by Logan Schiciano | Jan 23, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The man photographed with his feet on a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all eight counts for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. A Washington, D.C. jury reached a verdict Monday in the trial of Richard “Bigo” Barnett,...
by Kate Walter | Jan 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two years to the day since he was sworn into office, President Joe Biden spoke to a bipartisan group of 200 mayors to highlight his administration’s accomplishments and the importance of mayoral leadership. The President lauded the work of members of his...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 20, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Richard Barnett’s lawyer said his client was “honest and upfront” after the prosecution tried to discredit Barnett’s interpretation of his actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “When the truth is on your side, you don’t have much to worry about,” Joseph...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 20, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Richard “Bigo” Barnett said he has several regrets about his actions on Jan. 6. “I regret going. It wasn’t worth two years of lost life, misery for me and my family,” Barnett testified in court on Thursday. Barnett said he should not have put his feet on...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 20, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris addressed climate change, clean energy and union jobs in Tonopah, Arizona, as part of a speech promoting the Ten West Link transmission line Thursday. The Ten West Link transmission line connects Blythe, California, with...
by Caroline Neal | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- President Joe Biden visited California on Thursday to assess the recent extreme storms, surveying the damage and meeting with state and local officials. California has been inundated with an onslaught of storms since December, which have caused dangerous...
by Jacob Wendler | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of State announced a new program Thursday that will allow groups of American citizens to sponsor refugees looking to resettle in the United States. The program will significantly restructure the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which in the...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Wes Moore was sworn into office Wednesday afternoon, making him the first Black governor of Maryland and the third in the nation’s history. Lieutenant governor Aruna Miller was also sworn in, becoming the first South Asian woman elected...
by Davis Giangiulio | Jan 19, 2023 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took his national message local on Thursday as he addressed Mayors at a panel on innovation and workforce development at the United States Conference of Mayors. Sanders, a former mayor himself of Burlington, Vermont, spoke...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– More people have died from opioid overdoses than during the Vietnam War, Levar Stoney, mayor of Richmond, Va., decried Thursday at the United States Conference of Mayors here. Yet federal funds for cities looking to tackle the epidemic can be hard to...
by Logan Schiciano | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Think of him as your “crazy uncle.” That is how Richard Barnett’s lawyer asked the jury to characterize the defendant in his U.S. Capitol riot trial. “He’s not a domestic terrorist, but he is everyone’s crazy redneck uncle from out of town,” Joseph...
by Nicole Markus and Kate Walter | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Wes Moore made history Wednesday after being sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor. The inauguration took place outside Maryland’s historic State House. Moore, who took his oath of office on Frederick Douglass’s bible, emphasized the need for...
