicates operate, said an expert on trafficking and...
by Martha Castro | Mar 4, 2020 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON—While some Democrats in Congress have criticized the Trump administration’s program requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for a ruling on their claims, some experts say lawmakers should attempt to block funds for the program and require more oversight....
by Sneha Dey and Angelina Campanile | Mar 4, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Former Vice President Joe Biden swept Virginia on Tuesday, 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,...
by Angelina Campanile and Rupa Palla | Mar 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
RICHMOND, Virginia.– Support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has surged in Virginia after his landslide victory in South Carolina Saturday, but he still trails behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.t., leading into...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON– The United States is in the fourth wave of the substance abuse crisis as; methamphetamines combined with drugs like fentanyl are overshadowing opiod abuse in some parts of the country, said a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services said...
