by Clare Zhang | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Journalism executives called on legislators Wednesday to require generative artificial intelligence developers to license and pay for news content they are using to train their software. The use of AI to spread misinformation has been an increasing worry...
by Maria Heim | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — After a failed rule vote on the House floor, both Senate and House Republicans held a press conference on Wednesday, labeling the situation at the southern border as an “imminent national security threat.” “I think it is a huge mistake...
by Simone Garber | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Wednesday began efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid partisan debates over the U.S.-Mexico border conflict. The House Committee on Homeland Security, chaired by Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), led the...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The White House reaffirmed an effort on Wednesday to combat against attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by the Houthis, an Islamic military organization based in Yemen, according to John Kirby, spokesperson for National Security Council in the...
by Julian Andreone | Dec 8, 2023 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressman Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., an Iraq War veteran, former voting rights attorney and former labor union organizer, worked in election security for Pitt Cyber before entering Congress in 2022. Now, Deluzio joins Medill News Service for an exclusive...
by Gaby Striano | Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Israel Defence Force has killed over 15,000 Palestinians since the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7, catalyzing intense public discourse on the ethics of government and military actions. This polarization has struck the Jewish community...
by Khadija Ahmed and Angela Zhang | Dec 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Wednesday engaged in a spirited discussion with attorneys before the court on what qualifies as workplace discrimination. In the case before the court, Muldrow vs. City of St. Louis, Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow, a former sergeant...
by Julian Andreone | Dec 6, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Many of them have become household names: Rep. George Santos, Sen. Bob Menendez, former Rep. Charlie Rangel. The list goes on. Members of Congress facing allegations of engaging in brazen corruption often land in the center of very public scandals, then...
by Julian Andreone | Dec 5, 2023 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has recently come under fire for a host of ethical issues revolving around gift disclosures, privately funded travel, forgiven loans and other financial conflicts of interest. But one such matter has flown under the radar: when former...
by Jessica Ma | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Politics
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) made history Friday, becoming the sixth Congressperson to be expelled in U.S. history — after a pattern of his lies and alleged crimes came to light. Following a scathing House ethics report, the House voted 311-114 to pass the...
by Jessica Ma | Dec 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted 311-114, including 105 Republicans, to expel former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress on Friday. Supporters of the expulsion cited a pattern of lies and alleged crimes, as detailed last month in a scathing House ethics report. The...
by Casey He and Jessica Ma | Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas Thursday to two individuals with close ties to Supreme Court justices, moving forward with an investigation into the personal conduct of the justices and potential conflicts of interests. The subpoenas...
