by Sneha Dey, Olivia Olander and Megan Lebowitz | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
DURHAM, N.H. — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders took the arena stage, his name emblazoned on a drum set behind him, a stark contrast to the setting of a traditional stump speech. Thousands of millennial and Gen Z supporters showed up...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Preventing another water-safety crisis requires the Environmental Protection Agency to write specific rules about the use of lead and copper pipes for water, said the chairman of a key House environmental subcommittee Tuesday. Federal rules on lead and...
by Virginia Langmaid | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The United States must act quickly to keep pace with Chinese and Russian competition in space, a House leader on space told a forum of industry representatives Tuesday. “When we are talking about major investments in our infrastructure, we can’t leave...
by Benjamin Rosenberg and Alex Moore | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Sports
WASHINGTON — Student athletes may decide to choose to play sports at universities that will allow them to profit from their name, image and likeness if Congress doesn’t act, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio Republican and former Ohio State football star, said Tuesday....
by Olivia Olander | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
NEW HAMPSHIRE — For first-time voters from across New England, campaign season in New Hampshire provides an opportunity to get up close and personal with the candidates. High school classes, college clubs and other groups of young people were among the thousands...
by Megan Lebowitz | Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Topics
New Hampshire’s primary is the first in the nation, and candidates are making their final pitches to undecided voters who will cast their ballots on Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg came out on top of the Iowa caucuses. Both candidates...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Monday morning, 10:15 a.m. The city of Manchester was preparing to receive President Donald Trump, where thousands of his supporters were expected at a rally that evening. Meanwhile across town, Trump’s closest competitor, Bill Weld, was taking...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the podium at her weekly press conference to express her issues with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. She questioned the accuracy of Tuesday night’s speech, calling it a “manifesto of...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – House Democrats pushed through a resolution Thursday rebuking President Donald Trump’s initiative to give states leeway to limit Medicaid benefits for some low-income recipients. The resolution, which passed 223-190, attacks an initiative by the Trump...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Customs and Border Protection official John Wagner found himself in the middle of a political crossfire Thursday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing when his testimony on biometric technologies was diverted into a heated exchange between...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — U.S. territories like the Virgin Islands are in need of more federal funding to improve infrastructure so they can withstand hurricanes or improve trade, the head of the Virgin Islands Public Works Department told a House hearing on Thursday. Delegate...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 6, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Several Democrat and Republican members of the House agreed Thursday that current federal child care policies have set families back, hurting children and disproportionately affecting poorer families. At the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood,...
