by Heena Srivastava | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s call for a wall to secure America’s southern border in his State of the Union address Tuesday night was no surprise to opponents. Jennifer Johnson, the policy director at the Southern Border Communities Coalition, said...
by Ester Wells & Brooke Fowler | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – DC-area residents had very different reactions to President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address Tuesday night. But whether they celebrated or denounced the event, emotions were strong. Around 40-50 people gathered at each of two...
by Justin Askenazy and Leslie Bonilla | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON – Several Democratic 2020 presidential candidates expressed their displeasure with many of President Donald Trump’s policies during the State of the Union address Tuesday. Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., could be seen shaking...
by Henry Erlandson, Cameron Peters and Daniel Rosenzweig-Ziff | Feb 5, 2019 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump got one of his biggest rounds of applause during his State of the Union address Tuesday night when he noted that Congress now has a record-high number of elected women, but it wasn’t lost on the crowd that when the women rose to...
by Nirmal Mulaikal, Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Feb 5, 2019 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Before attending his first State of the Union address, Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, D-N.J., felt a sense of excitement and joy, but also feared the president might once again fan partisan flames by rehashing controversial issues. “I hope that right now,...
by Charlotte Walsh | Feb 4, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — During the recent 35-day partial government shutdown, 22 airports operated at full strength — those that use private security agencies instead of Transportation Safety Administration employees. The federal program that allows them to choose private...
by Leslie Bonilla | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. needs to withhold foreign assistance to Guatemala and apply sanctions, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif, said Wednesday, in reaction to the dismissal of an anti-corruption United Nations commission from that country. Torres plans to reintroduce a bill...
by Charlotte Walsh | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved what could become a forceful Congressional break with President Trump’s foreign policy. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. previously proposed an amendment objecting to Trump’s plan to withdraw troops from...
by Brooke Fowler | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Advocates for women’s rights in the Gulf countries have adopted a style of feminism that blends western equality with secular values, several experts said Thursday. Academics, economic experts and human right advocates gathered at an event hosted by...
by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Jan 31, 2019 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Economic redistribution is the solution to global inequality, according to International Monetary Fund researchers who gathered Thursday at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “We’ve seen protest after protest over the past 20 years in...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion foes Thursday condemned recent legislative moves across the country loosening restrictions on late-term abortions. Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, condemned Democratic lawmakers who are passing abortion rights...
by Cameron Peters | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A joint resolution to quickly end U.S. support for the Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen was reintroduced on Wednesday after failing to receive a vote in the Republican-controlled House last year. The bill would direct the president to remove U.S. armed...
