by Martha Castro, Josh Irvine, Rupa Palla and Suzy Vazquez | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment managers laid the groundwork for the case against President Donald Trump Wednesday, emphasizing that the president’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine threatened U.S. security. On the second day of the Senate impeachment...
by Cassidy Wang | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — An Economic Development Administration official told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the opportunity zone tax break is a “powerful vehicle” for bringing economic growth to distressed communities. However, Democrats were skeptical that the tax break...
by Virginia Langmaid | Jan 21, 2020 | Topics
WASHINGTON —- In a case Justice Sonia Sotomayor called “easy to win,” Supreme Court justices Tuesday heard arguments on whether a subcontractor that didn’t sign the main contract with a foreign-owned company can use a legal concept called equitable estoppel to force...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Jan 21, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The 2020 U.S. census count officially kicked off Tuesday in Southwest Alaska. Activists on Tuesday questioned whether it will once again undercount racial minorities, which means the groups lose out in allocation of federal funding and electoral...
by Angelina Campanile, Megan Lebowitz, Evan Ochsner and Zamone Perez | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Eleven times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rose before Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to introduce amendments to allow more evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Each time, those amendments...
by Alex Moore | Jan 16, 2020 | Living
WASHINGTON — With the 2020 elections looming, politicians need to take into account a growing dissatisfaction among voters over the lack of stable and affordable housing, senior leaders with the National Low Income Housing Coalition said Thursday. Speaking at the...
by Suzy Vazquez and Joey Safchik | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – About 100 protesters swarmed Capitol Hill on Thursday to call for the removal of President Donald Trump and demand that Congress take action to stop war with Iran. A dozen were arrested. The protest was organized by a diverse network of grassroots...
by Zamone "Z" Perez and Olivia Olander | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration broke the law when it withheld funds for assistance to Ukraine to further his own interests or policy priorities, according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office that deals with one of the two...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Jan 16, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Military suicide rates have reached record highs in recent years, a problem that President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of the Army said Thursday reducing the number of suicides would be one of his top priorities. At his confirmation...
by Evan Ochsner | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Stating that senators should render “impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws,” Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday administered an oath to senators for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Nearly a month after the House of...
by Evan Ochsner and James Pollard | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Shortly before the Senate formally accepted the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump from the House, senators delivered the president a major legislative victory Thursday, passing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement in an...
by Sneha Dey and Rupa Palla | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said new information related to the impeachment charges against President Donald Trump is evidence of “this tangled web to deceive that the administration has engaged in.” “Every day that we’re involved in this...
