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 Evelyn Wang | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – California’s political past could provide a peek into the nation’s political future, experts, politicians and journalists said on Tuesday, and could give a morale boost to Democrats smarting after Hillary Clinton’s loss on Nov. 8. Speaking at a political...
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 Kelly Norris | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At least two Supreme Court justices seemed sympathetic Tuesday to arguments on behalf of a death row inmate in Texas who claims to be intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty. Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor were...
by Lauren Bally | Nov 28, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Americans’ foreign policy focus is preventing another 9/11 and President-elect Donald Trump is likely to renew some old alliances as part of his foreign policy efforts, according to some foreign policy experts speaking Monday at the Center for Strategic...
by Benjamin Din | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With a little over a month to go for the current Congress, what the lawmakers accomplished in the last two years can be measured in different ways. One yardstick: Who backed the most bills that have become law? The top honor goes to Sen. Amy Klobuchar,...
by Ross Krasner | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
There are over 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Here is one of their stories.
by David Gernon | Nov 28, 2016 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A World Bank Group official announced Monday an all-time high for countries implementing its reforms they say increase the ease of doing business. Augusto Lopez-Claros, a top official at the World Bank Group, said 137 economies around the world...
by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 28, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Departing U.S. Brazilian Ambassador Liliana Ayalde called on President-elect Donald Trump and his administration to increase trade, investment and economic ties between the two countries. At her last public event as ambassador, Ayalde assured an...
by Darby Hopper | Nov 28, 2016 | Education, Featured
BOULDER, Colo. — “Are potatoes a vegetable?” A fifth grade boy scanned his cafeteria at Foothill Elementary School, hoping a grown-up could provide the answer. It was an easy one for Laura Smith, who coordinates Boulder Valley School...
by Kelly Norris, Jason Mast, Rishika Dugyala & Eunice Lee | Nov 23, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – For seven years, President Barack Obama has made the turkey pardoning event something of a dad joke, saying it’s been a tradition to embarrass his daughters, Sasha and Malia. This year, he said, they had a scheduling conflict. “Malia and Sasha, by...
