by Audrey Pachuta | Dec 10, 2024 | Featured, Politics
As Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey nears the end of his term, he, his colleagues and activists reflect on his career of prioritizing disability rights and discuss what lies ahead. During his time in office, Casey helped phase out subminimum wage payments for the...
by Eli Kronenberg | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The world’s wealthiest man, Elon Musk, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramswamy met with congressional Republicans on Thursday to brainstorm ideas for the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which President-elect Donald Trump...
by Caroline Killilea | Dec 6, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – First Lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House holiday theme for the final time during her husband’s presidency: a season of peace and light. The White House offered tours of the decor on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. The theme was intended...
by Audrey Pachuta | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, met Wednesday with several Republican senators on Capitol Hill. As escalating concerns over sexual assault allegations and reports about his professional behavior threaten to...
by Caroline Killilea and Emma Richman | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday regarding a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors, hundreds gathered outside of the court to protest both for and against the potential outcome of the case. The dueling rallies come as...
by Eli Kronenberg | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Kash Patel, a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump and former federal prosecutor who Trump announced as his nominee for FBI director, is facing criticism from Democrats over previous vows to “come after” people in the media and so-called “deep...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As President-elect Donald Trump plots his transition back to the Oval Office from his Mar-a-Lago perch, Senate Democrats have begun racing against the clock to confirm more than two dozen of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees before the lose...
by Jonas Kalderon Blum and Coby Potischman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Embattled former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his attorney general nomination on Thursday after questions surrounding his sexual misconduct allegations reached a fever-pitch. President-elect Donald Trump selected Gaetz for the position one week ago,...
by Heather Zhu | Nov 21, 2024 | Business, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Michael Barr, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, reaffirmed his intent to serve his full term during a heated House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. The session was marked by Republican criticism of Biden-era financial regulations and...
by Emma Richman | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Native American tribal leaders urged lawmakers to increase federal funding and implement national reporting systems to help solve the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women on Wednesday. At a House Appropriations Subcommittee meeting, lawmakers...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Homeland Security hearing on immigration since Republicans’ decisive 2024 election victory, both sides of the aisle derailed a conversation on migrant children trafficking to debate their administrations’ respective immigration...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Ukraine marked 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion with a military milestone—its first use of the U.S.-manufactured Army Tactical Missile Systems to strike into Russian territory. The move came days after...
