by Evan Ochsner | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The USS Fitzgerald returns to sea this week after its 2017 collision with a tanker off the coast of Japan in which seven service members were killed. On Wednesday, Navy Vice Admiral Richard A. Brown and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder told a joint...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called for the House to pass a bill designated to strengthen workers’ rights to unionize and collectively bargain. Pelosi was joined at the news conference before Thursday’s scheduled House vote by union members and...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Immigration, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump touted hard-line border policies at his third State of the Union, impressing on his anti-immigrant supporters he has fulfilled his 2016 campaign promises. “If you come illegally, you will now be promptly removed,” Trump said....
by Benjamin Rosenberg and Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 5, 2020 | Education, Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will prioritize supporting working families by mandating paid leave and lowering barriers to education. Members of Congress from both parties said they agree with the sentiments, but disagree on how to implement the...
by Martha Castro | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, National Security, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump emphasized U.S. foreign relations in Latin America and the Middle East on Tuesday in his State of the Union speech, but failed to mention any concerns about Russia and North Korea. “In general, it’s been a pretty light speech on...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
DES MOINES — On a conference call one week before the Iowa caucuses, the state Democratic Party accessibility director recommended Harry Olmstead, a 69-year-old with a physical disability, bring his own chair to the caucuses in response to his question about...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
Northwestern University students ditched classes on Friday to squeeze into a minivan and drive 234 miles west from their suburban Chicago campus to North Liberty, Iowa – deciding that fulfilling their role in American democracy was more important than studying for...
by Joey Maya Safchik | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – As Jewish people around the world commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the conversation about anti-Semitism continues on Capitol Hill. “It grieves and shocks me that anti-Semitism is rising again in Europe, the US...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON— The Senate voted 51-49 Friday night against allowing witnesses and documents in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, making it the only impeachment trial to not hear from witnesses. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Friday morning she would vote...
by Martha Castro and Zamone "Z" Perez | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON— For a second day, senators Thursday continued their lines of questioning to the impeachment legal teams to further their party’s arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Republicans and Democrats approached the question period...
by Medill News Service | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: CONTINUED 3:36 p.m. Jan 30, 2020 By Martha Castro and Zamone Perez WASHINGTON— For a second day, Republican senators Thursday questioned lawyers for President Donald Trump to give them opportunities to rebut House...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 30, 2020 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved two measures intended to limit the president’s ability to take military action in the Middle East. One measure would prevent the president from using funds for military action against Iran unless...
