by Raj Ghanekar | Nov 11, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– Experts say the successful protection of abortion rights in seven states Tuesday shows reproductive rights are popular among voters. However, an interesting scenario in four states is raising questions about the issue. Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Montana...
by Heather Zhu | Nov 7, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25% at its Nov. 7 meeting, with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscoring the central bank’s commitment to its dual mandate and reinforcing its independence in response to potential political pressures...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As a big screen at Vice President Kamala Harris’ election-night gathering at Howard University showed Jake Tapper announcing CNN’s call of North Carolina for former President Donald Trump, a smattering of boos rang out. Seconds later, Tapper and his CNN...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
President Joe Biden promised a peaceful transfer of power in a brief speech from the Rose Garden on Thursday, after an election that saw Vice President Kamala Harris decisively defeated by former President Donald Trump. “For over 200 years, America has carried on the...
by Caroline Killilea | Nov 7, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe executed its final gravity-assist maneuver on Wednesday, flying past the surface of Venus and setting it on a path to come within 3.86 million miles of the solar surface, the closest any human-made object has ever come to the...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unhappy with the current state of American politics? Have you considered moving to Canada? You’re not alone — there’s been pervasive online discourse around fleeing to Canada among Americans despairing over a second Trump presidential term. The...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In her presidential concession speech at Howard University Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed young people about the future—and many were eager to listen. For Alice Still, a 20-year-old political science student at American University,...
by Ananya Chag | Nov 6, 2024 | Business, Campaign 2024, Featured
WASHINGTON – U.S. stock futures soared to record highs Wednesday in response to Donald Trump’s win in the battle against Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.4%, or around 1,430 points, around 1:50 pm EST, notching...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 6, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Center City Public Charter School teacher Alfons Prince designed his own curriculum to prepare middle school students for algebra before they enter high school, an effort to revamp math education as just 22% of District of Columbia Public School...
by Hannah Webster | Nov 6, 2024 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court appeared skeptical that companies should be required to include past events in their risk disclosure statements during oral arguments for Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank Wednesday. The case considers whether a risk disclosure is...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Millions of voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday, and party control of the U.S. Senate remains up for grabs. Republicans see multiple paths toward winning a majority of seats in the chamber that they have not won since 2018, aided by one race which...
by Medill News Service | Nov 5, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
Medill News Service reporters provide live updates from polling places across Maryland and Washington on Election Day. These reports are published in conjunction with the Washington Post. 6:07 p.m. – Few voters feel strongly towards Alsobrooks By Ananya Chag...
