by Pavan Acharya | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Veteran advocates on Wednesday warned senators that a majority of the more than 200,000 armed service members who leave the military each year may be largely unaware of mandatory government services intended to provide them with educational, mental health...
by Pavan Acharya | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday failed to elect their designated choice for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), marking the start of what is expected to be another prolonged and divisive speaker election process. Among House Republicans present during the...
by Kunjal Bastola | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday zeroed in on the District of Columbia’s rising crime rates to portray Democrats as being soft on crime, while Democrats asserted that the hearing was called to “distract and mislead the American people.” Members of Congress...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government will begin arranging charter flights on Friday for U.S. citizens and their immediate family members to leave Israel as the war between Hamas and Israel continues into its sixth day. The death toll of Americans who have died as a...
by Elleiana Green | Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday for Alexander v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a case that could impact how states use politics and race to create their legislative districts in the future. Historically, South...
by Kristen Axtman | Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As the Israel-Hamas war rages on for its fifth day, the Biden Administration reaffirmed its “unwavering support for Israel” and discussed American casualties from the attack at Wednesday’s press briefing. American Intelligence is aware of 22 Americans...
by Kunjal Bastola | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Debates on appropriations for the Legislative Branch, which funds that part of the government for the upcoming year, were halted as the House of Representatives went into recess after former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Tuesday...
by Gaby Striano | Oct 3, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented decision, the House of Representatives voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker of the House. Spearheading the resolution was Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has been publicly critical of McCarthy’s...
by Jessica Ma and Kristen Axtman | Sep 29, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of a House oversight and investigations subcommittee on Thursday grilled officials from Hawaii on their protocols and prevention policies two months after the country’s deadliest wildfire disasters in more than 100 years. The wildfires that...
by Rachel Schlueter | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday kicked off the first hearing in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in a six-hour proceeding that illustrated the politicization and deep divisions of the two parties amid a looming government shutdown. The...
by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics
Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
by Davis Giangiulio | Apr 19, 2023 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — In March 2020, the economy was grinded to a halt, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced sudden widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy fall off the cliff, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a...
