by Lily Ogburn | Jan 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Activists and lawmakers are calling on the United Nations to push for concrete changes in China’s treatment of Tibetans, Hong Kongers and the Muslim-minority Uyghurs after the global body released its universal periodic review, or UPR, of China on...
by Emma Sullivan | Jan 22, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
SEABROOK, NH — On Sunday Nikki Haley addressed a packed dining room at Brown’s Lobster Pound to vote for her on Tuesday, vowing to take the country in a different direction than presidential candidates President Biden and former president Trump. “This boils down to,...
by Ellie Skelly | Jan 22, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden approved a stopgap spending bill on Friday, preventing a partial government shutdown from taking place this month. The bill extends the budget deadline to March 1 and March 8, giving Congress until then to reach an agreement. The...
by Maria Heim | Jan 22, 2024 | Featured, Politics
SEABROOK, N.H. — Republican candidate Nikki Haley was visiting Brown’s Lobster Pound in Seabrook on Sunday when Ron DeSantis announced that he was suspending his campaign for the presidency. “It’s now one fella and one lady left,” said Haley, to the gathering in the...
by Jonah Elkowitz and Braedyn Speight | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republicans on Wednesday again hammered the Biden administration over its border policies by asserting that are failing to enforce even basic immigration laws. The hearing comes on the heels of the joint staff report between the House Committee on...
by Lance Wilhelm | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House on Saturday, opposing the Biden administration’s support of Israel in the Israel-Hamas war. Tens of thousands were present at the rally, with organizers suggesting attendance...
by Ellie Skelly | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) has negotiated a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that would extend government funding until March. The stopgap extension would prevent a partial government shutdown from taking place at...
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...
