by Cate Bikales and Rachel Schlueter | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – For Ruby Chen, this Thanksgiving holiday served as a reminder of the dark reality his family has faced for 54 days. “We celebrated Thanksgiving with an empty chair,” Chen said. Chen’s 19-year-old son, Itay, has been held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7...
by Shravya Pant | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – Chicago-area medical experts and community health advocates brought their advocacy to Washington on Tuesday at a Senate panel on gun violence led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). To local community leaders, gun violence is personal. Illinois has the...
by Cate Bikales and Kunjal Bastola | Nov 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – Doctors and medical experts on Tuesday called on lawmakers to take a public health approach to the gun violence epidemic they say is plaguing the United States. Since 2020, guns have become the number one cause of death for children and teenagers,...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 28, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court considered whether a judge can overturn a jury’s murder acquittal on the basis that it contains inconsistencies, and is therefore “repugnant,” and allow the prosecution of a Georgia man for a second time. In McElrath v. Georgia, Damian...
by Cate Bikales | Nov 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden turned 81 on Monday, but he wasn’t the only one being celebrated. Two turkeys, Liberty and Bell, were pardoned by the President during a South Lawn ceremony, continuing the annual White House tradition of pardoning the Thanksgiving...
by Pavan Acharya | Nov 16, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Veterans’ advocates on Wednesday expressed wide support for a recently introduced piece of legislation that aims to reduce fees for military veterans starting small businesses. At a Wednesday Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing,...
by Cate Bikales and Shravya Pant | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Marine veteran Jonathan Lubecky attempted suicide five times after returning home from deployment in Iraq in 2006. “I am not special. My story is the same as every other veteran suffering with PTSD,” Lubecky said. An average of 16.8 veterans commit...
by Angela Zhang | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Over 100,000 people across dozens of U.S. cities came together on Nov. 4 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. “I had never been to something as big as that in my life before,” said Fredi Cortes, an organizer of Solidaridad Boricua con Palestina in his home...
by Julian Andreone | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, decried anti-Israel sentiments on college campuses and in American politics during a foreign policy address at conservative think tank Hudson Institute on Wednesday. ...
by Matthew Vega | Nov 15, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Members of the Biden administration on Tuesday outlined the successes of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, legislation that allocates $1.2 trillion toward transportation, energy, and climate projects over the next several years. The legislation, enacted...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Democrats slammed Republicans at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday for failing to address gun violence in Mexico, which is a root cause of human trafficking at the southern U.S. border. This criticism comes amid a historic increase...
by Casey He | Nov 14, 2023 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Legislators from both sides of the aisle told Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter on Tuesday that they have concerns over the Department of Justice’s draft merger guidelines. “We need to make sure that no intended consequences are actually created,...
