by Jonas Blum | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The gallery filled and protesters chanted, but the House Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” did not start on Wednesday after scheduling conflicts with the witnesses. The hearing, which would be the...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders dodged questions surrounding Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) resolution that would ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol complex, weeks after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.) became the first ever...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Audrey Pachuta | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — Gathered at a podium outside the capitol, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus introduced its newest members from the 119th Congress and highlighted key issues facing Latino voters at a Friday morning press conference. “Every crisis also brings great...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 15, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., took the podium for his first weekly press conference since the election, he became one of the highest ranking Democrats to field questions about his party’s crushing loss. Addressing a crowded...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Concern, questions and condemnation from veterans and members of Congress have grown since President-elect Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News contributor and retired Army National Guardsman, as his selection for Secretary of Defense. Hegseth, who...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Republicans gathered Wednesday afternoon at a hotel just blocks from the Capitol to elect their leadership team for the 119th Congress after projections showed that they would retain control of the lower chamber. “We have a very well-designed...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican Senators elected South Dakota’s John Thune to be their new Majority Leader on Wednesday morning, marking an end to Mitch McConnell’s 17-year stint atop the Senate Republican Conference. Thune defeated Senator John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) and...
by Caroline Killilea | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Multiple witnesses criticized the U.S. government for its lack of transparency regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) information and called for greater accountability from the Executive Branch on Wednesday during a House Oversight and...
by Raj Ghanekar | Nov 11, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON– Experts say the successful protection of abortion rights in seven states Tuesday shows reproductive rights are popular among voters. However, an interesting scenario in four states is raising questions about the issue. Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Montana...
by Eli Kronenberg | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As a big screen at Vice President Kamala Harris’ election-night gathering at Howard University showed Jake Tapper announcing CNN’s call of North Carolina for former President Donald Trump, a smattering of boos rang out. Seconds later, Tapper and his CNN...
by Coby Potischman | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
President Joe Biden promised a peaceful transfer of power in a brief speech from the Rose Garden on Thursday, after an election that saw Vice President Kamala Harris decisively defeated by former President Donald Trump. “For over 200 years, America has carried on the...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 7, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Unhappy with the current state of American politics? Have you considered moving to Canada? You’re not alone — there’s been pervasive online discourse around fleeing to Canada among Americans despairing over a second Trump presidential term. The...
