by Khadija Ahmed and Angela Zhang | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Wednesday engaged in a spirited discussion with attorneys before the court on what qualifies as workplace discrimination. In the case before the court, Muldrow vs. City of St. Louis, Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow, a former sergeant...
by Pavan Acharya | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — With violence and threats against journalists increasing worldwide, senators on Wednesday heard from pro-democracy advocates who called for increased U.S. government efforts to combat efforts by foreign nations to threaten or kill political dissenters....
by Julian Andreone | Dec 6, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Ordinarily, Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, begins each hearing in the Senate Banking Committee with an opening statement on the matter at hand, but he was beaten to the punch on Wednesday by JPMorgan Chase CEO and billionaire establishment Democrat...
by Julian Andreone | Dec 6, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Many of them have become household names: Rep. George Santos, Sen. Bob Menendez, former Rep. Charlie Rangel. The list goes on. Members of Congress facing allegations of engaging in brazen corruption often land in the center of very public scandals, then...
by Elleiana Green | Dec 5, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Pushing back against book bans across the country, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) was joined by his Democratic colleagues as he introduced the ‘Fight Book Bans Act’ on Tuesday. “The far right, fascist, MAGA extreme has caught up to the fact that their agenda...
by Jessica Ma | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – A Senate bipartisan inquiry into the failures of the foster care system heard first-hand accounts of the neglect and abuse, with experts providing lawmakers with recommendations for changes on Oct. 25. The inquiry came on the heels of an independent...
by Matthew Vega | Dec 5, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A case that the Supreme Court heard last week has many in business, and government legal circles worried about how far the court will go in limiting a key enforcement mechanism that the Securities and Exchange Commission regularly uses to go after fraud....
by Julian Andreone | Dec 5, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has recently come under fire for a host of ethical issues revolving around gift disclosures, privately funded travel, forgiven loans and other financial conflicts of interest. But one such matter has flown under the radar: when former...
by Jessica Ma | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Politics
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) made history Friday, becoming the sixth Congressperson to be expelled in U.S. history — after a pattern of his lies and alleged crimes came to light. Following a scathing House ethics report, the House voted 311-114 to pass the...
by Julian Andreone | Dec 5, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case drawing widespread interest and close attention due to its involvement of the infamous Sackler family, who launched the painkiller OxyContin in 1996 and bear significant responsibility for fueling an...
by Shravya Pant | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices appeared torn on whether Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement plan, which would protect the Sackler family ownership from civil liability in exchange for $6 billion in opioid relief funds, has legal standing during oral arguments...
by Jessica Ma | Dec 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted 311-114, including 105 Republicans, to expel former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress on Friday. Supporters of the expulsion cited a pattern of lies and alleged crimes, as detailed last month in a scathing House ethics report. The...
