by Celena Chong | Mar 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may have blazed through the March 15 primaries capturing four states, but he is a “straightjacket that Senate Republicans won’t be able to wriggle out,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer Wednesday during a press conference at the Democratic...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Immigration
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Manuel Loaiza, 24, and his mother were some of the last people leaving a Marco Rubio rally Sunday night in Virginia Beach. Loaiza and his mom, who he said doesn’t speak English very well, are two of thousands of conservative Latinos across the...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 16, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to the Supreme Court Wednesday, and Republicans congressional leaders immediately called the move an attempt to help Democrats in the November...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 16, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
In the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case, the Supreme Court gave constitutional protection to a woman’s right to an abortion. But in 1992, the court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey amended that right somewhat. States could restrict abortions to protect women’s...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 16, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON – An integrity unit in the Harris County district attorney’s office, which identifies and corrects false convictions, is responsible for 76 total overturned drug convictions dating back to mid-2014, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. In all...
by Erin Bacon | Mar 16, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON- Stopping massive cyber assaults on infrastructure, similar to the December attack in Ukraine that caused a widespread loss of electricity, will require a dual effort by the public and private sector, security experts said Wednesday. Partnerships...
by Alex Duner | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — If Rep. Pete Sessions has his way, the federal government will recognize and promote a new artistic medium: magic. That’s because on Monday Sessions introduced a bill , which “recognizes magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure.”...
by Jack Corrigan | Mar 15, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Negotiations underway in Switzerland may bring peace to Syria, but the refugee crisis caused by the five-year civil war could threaten the stability of its neighbors in the Middle East. The U.S. is the largest provider of humanitarian aid, but some...
by Jacob Meschke | Mar 15, 2016 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy said Tuesday that protesters at campaign rallies do not pose a significant threat to the Secret Service in carrying out its duty to protect presidential candidates. Demonstrators should be allowed to exercise...
by Geordan Tilley | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
[rev_slider alias=”friendsofireland”] WASHINGTON — Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny joined President Barack Obama at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday. It was Speaker Paul Ryan’s first time hosting the tradition. At the...
by Celena Chong | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Alan Gross said he only saw the sun for 20 minutes during the first year of being shuttered in a Cuban prison. Gross, 66, was a contractor under the U.S. Agency for International Development, tasked to improve Internet access within a single Jewish...
by Mariana Alfaro | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
[rev_slider alias=”puertorico”][/rev_slider] WASHINGTON — Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” and several New York members of Congress offered a proposal Tuesday to fix a quirk in federal law that bars Puerto Rico from...
