by Janea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Preventing another water-safety crisis requires the Environmental Protection Agency to write specific rules about the use of lead and copper pipes for water, said the chairman of a key House environmental subcommittee Tuesday. Federal rules on lead and...
by Virginia Langmaid | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The United States must act quickly to keep pace with Chinese and Russian competition in space, a House leader on space told a forum of industry representatives Tuesday. “When we are talking about major investments in our infrastructure, we can’t leave...
by Benjamin Rosenberg and Alex Moore | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Sports
WASHINGTON — Student athletes may decide to choose to play sports at universities that will allow them to profit from their name, image and likeness if Congress doesn’t act, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio Republican and former Ohio State football star, said Tuesday....
by Olivia Olander | Feb 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
NEW HAMPSHIRE — For first-time voters from across New England, campaign season in New Hampshire provides an opportunity to get up close and personal with the candidates. High school classes, college clubs and other groups of young people were among the thousands...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Monday morning, 10:15 a.m. The city of Manchester was preparing to receive President Donald Trump, where thousands of his supporters were expected at a rally that evening. Meanwhile across town, Trump’s closest competitor, Bill Weld, was taking...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi took to the podium at her weekly press conference to express her issues with President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. She questioned the accuracy of Tuesday night’s speech, calling it a “manifesto of...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Customs and Border Protection official John Wagner found himself in the middle of a political crossfire Thursday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing when his testimony on biometric technologies was diverted into a heated exchange between...
by Sneha Dey and Suzy Vazquez | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment, bringing the five-month long trial proceedings to a close. In the lead up to the verdict, Senators faced partisan pressures from fellow Congressmen and their...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called for the House to pass a bill designated to strengthen workers’ rights to unionize and collectively bargain. Pelosi was joined at the news conference before Thursday’s scheduled House vote by union members and...
by Sneha Dey | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
DES MOINES — On a conference call one week before the Iowa caucuses, the state Democratic Party accessibility director recommended Harry Olmstead, a 69-year-old with a physical disability, bring his own chair to the caucuses in response to his question about...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 3, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
Northwestern University students ditched classes on Friday to squeeze into a minivan and drive 234 miles west from their suburban Chicago campus to North Liberty, Iowa – deciding that fulfilling their role in American democracy was more important than studying for...
by Angelina Campanile | Jan 31, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON— The Senate voted 51-49 Friday night against allowing witnesses and documents in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, making it the only impeachment trial to not hear from witnesses. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Friday morning she would vote...
