by Jenny Huh | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, also known as the “Freedom Convoy,” reached the D.C. area Sunday morning, looping twice around the Capital Beltway. About 1,000 vehicles participated, according to The Washington Post. Inspired by the Canadian freedom convoy protests...
by Samantha Aguilar | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Biden announced the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and gas on Tuesday, minutes before boarding Marine One to Fort Worth, Texas. Biden, accompanied by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, traveled to speak with veterans and VA...
by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The arrival of several truck convoys in the nation’s capital has, so far, failed to live up to the hype. In February, anti-vaccine and anti-mask protestors used cars and trucks to blockade Ottawa and a nearby major shipping highway. Similar protests...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As Russian troops descended, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians started to flee their country. Eight days after the invasion, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Ukrainian refugees would be given temporary status, granting eligibility to...
by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Last Thursday, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill to bar companies from contractually forcing sexual assault and harrassment complaints into arbitration. Now, the change has reinvigorated efforts to pass similar legislation in the financial...
by Julia Richardson | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Despite making up only 16% of the population, 40% of women and girls reported missing in 2020 were people of color, according to the U.S. Census. Natalie Wilson, founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, testified during a House Committee on Oversight...
by Shannon Coan | Mar 3, 2022 | Education, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Four stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX were unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service at a ceremony in the U.S. Department of Education Thursday. “The stamps we are about to unveil are not merely a recognition of Title IX,” said Amber...
by Jorja Siemons | Mar 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices stumbled this week when hearing arguments about the most impactful environmental case in a generation. The problem, in part, is that the case concerns nothing. “There isn’t really anything for the Supreme Court to consider,” said...
by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – As countless Ukrainians begin to leave their homes following the Russian invasion, conversations have spurred around the Capitol about President Biden potentially designating the country for Temporary Protected Status. All the while, countless Central...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a series of divided opinions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the United States does not have to turn over information about the existence of an alleged Central Intelligence Agency black site under its state secrets privilege. Justice Stephen...
by Zachary Kessel | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – While Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) dinged President Joe Biden on issues salient to the American people like crime, education and inflation in the official GOP response to the State of the Union, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a different approach...
