by Julian Andreone | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senators decried the increased violence and harassment that election officials have faced since the 2020 presidential election cycle and expressed further concern about decreasing faith in election administration across the country during a Committee on...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 2, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Election officials from Arizona, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee urged lawmakers on Wednesday for more federal funding so that local and state governments have the resources to conduct fair and safe elections on local and national levels. The...
by Rachel Schlueter | Nov 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As former president Donald Trump continues to face legal battles across the country, one case involving his name has reached the Supreme Court. But he was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, nor is he one of the parties involved. The Supreme Court heard...
by Kunjal Bastola | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether two school board officials violated parents’ First Amendment rights after they blocked the parents from posting on their personal social media accounts in a case that wades into questions about regulations in a...
by Casey He | Oct 31, 2023 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that could define how government officials can use social media. The case, O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, revolves around the question of whether public officials were acting in their official...
by Gaby Striano | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the speaker of the House on Wednesday, installing a staunch conservative who has strong backing from former president Donald Trump. His selection marks the end of the House GOP’s grueling...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stressed that further involvement in Israel and Ukraine would render the U.S. vulnerable to China’s emerging power during a speaking event at the Hudson Institute on Tuesday. “I worry that the...
by Jessica Ma | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday morning, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) secured the GOP nomination for House Speaker, beating out eight other candidates. But hours later, he dropped out, signaling the Republicans’ inability to rally behind a single candidate. In a historic move,...
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...
