by Evelyn Wang | Dec 1, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – The ongoing search for scapegoats to explain the surprise result of the presidential election has found a convenient one in the form of fake news. But it is impossible to tell how much fake news has affected the election results, said Kathleen Jamieson,...
by Anna Waters | Nov 30, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Topics
WASHINGTON — In mid-November, a congressional committee unveiled a bipartisan report recommending the construction of an American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall. But that museum will be missing what most expected to be its crowning jewel. One week...
by Evelyn Wang | Nov 30, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Reporters must rethink how they cover news if they want to succeed under the administration of Donald Trump. “This election was very disturbing for a lot of reasons, but it was very disturbing for the news media,” said journalist Marc Sandalow, the...
by Michelle Kim | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON- Secretary of State John Kerry defended Tuesday Obama administration’s foreign policy initiatives that he fears could be undermined by Donald Trump. The President-elect campaigned partly on reworking international security and trade agreements. The debate...
by Marissa Page | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center recorded more than 860 bias-related incidents nationwide in the 10 days following the presidential election, according to a report released Tuesday by the legal advocacy group. The SPLC, an organization which...
by David Gernon | Nov 29, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy declined to echo President-elect Donald Trump’s false claims over the weekend that “millions” of fraudulent votes on Nov. 8 cost him the popular vote. Trump came under fire over the weekend for tweeting – without...
by Rishika Dugyala & Fallon Schlossman | Nov 23, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON — People interviewed in front of the White House Tuesday said they don’t blame Facebook for allowing the posting of election stories from fake news sites, but believe the company should do more in the future to verify information on its platform. Most...
by Andrew Merica | Nov 22, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – A federal election official drew parallels between under-representation of women in American government to their lack of representation in Colombian government Tuesday at a Latin American think tank. Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said that...
by Dan Waldman | Nov 20, 2016 | Campaign 2016
George Washington University students were feeling the Bern Wednesday night, as former presidential long-shot Sen. Bernie Sanders urged them to maintain hope, while he also denied any responsibility for the demise of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign...
by Dan Waldman | Nov 20, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., challenged President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday night to keep his promises to the middle class. In a speech at George Washington University to a sold-out crowd of students, Sanders also called on Trump to pull back his...
by Fallon Schlossman | Nov 15, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured
WASHINGTON– From the moment students arrived in Washington, . Medill on the Hill reporters, in one way or another, were preparing to cover election night. The time spent on the Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail—from Florida to Pennsylvania, Colorado to...
by Anna Waters | Nov 15, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking on the Senate floor, outgoing Minority Leader Harry Reid, denounced president-elect Donald Trump and implored Americans not to normalize him. “This election has sparked a wave of hate crimes across America,” Reid said. He cited 315...
