by Dan Waldman | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — NBA Hall of Famer and former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal finished his career with 2,732 blocks, but the premier shot blocker wasn’t on Capitol Hill Wednesday to protect the rim, instead he was protecting the roads. O’Neal, who became...
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 David Gernon | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, and the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the Cuban government’s goal to revitalize its private sector with strong foreign-direct investment may have moved a bit further out of...
by David Fishman | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The outgoing homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, all but endorsed a possible successor Wednesday, speaking on a panel about future threats to the nation. “I don’t know anybody who is stronger on border security in Congress,” Johnson said about...
by Ross Krasner | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that the fight for a higher minimum wage should shift to state and local governments while Republicans control both chambers of Congress. Her remarks came during a conference call with reporters following release...
by Jason Mast | Nov 30, 2016 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Little over two weeks after president-elect Donald Trump declared he would deport an unprecedented number of immigrants, the Supreme Court Wednesday hears oral arguments in a case that could limit the federal government’s ability to detain...
by Kelly Norris | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would provide more federal money for medical research, would boost funding for the National Institutes of Health and speed the approval process at the Food and Drug...
by Darby Hopper | Nov 29, 2016 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Celebrating with cookies, crafts and the Obama dogs, first lady Michelle Obama hosted military families for seasonal festivities Tuesday — the last of the Obama family’s holiday seasons in the White House. Obama offered her thanks to not...
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...
